In response the the UN General Assembly vote for Palestine, Israel annouces new settlements which would destroy the chanches for a two state solution

General secretary Dave Prentis has written to the chief executive of G4S, Ashley Almanza, stating the union's concerns.

By Charlotte Proudmand and LFPME's Mark McDonald

Full text of speech by President Abbas to the UN General Assembly

Briefing note: Proposed Palestinian UNGA Resolution, Background and Q&A;

A blog post from an LFPME volunteer in Hebron

Gaza: Leaders Play to the Gallery, the Innocent Suffer But Will the International Community Act? (Richard Burden MP)

Ramzy Baroud writes about Mahmoud Sarsak, the Palestinian national soccer team member on hunger strike, held without trial or any charges for 3 years by Israel.

John Denham MP writes about his second visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Ed Miliband MP statement to LFPME on its 4th annual Parliamentary Reception

Richard Burden MP writes about the sudden Israel-Gaza military escalation

Jamie Kinlochan reflects on a teaching trip he made to the West Bank

Graham Jones MP writes after making visit to the West Bank and Jerusalem in December 2011

Sadiq Khan MP writes about his visit to the West Bank and Jerusalem in December 2011

Martin Linton writes on the UNESCO vote to accept Palestine as a member

Jonathan Broadbery writes about the US Congress blocking aid to the Palestinian Authority in response to the statehood bid at UN

Simon Danczuk MP article published in labourlist

In a comment piece for International Herald Tribune, Marti Ahtisaari and Javier Solana outline 10 reasons to support the Palestinian recognition at the UN

Jack Straw MP writes in the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News

Lord Norman Warner calls for more robust action to lift the inhuman and unjustified blockade on Gaza

Ian Murray MP writes after his visit to Gaza in July 2011

Ramzy Baroud visits his former home in Gaza

In a comment piece for Tribune, LFPME's Mark McDonald argues "If Britain and the US will not stand up for Palestine at the UN, they should not obstruct those who will"

Chris Doyle, Director of CAABU gives his thoughts on President Obama's speech on the Middle East

Jonathan Broadbery, working as a researcher and campaigner for Naba’a, an apolitical Lebanese NGO which works with Palestinian and Lebanese communities in and around the 12 refugee camps in Lebanon writes about the 'forgotten Palestinian refugees'

Comment piece on the tragic murder of peace activist
 Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza

Ramzy Baroud writes about Goldstone's moral collapse over the 2009 UN report on alleged war crimes in Gaza

31st March 2011 - The FCO published it 2010 Human Rights Report. This section overs the Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Statement from Harriet Harman MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development

Margaret Curran MP visited the West Bank with CAABU and spoke to LFPME about what she saw.

Jameela Oberman interviews Amnesty International's Crisis Response & Country Priorities Manager

The MP for Exeter shares his thoughts with Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East

A leaked report shows that Heads of 25 EU diplomatic missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah call for the European Union to treat East Jerusalem as the future capital of a Palestinian state.

Recently back from the West Bank, Sandra Osborne MP describes child detainees with their legs shackled and their hands cuffed at the military court at Ofer.



Former Labour MP and Solicitor General, Vera Baird QC, writes on universal jurisdiction

LFPME's Mark McDonald writes on universal jurisdiction.

Richard Burden MP on obstacles to Obama's Middle East initiative.

Bob Marshall Andrews writes after his visit to Gaza

I've got a message for all the world leaders who are gathering in London today...

Under Labour, Britain has played a leading role in persuading the European Union to exert greater and more co-ordinated pressure on Israel to resume peace talks with the Palestinians.

There's an ugly plan afoot in the EU to reward Israel for its abominable and criminal conduct by enhancing the already handsome benefits enjoyed by this neighbourhood bully under the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

Gaza had already been suffering from years of economic blockade and a terrible humanitarian crisis long before the fighting started.