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| leader_name2  = [[Steve McCabe]]
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'''Labour Friends of Israel''' ('''LFI''') is a group in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] that advocates a strong bilateral relationship between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Israel]], and seeks to strengthen ties between the British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and the [[Labor (Israel)|Israeli Labor Party]]. LFI says it supports a [[two-state solution]] to the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], with Israel recognised and secure within its borders, and the establishment of a viable [[Palestinian state]].<ref>{{cite news |author=[[Peter Oborne|Oborne, Peter]] and Jones, James |title=Friends in high places|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=16 November 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/nov/16/israel-friends-lobby-uk-politicians|access-date=31 January 2010 }}</ref> {{as of|2020|07}}, it comprises around one quarter of the [[Parliamentary Labour Party]] and one third of the [[Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer|Shadow Cabinet]].<ref name="Judah">{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/labour-friends-of-israel-director-to-step-down-1.502020|title=Labour Friends of Israel director to step down in September|last=Judah|first=Jacob|date=29 July 2020|access-date=2 September 2020|work=The Jewish Chronicle}}</ref>

==History==
LFI was founded at the 1957 [[Labour Party Conference]].<ref name=lfi50years>{{cite web |title=Labour Friends of Israel – 50 Years |url=http://www.lfi.org.uk/50_years |author=Labour Friends of Israel |date=8 December 2008 |access-date=18 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110181848/http://www.lfi.org.uk/50_years |archive-date=10 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its membership is organised into local branches. Seeking to strengthen the bond between the Labour Party and the [[Israeli Labor Party]], it organises meetings of senior figures in both the UK and Israel.

===2000–2015===
In 2003, LFI described itself as "a Westminster based lobby group working within the British Labour Party to promote the State of Israel".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lfi1.dircon.co.uk/about.html|title=Labour Friends Of Israel website – about us|date=1 August 2003|access-date=10 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030801165548/http://www.lfi1.dircon.co.uk/about.html|archive-date=1 August 2003}}</ref> 
It has been described as "less unquestioning in its support of the Israeli government than the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]".<ref name="guard"/> Between 2001 and 2009, LFI sponsored more than 60 MPs to visit Israel, more than any other group.<ref name="guard">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches|title=Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims|last=Black|first=Ian|date=16 November 2009 |work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=16 November 2009}}</ref>

In 2010, Jennifer Gerber, previously director of [[Progress (organisation)|Progress]] and before that, special advisor to [[Andy Burnham]], was appointed director.

In 2011, LFI adopted a new strategy of becoming a wider membership organisation and of operating under the slogan "Working Towards a Two-State Solution".

In 2011, [[John Woodcock (UK politician)|John Woodcock]] was appointed chair,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/37979/new-strategy-labour-friends-israel |title=New strategy for Labour Friends of Israel |author=Dysch, Marcus |date=7 September 2010 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=13 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/43687/israel-friends-change-tack-and-relaunch |title=Israel friends change tack and relaunch |author=Bright, Martin |author-link= Martin Bright|date=13 January 2011 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=13 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=jc-20111019>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/56633/labour-friends-go-israel |title=Labour Friends go to Israel |author=Dysch, Marcus |date=19 October 2011 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=13 October 2011}}</ref> followed in May 2013 by Dame [[Anne McGuire]] and,<ref name= McGuire>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/107300/stirling-mp-anne-mcguire-chair-labour-friends-israel |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |title=Stirling MP Anne McGuire to chair Labour Friends of Israel|date=9 May 2013|access-date=24 June 2013}}</ref> in 2015, [[Joan Ryan (politician)|Joan Ryan]].<ref name=jc-20150810>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/141925/dont-vote-jeremy-corbyn-urges-new-labour-friends-israel-chair-joan-ryan |title=Don't vote for Jeremy Corbyn, urges new Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan |author=Marcus Dysch |newspaper=[[Jewish Chronicle]] |date=10 August 2015 |access-date=1 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/dame-louise-ellman-becomes-new-labour-friends-of-israel-chair-1.487239|title=Dame Louise Ellman becomes new Labour Friends of Israel chair|last=Harpin|first=Lee|date=7 August 2019|access-date=7 August 2019|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]}}</ref>

In 2014, Adrian Cohen, a corporate lawyer, the chair of the [[London Jewish Forum]], a trustee of the [[Jewish Leadership Council]] and a deputy of the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]], was appointed Lay Chair.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/miliband-warms-the-hearts-of-the-labour-friends-1.55374?highlight=Adrian+Cohen|title=Miliband warms the hearts of the Labour Friends|last=Rocker|first=Simon|date=19 June 2014|access-date=18 October 2019|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejlc.org/adrian_cohen|title=Adrian Cohen|access-date=25 September 2019|work=Jewish Leadership Council}}</ref>

===2016 onwards===
With the ascent to the leadership of the Labour Party, in September 2015, of [[Jeremy Corbyn]], who has a history of support for [[Palestinians]], the relationship between the LFI and the party leadership deteriorated.

