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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East

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We want two states, Israel and Palestine, living in peace. We are not pro one side or anti the other. Both have just claims and both have done wrongs. For more details see ldfpme.org.uk

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Maoz Inon @maozinon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Truth To Power: Speaking at the UN Security Council, Israeli peacebuilder Maoz Inon addressed world leaders on the urgent need to invest in grassroots diplomacy and long-term peacebuilding infrastructure. The Future Is Peace' by Maoz Inon & Aziz Abu Sarah: www.thefutureispeace.com
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Leon Duveen 🔶️🟣 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 @leonduveen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My thoughts on today's sad anniverary leonduveen.substack.com/p/three-year...
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Three Years, for what?
Today in the Hebrew Calender marks the 3rd Anniversary of the attacks on the Western Negev settlements by Hamas, the murder of hundreds of Israelis, the kidnapping of over 200 Israelis and the start o...
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Aziz Abu Sarah @azizabusarah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This morning, Maoz Inon and I briefed the UN Security Council. We made the case for a better future, built on equality, justice, and peace. We demanded protection for civilians. supporting Palestinian elections, ending torture in Israeli prisons, and the rebuilding of Gaza. We want a real peace!
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our President, @leonduveen.bsky.social, has been thinking about the words we use, especially slogans, in the Palestine - Israel conflict and wrote this: www.libdemvoice.org/words-matter...
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Words matter, use them carefully!
There are any number of slogans linked to the Palestine / Israel conflict that mean different things to different people. Accordingly we must be incredibly careful in how we speak. Our words can have ...
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
LDfPME welcome Calum Miller, our Party's spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, statement on the situation in Palestine & Israel made to Lib Dem Conference today. We support his call to support the moderates in both nations working for peace and echo his call for the Palestinian Elections to proceed.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Former Meretz chair, Zehava Galon, notes that "the British step, which distinguishes Occupied Territory, Settlements, and WB Settler terror from legitimate sovereign Israel is important" because "Israel's security and peace depend on ending the occupation". uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-announce-...
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Israel to close British consulate in East Jerusalem after UK, France and Canada ban imports from settlements
By Alexander Cornwell, Elizabeth Piper and John Irish LONDON/TEL AVIV/PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday it was closing Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem in response to plans by the
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Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I shed a tear when the government said that the occupation is illegal. I welcome the Foreign Secretary's commitment to banning all illegal settlements. Today I asked him how the government intends to work cross-party, so that we can all play our part to ensure the future of a Palestinian State.
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UK Friends of Standing Together @ukfost.co.uk · 09/09/2026
UKFoST supports sanctions on West Bank settlements (see our statement on the previous round of sanctions announced on 9 June under the Starmer government, linked). We will publish a statement on the Foreign Secretary’s announcement in the Commons shortly.
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Statement on new British sanctions on West Bank settlements · UK Friends of Standing Together
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In another act of ethnic cleansing, Israeli forces forcibly displaced around 30 Palestinians by bulldozing their homes, sheep pens and water tanks in Khirbet al-Fakheit, Masafer Yatta – destroying their livelihoods and leaving entire families homeless.
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our response to Ed Miliband's Statement on Israel and Palestine. substack.com/profile/4548...
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Today's Statement from Ed Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, on Israel and Palestine is very welcome. If we are serious about supporting a Two State Solution then we must also be ready to take the act...
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
1/ Early this morning, activists from Standing Together went to the homes of Israeli political leaders Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, calling on them to commit to advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace, renewing negotiations, and supporting a Palestinian state alongside Israel in the next government.
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Today we put up massive billboards in Arabic and Hebrew reading “A government of peace will bring change. Yes to a Palestinian state alongside Israel,” because we’re calling on the next government to enter into negotiations with Palestinian leaders on a real, just peace deal. (1/4)
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Peace building isn't just btwn gov'ts. "It must also happen in the communities where inequality and mistrust are experienced every day." On our blog, @josephhillyard.bsky.social shares takeaways from the 2nd annual Israel-Palestine Peace & Solidarity Summit. www.progressiveisrael.org/beyond-the-t...
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Beyond the Traditional Peacebuilding Paradigm
By Joseph Hillyard Israel-Palestine Peace and Solidarity Summit, Credit Gili Getz Comparing history to today’s realities reveals the cracks in the assumptions that the dominant peacebuilding approac...
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
RIGHT NOW IN HAIFA: Standing Together activists unfurl a massive banner reading: “One day, a Palestinian state will be established – and there will be peace.”
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"If every meaningful consequence [to settlement/occupation policy] is unacceptable," write R' Josh Levy & R' Charley Baginsky, co-leads of the UK Movement for Progressive Judaism, "we must ask whether our support for two states remains a political commitment". www.jewishnews.co.uk/a-time-for-m...
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A time for moral clarity on Israeli settlements - Jewish News
The Zionism we want to inhabit is one strong enough to confront dispossession rather than provide moral cover for it
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Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Netanyahu Needs a War to Win gershonbaskin.substack.com/p/netanyahu-...
