A number of LFI MPs have today added their names to a cross-party letter addressed to Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, calling on the government to investigate allegations in the Jewish Chronicle that scientists at British universities have been helping Iran develop technology that could be used to upgrade Read more…
LFI parliamentary supporter Andrew Gwynne has today used Foreign Office Questions to ask what steps the government is taking to deal with the activity of Iranian proxies in the UK, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). He asked: The Foreign Secretary knows that there are concerns across the House Read more…
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Faisal bin Farhan, said on Thursday that Riyadh normalising ties with Israel would bring significant benefits to the Middle East region, but that those benefits would be restricted in the absence of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “We believe that normalisation is in the Read more…
Scientists at British universities have helped the Iranian regime develop technology that can be used in its drone programme and fighter jets, an investigation by the Jewish Chronicle has revealed. At least 11 British universities, including Cambridge and Imperial College London, are reportedly involved, with staff producing at least 16 Read more…
Israel’s leader of the opposition and former prime minister, Yair Lapid, testified in court today at the corruption trial of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu about his interaction with the prime minister in 2013, when he served under Netanyahu as finance minister. Lapid’s opening statement reiterated what he has previously told Read more…
Last Thursday, 150,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv as the annual Pride parade took place. What happened More than 150,000 revellers marched as part of the parade last week, kicking off a weekend of festivities. Celebrating its 25th year, the parade took place amid high temperatures and heavy security, with hundreds of Read more…
LFI parliamentarians have today urged the government to take a more robust and comprehensive stance towards the Iranian regime at a Westminster Hall Debate on the topic. In his remarks, Parliamentary Labour Party chair John Cryer MP – a longstanding campaigner on the issue – once again set out the Read more…
This afternoon, LFI parliamentarians have attended a briefing from the Abraham Initiatives, a non-profit organisation which works to promote “full and equal citizenship and complete equality of social and political rights for Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens”, in Parliament. Co-hosted by LFI and the New Israel Fund, attendees heard from Read more…
US secretary of state Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia this week, with improving ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia on the agenda for talks. Blinken “will discuss US-Saudi strategic cooperation on regional and global issues and a range of bilateral issues including economic and security cooperation”, the State Read more…
Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Jerusalem on Thursday last week for the Jerusalem Pride parade. An estimated 30,000 people turned out for the parade amid heavy security and the presence of some 2,000 police and riot police officers, as well as several lines of police barriers separating Read more…
An Egyptian policeman accused of killing three Israeli soldiers in an attack on the countries’ shared border on Saturday morning has been named as 22-year-old Mohamed Salah Ibrahim. Arabic-language media reported that Ibrahim was drafted into the Egyptian army in June 2022 and stationed on the border with Israel as Read more…
Iran may be able to produce nuclear weapons “on demand”, a leading expert warned last week. The report in The Economist magazine also provided details of a new nuclear facility being constructed by Tehran deep in the Zagros mountains. It comes as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reportedly estimated that Read more…