LFI had been depleted of Parliamentary supporters who had lost their seats at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]]. In 2016, LFI announced it had trebled its number of Parliamentary supporters, stating that 65 MPs had pledged to back the group, at a time when many MPs rebelled against the leadership of the party. LFI re-branded itself as "Labour Friends of Israel: For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace", created a Young LFI group, and stated it would support the [[Alliance for Middle East Peace]]’s international fund.<ref name=haaretz-20160922>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/u-k-labour-party-pro-israel-group-triples-support-1.5441333 |title=U.K Labour Party pro-Israel Group Triples Support Ahead of Relaunch |newspaper=Haaretz |date=22 September 2016 |access-date=31 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=jc-20160922>{{cite news |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/mps-%EF%AC%82ock-to-support-labour-israel-group-1.53362 |title=MPs flock to support Labour Israel group |last=Dysch |first=Marcus |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |date=22 September 2016 |access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref>

In early 2017, ''[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]'' released a four-part documentary entitled ''[[The Lobby (TV series)|The Lobby]]'', which investigated aspects of the [[Israel lobby in the United Kingdom]], particularly relating to the Labour Party.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/investigations/thelobby/|title=The Lobby|newspaper=Al Jazeera |date = January 2017 |access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref> A member of Israeli embassy staff, Shai Masot, was recorded "plotting" to take down British MPs who favour recognition of a Palestinian state; links to the Labour Friends of Israel were put under the spotlight, including a reference to the availability of £1m from the Israeli government.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/08/israeli-diplomat-shai-masot-plotted-against-mps-set-up-political-groups-labour |title=Israeli diplomat who plotted against MPs also set up political groups |author=MacAskill, Ewen |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=8 January 2017 |access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/labour-dismiss-complaint-against-joan-ryan-mp-over-al-jazeera-series/ |title=Labour dismiss complaint against Joan Ryan MP over Al Jazeera series |author=Cohen, Justin |newspaper=[[Jewish News]] |date=21 March 2017 |access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>

In March 2018, supporters of LFI, along with the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] and the [[Jewish Leadership Council]], took part in a protest critical of the Corbyn leadership, stating that [[Antisemitism in the UK Labour Party|antisemitism]] was present in the Labour Party.

In February 2019, after having lost a vote of no confidence by her local constituency Labour Party,<ref>{{cite news |title=Labour's Joan Ryan and Gavin Shuker lose no-confidence votes|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45445297|work = [[BBC News]]|date = 7 September 2018|access-date = 21 April 2020}}</ref> [[Joan Ryan (politician)|Joan Ryan]] resigned from the Labour Party to join the recently formed [[Change UK|The Independent Group]] but retained her position as Chair of LFI. She became Honorary President in August 2019 and Dame [[Louise Ellman]] succeeded her as Parliamentary Chair.<ref name="Harpin"/> In October 2019, Ellman resigned from the Labour Party.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-50077384|title=MP Louise Ellman quits Labour Party|date=17 October 2019 |access-date = 5 December 2022|work = [[BBC News]]}}</ref> Neither stood for reelection in the 2019 general election. However, despite resigning from the Labour Party, they remained members of LFI.<ref name="LFI181019">{{cite web |url=http://www.lfi.org.uk/in-parliament/|title=LFI Supporters in Parliament|work=Labour Friends of Israel|date=18 October 2019}}</ref>

