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In Brief: Israel ends travel warning to Morocco following normalisation
Israel’s National Security Council ended a travel warning for Morocco that has been in effect for over a decade.
In a statement, the council said the decision was made following an assessment that the threat level to Israelis in Morocco …
In Brief: IAEA monitoring of Iran’s nuclear program “no longer intact”
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi has admitted that his organisation’s monitoring of Iran’s nuclear program is “no longer intact”.
Speaking in an interview with NBC News, Grossi said that Iran’s continued refusal to grant access to camera …
In Brief: Israel welcomes Lebanese workers amid economic turmoil
Israel announced on Monday that it was opening its border with Lebanon – with which it is technically at war – in order to allow agricultural workers to pick olives.
“In light of the economic situation in Lebanon, and as …
Analysis: The tyrant who came in from the cold
Bashar al-Assad’s international isolation appears to be coming to an end as Arab capitals make moves to bring the Syrian dictator in from the diplomatic cold.
Political, strategic and economic imperatives have caused governments in the region – including some …
LFI director: Labour must craft a new approach to promoting peace in the Middle East
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Labour Foreign Policy Group. Click here to read the original.
In the months since President Biden’s inauguration, we’ve already begun to see the difference in his …
In Brief: Hezbollah boasts of 100,000 fighters amid Lebanese unrest
The leader of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group, Hassan Nasrallah, boasted this week that he commands 100,000 fighters.
Experts estimate that the claimed figure, which exceeds the size of Lebanon’s army, is almost certainly an exaggeration of the more likely …
In Brief: Israeli govt ends residency freeze for 4,000 Palestinians
Israel announced this week that it had officially legalised the status of 4,000 Palestinians in the West Bank, ending a decade-long freeze in which almost no requests were authorised under Benjamin Netanyahu.
The move was part of the government’s ongoing …
In Brief: Israeli officials express concern over rise in settler crimes
Israeli defence officials have expressed concern over a dramatic rise in hate crimes and violence by Jewish nationalists in the past two years. Most of the perpetrators appear to be West Bank settlers.
Ynet news found that hate crimes increased …
Westminster Hall Debate on Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA
In the first week back after the conference recess, parliamentarians debated Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA nuclear deal in a Westminster Hall Debate organised by Stephen Crabb.
A refresher
- The JCPOA, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was agreed in
LFI director reflects on Labour conference
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Fathom. Click here to read the original.
Six years ago, at his first conference as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn attended the Labour Friends of Israel reception and …
In Brief: Iranian supreme leader’s representative calls for Israel’s destruction
Lotfallah Dezhkam, the representative of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Fars province, called for the destruction of Israel in a sermon in Shiraz last week.
The clerical firebrand declared, “the global arrogance led by America with complicity of Israel seeks …
In Brief: Israeli ministers meet with PA to “keep two-state solution alive”
Two Israeli ministers from the left-wing Meretz party, Nitzan Horowitz and Isawi Frej, met with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday night.
Health minister Horowitz said his party was working to “keep the two-state solution alive” within Israel’s new …
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