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Netanyahu Needs a War to Win
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a serious problem.
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The first thing we did when we founded Standing Together was hold a protest. The second thing we did was create training seminars for activists. Because we know that seminars do two things: they give the people practical tools to change reality and inspire real hope. (1/4)
A group of people stands outside, surrounded by green, to pose for a picturePeople sit on folding chairs in a circle in a room with geometric designs on the ceiling People pose for a photoSeven students are pictured listening to a speaker and sitting in chairs, with one student on the ground, during a student seminar
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is about an extremist member of Knesset who raids West Bank villages – and Palestinian cities in Israel – to intimidate and provoke. But more importantly, it’s about the support that the Israeli army, and gov’t, gives him. Note soldiers standing by in the video. (1/7)
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Israeli lawmaker Tzvi Succot smashes Palestinian memorial guarded by IDF
The far-right lawmaker confirmed to Haaretz that he participated in the action, saying it was carried out in full coordination with the Israeli military. He said the memorial commemorates militants wh...
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Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The illegal E1 settlement scheme will critically endanger the two state solution and peace in the Middle East. The Government must take strong action in response, including a ban on all trade with illegal settlements. See the letter from me and other Lib Dem MPs to the Foreign Sec👇
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Leon Duveen 🔶️🟣 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 @leonduveen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@partners4israel.bsky.social ran a series on the #IsraeliElections, worth watching 1 - The Israeli Political System & Electoral Process youtu.be/Zxs4pYl-ySk?... 2 - The Main Issues Driving the Elections youtu.be/Q3UuxUWFwns?... 3 - The Polls and Post-Election Scenarios youtu.be/BVfKBsgBVEQ?...
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2026 Israeli Elections webinar series: Session 1 - The Israeli Political System & Electoral Process
YouTube video by Partners for Progressive Israel
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Yachad @yachad.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The UK government and the international community are right to take action when words have failed. Our statement on the Foreign Secretary’s recent response following the Israeli Government’s launch of tenders for the E1 settlement project:
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Activists from Standing Together and A Land For All unfurled a massive banner in the center of one of Tel Aviv’s largest malls, Dizengooff Center, with the words “one day, a Palestinian state will be established and there will be peace” on it. (1/5)
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Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Trump Must Stop Netanyahu From Burning the Regional Horizon gershonbaskin.substack.com/p/trump-must...
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Trump Must Stop Netanyahu From Burning the Regional Horizon
Jared Kushner’s visit to Israel was mainly to talk about Gaza.
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We have set up a new List for feeds from people 7 organisations working to promote peace in the Middle East. If you have any suggestions for other feeds to include, please message us bsky.app/profile/ldfp...
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Our campaign to get out the vote in Palestinian society in Israel is on 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️ Ahead of the fall election, we’re planning to reach hundreds of thousands of Palestinian citizens across the country. (1/3)
Three Palestinians wearing yellow and purple Standing Together t-shirts with Arabic writing stand on a sidewalk in northern Israel during a get-out-the-vote flyering session
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Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Israel Should Not Have to Defend Every Hilltop gershonbaskin.substack.com/p/israel-sho...
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Israel Should Not Have to Defend Every Hilltop
We are constantly being told that the IDF is short of tens of thousands of soldiers.
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Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
www.timesofisrael.com/board-of-pea...
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Board of Peace envoy says full execution of Gaza plan only ‘guarantee’ Oct. 7 won’t recur
Nickolay Mladenov tells Channel 12 disarmament plan is 'not built on trust,' but complete verification of progress; White House said not worried about Netanyahu's refusal to agree
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
1/ We recently hosted a healing art activity for bereaved Palestinian women in Israel who have lost loved ones to the epidemic of organized crime and violence in Palestinian towns.
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Our President, @leonduveen.bsky.social, has published his latest update. ldfpme.substack.com/p/presidents...
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President’s Update August 2026
From Leon Duveen
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Netanyahu Is Stopping Trump From Securing Billions for U.S. Companies Netanyahu's surrender to extremist settlers makes it harder for Trump to promote economic opportunities between Israel and the Arab world. READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE>>>> gershonbaskin.substack.com/p/netanyahu-...
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Netanyahu Is Stopping Trump From Securing Billions for U.S. Companies
Netanyahu's surrender to extremist settlers makes it harder for Trump to promote economic opportunities between Israel and the Arab world. American companies are losing tens of billions of dollars
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
To mark 1000 days since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Liberal Democrats for Peace in the Middle East have issued the following Statement ldfpme.org.uk/a-sombre-mil...
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A Sombre Milestone - Liberal Democrats for Peace in the Middle East
Today marks 1,000 days since 7 October 2023 when Hamas attacked Israel. That day saw the largest one-day loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust. Hamas engaged in mass murder of civilians as well as c...
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Here is the latest update from our President, Leon Duveen. open.substack.com/pub/ldfpme/p... Also available on our Website ldfpme.org.uk/presidents-u...
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President’s Update June 2026
From Leon Duveen
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Our President's latest update to the group is now on line both on our Substack feed - ldfpme.substack.com/p/presidents... and on our website ldfpme.org.uk/presidents-u...
