Last week, at our regular Executive meeting, our Chair, Leon Duveen, gave an impassioned reason why the work LDfPME is trying to do is so important. You can watch what Leon said here: Here is the transcript of what Leon said: [00:00:00] For me, the solution has to come from the people of Israel and […]
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A Light for Peace
In a few days time, on May15th, Palestinians will commemorate their Nakba. In 1948, many thousands of Palestinians were disposed of their land, in what is now Israel. Some were forced to leave by the new Israeli forces, some left to give Arab forces more freedom to operate, some fled from fear of what might […]
I have taken some time before writing about the latest terrorist attack that left 6 dead in Bnei Brak on Tuesday. This attack came after similar attacks in Be’er Sheva & Hadera last week and the killing of young people by the IDF in the Occupied Territories recently. Two more were killed yesterday (Thursday) when […]
When I think about Israel, I start from the perspective of a Muslim of Pakistani origin who has lived in the UK, as a member of a religious and an ethnic minority, from the age of two. As a long-standing observer of Israel, who for obvious reasons identifies with its minority communities, I am very […]
Last week I took part in the debate at Conference on the Policy Motion – Towards a Lasting Peace in Israel and Palestine. You can watch the whole debate on YouTube (from 2:05:00 with my contribution at 2:20:30). Here is the speech I wrote and, more or less, delivered: Conference, With respect to Layla and […]
LDfPME held our first General meeting last night to set the group as a formal body. We adopted our Constitution (will be added onto this website later) and elected our first Executive: Chair – Leon Duveen Vice-Chairs – Lorenzo Cherin & Mohammed Amin Secretary – Zachary Barker Treasurer – vacant Membership Secretary – Alexandrine Kántor […]
by Leon Duveen Why do the Lib Dems need another group focusing on the conflict between Palestinians & Israelis? Haven’t we already got Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine (LDFP) and Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel (LDFI)? What difference will a new group make? All good questions and they deserve an answer. The difference […]