As of July 2020, around a quarter of the Parliamentary Labour Party and a third of the shadow cabinet were members of the group.<ref name="LFI2020LL">{{cite web |url=https://labourlist.org/2020/09/labour-frontbench-mps-join-labour-friends-of-israel-as-new-vice-chairs/|title=Labour frontbench MPs join Labour Friends of Israel as new vice-chairs|work=Labour List|date=9 September 2020}}</ref> In September 2020, Jennifer Gerber stepped down as director and was replaced by Michael Rubin.<ref name="Judah"/> In September 2020, LFI doubled its number of vice-chairs to 11, with the addition of: [[Rosie Cooper]], [[Chris Evans (British politician)|Chris Evans]], [[Dame Diana Johnson]], [[Peter Kyle]], [[Conor McGinn]]  and [[Catherine McKinnell]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/labour-friends-of-israel-doubles-number-of-vice-chairs-to-11/ |title=Labour Friends of Israel doubles number of vice-chairs to 11 |newspaper=[[Jewish News]] |date=9 September 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref>

===Related groups===
The Yigal Allon Educational Trust, founded in 1985 by former Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]], [[Ian Mikardo]] MP, [[Lord Glenamara]] and others, has supported Labour Friends of Israel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stoneashdown.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=46|title=Yigal Allon Educational Trust |publisher=Stone Ashdown Trust |access-date=17 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109063437/http://www.stoneashdown.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=46 |archive-date=9 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{EW charity |327009 |Yigal Allon Educational Trust}}</ref> {{citation needed|reason=lacks secondary source|date=December 2020}}

==Parliamentary supporters of LFI==
As of February 2022, the Officers, sitting MPs, Lords and former members who were supporters of LFI are set out below.<ref name="LFI2022">{{cite web |title=LFI Parliamentary Supporters |url=https://www.lfi.org.uk/lfi-parliamentary-supporters/ |website=Labour Friends of Israel |access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>

===Officers===
Labour (unless otherwise stated)

* [[Steve McCabe]]: Chair 
* [[Rosie Cooper]]
* [[Chris Evans (British politician)|Chris Evans]]
* [[Sharon Hodgson]]
* [[Diana Johnson]]
* [[Peter Kyle]]
* [[Pat McFadden]]
* [[Conor McGinn]]
* [[Catherine McKinnell]]
* [[Rachel Reeves]]
* [[John Spellar]]
* [[Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale]]
* [[Jonathan Reynolds]]

===Sitting MPs===
[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon David Lammy MP crop 5.jpg|thumb|right|[[Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs]], [[David Lammy]] is a supporter of Labour Friends of Israel<ref>    {{cite web |url= https://www.lfi.org.uk/lfi-parliamentary-supporters/ |title= 	LFI Parliamentary Supporters |website= lfi.org.uk |publisher= Labour Friends of Israel |access-date= 12 January 2024}}</ref>]]
Labour (unless otherwise stated)

* [[Mike Amesbury]]
* [[Fleur Anderson]]
* [[Hilary Benn]]
* [[Nick Brown]]
* [[Chris Bryant]]
* [[Liam Byrne]]
* [[Neil Coyle]]
* [[Feryal Clark]]
* [[Yvette Cooper]]
* [[Jon Cruddas]]
* [[Janet Daby]]
* [[Wayne David]]
* [[Angela Eagle]]
* [[Maria Eagle]]
* [[Chris Elmore]]
* [[Florence Eshalomi]]
* [[Barry Gardiner]]
* [[Preet Gill]]
* [[Mary Glindon]]
* [[Lilian Greenwood]]
* [[Nia Griffith]]
* [[Andrew Gwynne]]
* [[Carolyn Harris]]
* [[Fabian Hamilton]]
* [[Margaret Hodge]]
* [[George Howarth]]
* [[Dan Jarvis]]
* [[Darren Jones (politician)|Darren Jones]]
* [[Kevan Jones]]
* [[Mike Kane]]
* [[Liz Kendall]]
* [[David Lammy]]
* [[Kim Leadbeater]]
* [[Chris Matheson (politician)|Chris Matheson]]
* [[Siobhain McDonagh]]
* [[Stephen Morgan (British politician)|Stephen Morgan]]
* [[Alex Norris (British politician)|Alex Norris]]
* [[Taiwo Owatemi]]
* [[Toby Perkins]]
* [[Jess Phillips]]
* [[Bridget Phillipson]] 
* [[Lucy Powell]]
* [[Virendra Sharma]] 
* [[Barry Sheerman]]
* [[Jeff Smith (British politician)|Jeff Smith]]
* [[Karin Smyth]]
* [[Keir Starmer]]
* [[Wes Streeting]]
* [[Graham Stringer]]
* [[Gareth Thomas (English politician)|Gareth Thomas]]
* [[Emily Thornberry]]
* [[Karl Turner (British politician)|Karl Turner]]
* [[Derek Twigg]]
* [[Christian Wakeford]]
* [[Rosie Winterton]]