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President’s Update May 2026
From Leon Duveen
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Leon Duveen 🔶️🟣 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 @leonduveen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Just recieved my copy of @maozinon.bsky.social & @azizabusarah.bsky.social book. Looking forward to reading it.
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Four Palestinians murdered by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank in just over 24 hours: - 16y/o Mohamad Jaabari, run over - Hebron - 14y/o Aws Naasan, shot dead - Al-Mughayyir - 32y/o Jihad Abu Naim, shot dead - Al-Mughayyir - 29y/o Odeh Awawdeh, shot dead - Deir Dibwan
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Protester arrested yesterday with sign reading: “We deserve a government that isn’t afraid of peace.” This government is afraid of our fight for our future. It’s afraid of a people’s fight for safety and freedom in our homeland and it’s afraid of our power when we’re organized. (1/3)
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Our President's latest update is now on line both on our website & on Substack ldfpme.org.uk/presidents-u... substack.com/home/post/p-...
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President’s Update April 2026 - Liberal Democrats for Peace in the Middle East
When I started to write this month’s update just before the start of Pesach (Passover) and Good Friday, I was acutely aware of the situation in Palestine, Israel, and Iran.  I was worried that by the ...
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
On Monday 30th March the Israeli Knesset passed a law that mandates the Death Penalty for Palestinians who kill Israelis . LDfPME condemn this action. It serves no purpose to promote peace and cohesion in Israel and Palestine. We call on Israel citizens and organisations to speak out against this
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
You can read our Presidents' (@leonduveen.bsky.social) latest update at on our website (ldfpme.org.uk/presidents-u...) and on Substack (substack.com/home/post/p-...)
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President’s Update March 2026 - Liberal Democrats for Peace in the Middle East
Last week, as I was beginning to think about this month’s update, I was looking at a month where nothing much had happened to change the situation in Palestine or Israel. Gaza was still waiting for th...
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We are currently doing a recruitment drive, if you would like to join please click on the link below, membership is currently £10 (£3 for concession) a year. Please come and join us, together we can get more work done, all you need is to be a Liberal Democrat member. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Membership Form - Liberal Democrats for Peace in the Middle East
Our objectives are: a) to promote a just and equitable peace solution to Palestinian / Israeli conflict that recognises the just demands of both people for a national homeland; b) to help the Party u...
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The thoughts of our President @leonduveen.bsky.social on the 30th Anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak #Rabin ldfpme.org.uk/30-years-sin...
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30 years since Rabin’s Assassination - Liberal Democrats for Peace in the Middle East
30 years ago, on November 4th 1995, more than 100,000 Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv to celebrate the signing of a peace agreement with the PLO to end the conflict between the two people and ch...
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Read the latest update from our President, @leonduveen.bsky.social ldfpme.org.uk/update-from-...
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Update from LDfPME - October 2025 - Liberal Democrats for Peace in the Middle East
My apologies for being little late with this month’s update.  I have not been well for a few days but also I wanted to wait until the outcome of the Trump Peace initiative became clearer. This morning...
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 23/09/2025
We must call it by its name, and we must condemn it unequivocally. What is unfolding in Gaza is a genocide. And the United Kingdom must do all it can to make Netanyahu stop.
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The latest update from our Chair, @leonduveen.bsky.social ldfpme.org.uk/update-from-...
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Update from LDfPME - September 2025 - Liberal Democrats for Peace in the Middle East
Another month, and still Netanyahu’s war in Gaza drags on. Another month, still the people of Gaza are starving, caught between two foes, neither of whom care about feeding those in desperate need, pr...
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 31/07/2025
By trying to bully nations out of recognising Palestine, Trump is making himself the biggest hurdle to a two-state solution and a lasting peace. The UK must stand strong with Canada and our allies, we should recognise the Palestinian state right now. No more delays.
A social media post from Donald J. Trump on Truth Social, dated July 31, 2025, at 5:29 AM, reads: "Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Canada!!!"
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 26/07/2025
Liberal Democrats will not stop campaigning until these failing water companies are held properly to account.
A cartoon sewage graphic with the words in the water saying:

END ALL SEWAGE SPILLS IN 
bathing waters by 2030
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 25/07/2025
I’ve written to the Prime Minister urging him to use Trump’s visit to the UK to push for an end to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
A letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer on 25 July calls for urgent action on Gaza. He urges a ceasefire, says Trump could influence Israel, and wants Starmer to press him on ending the fighting and getting proper aid in.A follow-up section of Ed Davey’s 25 July letter to Keir Starmer. He urges Starmer to push Trump on a joint UK-US UN resolution for a Gaza ceasefire, reopening humanitarian corridors, and recognising Palestine. Davey says the UK must lead—even if it means challenging Trump—and calls on Starmer to show that leadership during Trump’s UK visit.
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Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Great to see Ed and the Liberal Democrats leading the way on this.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 25/07/2025
Ok Keir Starmer, let’s see the RAF leading the way.
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