APPGIsrael

The official Twitter account of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Israel in the UK Parliament.

[APPGIsrael @AppgIsrael]

Today we launch the Second Edition of the 7 October Parliamentary Commission report chaired by renowned historian Lord Roberts of Belgravia.

From the very day of the attacks, denial began. This report confronts that distortion with evidence and accountability.

Read the full report here: https://t.co/uF96cvS6tK

#7October #Israel

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

The Holocaust started with skilled propagandists who used sophisticated advertising techniques and the most current technology of the time to spread their antisemitic message.

They incited hatred and fostered a climate of indifference to the fate of Jews.

The modern equivalent is the antisemitic “genocide” blood libel. The prevalence shows us where we are as a society. These people are convinced they’re the good guys.

[APPGIsrael @AppgIsrael]

RT @_LFI: LFI strongly shares the concerns of Britain’s two leading communal organisations.

Item 7 breaches the UN principle of equality…

[Lord Walney @LordWalney]

Extraordinary. We need fundamental change

[Jewish Leadership Council @JLC_uk]

Together with @BoardofDeputies, we are appalled at the UK Government’s decision to renege on its previous position of voting against all item 7 resolutions in the UN Human Rights Council which unfairly single out Israel.

In the context of growing antisemitism in the UK, including an antisemitic attack on ambulances in Golders Green, we can't walk back our actions against this hatred on the world stage.

[APPGIsrael @AppgIsrael]

Ahead of the upcoming release of the Second Edition of the 7 October Parliamentary Commission Report, chaired by Lord Roberts of Belgravia @aroberts_andrew, Nimco Ali @NimkoAli an incredible female activist against FGM, has written about her experiences trying to speak out against the sexual violence on 7 October in many women organisations.

Rape should always be condemned.

https://t.co/HfGjeZs6Tl

[GB News @GBNEWS]

'People have said they expected it, but why should they expect such things?'

Lord Stuart Polak believes antisemitism is a 'British' problem as opposed to a Jewish problem.

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[Jewish Leadership Council @JLC_uk]

Our statement on the Mayor of London's comments during last night's People's Question Time

[Lord Walney @LordWalney]

Cowardly and wrong. This futile gesture diminishes the UK’s influence to lessen the suffering in the Middle East and makes a two-state solution even less likely. And it won’t make Labour more popular at home either.
https://t.co/wCdXyTPCqz

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

BREAKING: Ambassador Huckabee says that Macron destroyed negotiations.

"What destroyed the negotiations for the hostages was the European nations going and having this push for a unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state. It destroyed negotiations."

[Lord Walney @LordWalney]

Absurd. During my year at the Royal College of Defence Studies, 2015-2016, I studied alongside an officer from *China*. This selective demonisation of our key ally will hurt British security more than Israel.

https://t.co/tHISiGgyj8

[Adam Wagner KC @AdamWagner1]

STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
30 July 2025

British hostage families are deeply concerned that hostages have been made a bargaining chip by the UK in its Palestinian State declaration statement

Since October 2023, we have represented the 7 families of the 10 hostages held by Hamas who are either British or have very close British ties, including British citizens Emily Damari (released in February 2025) and Nadav Popplewell (murdered in June 2024). We continue to represent a number of families including those of remaining hostages Avinatan Or, who is presumed alive and whose mother is British, and Yossi Sharabi, whose body is held by Hamas.

For almost two years, the British hostage families have encouraged the U.K. to use any leverage it has to help secure the release of their loved ones. They have sat in 10 Downing Street with successive Prime Ministers and Foreign Secretaries who have looked them in the eyes and promised the U.K. will do everything in its power to secure the immediate and unconditional release of their loved ones, whose detention is unambiguously a war crime.

We are concerned that the UK’s proposal risks delaying the release of the hostages. This is because the UK has said that it will recognise a Palestinian state unless Israel agrees a ceasefire. But the risk is that Hamas will continue to refuse to a ceasefire because if it agrees to one this would make U.K. recognition less likely.

The families are therefore deeply concerned that the U.K.’s approach risks disincentivising Hamas from releasing the hostages. This risks doing exactly what the Prime Minister’s statement says the U.K. will not do: reward Hamas for its heinous and illegal acts.

The British hostage families take no position on the wider politics. Their concern is to bring their loved ones home, and time is fast running out. They therefore implore the Prime Minister to provide clarity and confirm, unambiguously, that Hamas will not be rewarded and that the U.K. will not take any substantive steps until all the hostages are free.

Adam Rose

Adam Wagner KC

Lawyers for British hostage families

[Labour Friends of Israel @_LFI]

Recognition of a Palestinian state outside of a meaningful peace process will change nothing on the ground and will damage our reputation as an impartial broker, reducing our ability to bring about a sustainable long-term peace.

Full statement below.

https://t.co/FjbVkYrdXN

[CFoI @CFoI]

CFI Parliamentary Chairs @SuellaBraverman and Lord @EricPickles:

"Keir Starmer's plan to recognise a Palestinian state is strategically incoherent and morally suspect. Labour's policies have consistently overlooked the role of Hamas in initiating and prolonging the war in Gaza and this latest move sends an unmistakable message that international support can be gained by terrorism rather than diplomacy.

It will make a two-state solution harder to achieve and will be a disincentive to future compromise and negotiation. The only way to bring the remaining 50 hostages home and end the war is to exert maximum pressure on Hamas and its backers to release them.

The UK Government's announcement is, in effect, a reward for hostage-taking and terror tactics. The Prime Minister’s actions have diminished the UK's influence in the peace process - we are now no one’s trusted partner".

[APPGIsrael @AppgIsrael]

Some of Britain’s most prominent lawyers have warned Sir Keir Starmer that his government’s pledge to recognise a Palestinian state risks breaking international law.

https://t.co/UdKQAO8w13

[Lord Walney @LordWalney]

We need to do better than this

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

“Every day you think they’re gonna come and shoot you.”

Survivor Emily Damari should be resting and focusing on her recovery. Instead, she’s fighting tooth and nail to free her best friends, Gali and Ziv, along with the 48 other hostages.

Share Emily’s story. Bring them home!

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

Good to see that a group of cross-party Parliamentarians are pushing for this. The government has taken steps forward in this regard, but it hasn't yet gone all the way - and it should.

https://t.co/pNVHIDv2Jv