===Sitting Lords===
Labour (unless otherwise stated)

*[[Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea]]
*[[Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top]]
*[[Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham]]
*[[Lord Blunkett]]
*[[Lord Boateng]]
*[[Lord Clarke of Hampstead]]
*[[Lord Collins of Highbury]]
*[[Baroness Crawley]]
*[[Lord Desai]]
*[[Lord Donoughue]]
*[[Lord Foulkes of Cumnock]]
*[[Baroness Gale]]<ref name=LFI181019 /> 
*[[John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester|Lord Grantchester]]
*[[Lord Hain]]
*[[Lord Harrison]]
*[[Lord Haskel]]
*[[Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town]]
*[[Lord Hughes of Woodside]]
*[[Lord Hunt of Kings Heath]]
*[[Baroness Kennedy of Cradley]]
*[[Lord Kennedy of Southwark]]
*[[Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead]]
*[[Lord Levy]]
*[[Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke]]
*[[Lord Livermore]]
*[[John Maxton]]
*[[Paul Murphy, Baron Murphy of Torfaen]]
*[[Lord Rooker]]
*[[Lord Stone of Blackheath]]
*[[Lord Tomlinson]]
*[[Lord Touhig]]
*[[Lord Turnberg]] (Independent)
*[[Lord Watts]]
*[[Lord Winston]]
*[[Lord Wood of Anfield]]
*[[Lord Young of Norwood Green]]

===Former members===
* [[David Abrahams (Labour party donor)|David Abrahams]], former Treasurer<ref name=jcabrahams>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11&SecId=11&AId=56890&ATypeId=1|title=David Abrahams gave in secret 'to quell conspiracy fears'|last=Symons|first=Leon|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209172859/http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11&SecId=11&AId=56890&ATypeId=1|archive-date=9 December 2007|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
* [[Lord Archer of Sandwell]]<ref name=whoweare>{{cite web|url=http://www.lfi.org.uk/who_we_are |title=Who We Are|publisher=Labour Friends of Israel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727005100/http://www.lfi.org.uk/who_we_are|archive-date=27 July 2008}}</ref>
* Sir [[Stuart Bell]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuartbellmp.org/biography.htm|last=Bell|first=Stuart|title=Sir Stuart Bell MP, Biography|date=30 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130071351/http://www.stuartbellmp.org/biography.htm|archive-date=30 January 2008}}</ref>
* [[Luciana Berger]], former Director of LFI<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2010/02/05/royle-family-star-ricky-tomlinson-could-run-for-parliament-in-liverpool-wavertree-100252-25766877/|title=Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson could run for parliament in Liverpool|last=Bartlett|first=David|date=5 February 2010|work=[[Liverpool Echo]]|access-date=7 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Tony Blair]], former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]<ref name="Uni">{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/932399.html|title=Finance scandal has local community worried|last=Uni|first=Assaf|date=10 December 2007|work=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref><ref name="Temko">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/dec/02/uk.partyfunding1|title=Behind-the-scenes group's unerring knack of backing the right man|last=Temko|first=Ned|author-link=Ned Temko|date=2 December 2007|work=[[The Observer]]|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
* [[Gordon Brown]], former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]<ref name="Uni"/><ref name="Temko"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Speech by Gordon Brown to the LFI Annual Reception |date=25 September 2007 |author=[[Gordon Brown|Brown, Gordon]] |publisher=Labour Friends of Israel |url=http://www.lfi.org.uk/news///Speech_by_Gordon_Brown |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219224040/http://www.lfi.org.uk/news///Speech_by_Gordon_Brown |archive-date=19 December 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Stephen Byers]], former [[Secretary of State for Trade and Industry]]
* [[Andrew Dismore]]
* [[Michael Dugher]]<ref name="Wright">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/anger-grows-within-labour-over-forced-palestinian-vote-9788395.html| work=[[The Independent]] |title= Anger grows within Labour over forced Palestinian vote|date=10 October 2010 |author = Wright, Oliver|access-date= 23 February 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland|Derek Foster]]
* [[Anthony Greenwood, Baron Greenwood of Rossendale|Anthony Greenwood]], first Chair of LFI (1957)<ref name=lfi50years/>
* [[Baroness Hayman]]
* [[Joan Humble]]
* [[Barbara Keeley]]
* [[Jane Kennedy (politician)|Jane Kennedy]], Chair of LFI (2007)
* [[Ivan Lewis]], former vice-chair of LFI<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/e-envoy/esummit-speakers/$file/lewis.htm |year=2003 |title=Speaker Biographies, Ivan Lewis MP |author=H. M. Cabinet Office |access-date=7 December 2008 |archive-date=14 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114073156/http://archive.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/e-envoy/esummit-speakers/$file/lewis.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Lord Macdonald of Tradeston]]
* [[Denis MacShane]]
* [[Michael McCann (politician)|Michael McCann]], Vice-chair of LFI<ref name="Ban">{{cite news|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/130528/labour-mp-michael-mccann-calls-total-hamas-ban | title=Labour MP Michael McCann calls for total Hamas ban | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=25 February 2015 | access-date=26 February 2015 | author=Dysch, Marcus}}</ref>
* [[Anne McGuire]], Chair of LFI (2013)<ref name="McGuire"/>
* [[Jonathan Mendelsohn (lobbyist)|Jonathan Mendelsohn]], former Chair of LFI (2002)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1570734/Jon-Mendelsohn-profile-a-real-Mr-Fix-It.html|title=Jon Mendelsohn profile: a real Mr Fix-It|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|last=Hope|first=Christopher|date=9 February 2007|access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref>
* [[Alun Michael]], former Leader of the [[Welsh Labour Party]]
* [[Andrew Miller (politician)|Andrew Miller]]
* [[Jim Murphy]], former Chair of LFI (2001), former [[Secretary of State for Scotland]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/oct/03/labour.scotland|title=Government reshuffle: Profile: Jim Murphy|last=Mulholland|first=Hélène|date=3 October 2008|work=[[The Guardian]]|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[Dan Norris]]
* [[Nick Palmer]]
* [[James Purnell]], former Chair of LFI, former [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/dec/12/israelandthepalestinians.jamespurnell|title=Five days in Israel|last=Purnell|first=James|author-link = James Purnell|date=12 December 2002|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan|John Reid]], former [[Home Secretary]] (2007)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/01/nlab01.xml |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |title=David Blunkett to return to the Cabinet in major reshuffle |date=5 January 2005 |author=[[Melissa Kite|Kite, Melissa]] and Hennessy, Patrick |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123132711/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2005%2F05%2F01%2Fnlab01.xml |archive-date=23 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Terry Rooney (politician)|Terry Rooney]]
* [[Dari Taylor]]
* [[Gary Titley]]
* [[Glenis Willmott]], Vice Chair of LFI
* [[Lord Winston]]
* [[John Woodcock (politician)|John Woodcock]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Dysch|first=Marcus|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|title=Labour Friends of Israel name new chair|date=5 July 2011|work=The Jewish Chronicle|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
* [[Iain Wright]], former Chair of LFI (2006)
* [[Anthony Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green|Lord Young of Norwood Green]]

==See also==
* [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]
* [[European Friends of Israel]]
* [[Friends of Israel Initiative]]
* [[Israel lobby in the United Kingdom]]
* [[Israel lobby in the United States]]
* [[Jewish Labour Movement]]
* [[Jewish Voice for Labour]]
* [[Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East]]
* [[Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel]]
* [[Northern Ireland Friends of Israel]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://www.lfi.org.uk/ Official website]
* {{cite web |url=http://www.brijnet.org/election97/lfi.htm |title=General Election – 1 May 1997 |publisher=Labour Friends of Israel |year=1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990129052753/http://www.brijnet.org/election97/lfi.htm |archive-date=29 January 1999}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1063632562982&a=KArticle&aid=1130673808370 |title=United Kingdom and Israel Share the Same Democratic Values |work=Labour Friends of Israel event speech |author=Foreign Secretary [[Jack Straw]] |date=2 November 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228090657/http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FShowPage&c=Page&cid=1063632562982&a=KArticle&aid=1130673808370 |archive-date=28 December 2005 |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.lfi.org.uk/news///Speech_by_Prime_Minister_Tony_Blair |title=Speech by PM Tony Blair to LFI Annual Reception |last=Blair |first=Tony |author-link = Tony Blair|publisher=Labour Friends of Israel |date=26 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711175140/http://www.lfi.org.uk/news///Speech_by_Prime_Minister_Tony_Blair |archive-date=11 July 2007}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071219224040/http://www.lfi.org.uk/news///Speech_by_Gordon_Brown Speech by Gordon Brown to the LFI Annual Reception], Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]], 25 September 2007

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[[Category:Two-state solution]]
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