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In Brief: Iran’s IRGC implicated in German synagogue shooting

Posted 21 March, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0; via Wikimedia Commons An attack on a historic synagogue in Essen, Germany last November was reportedly perpetrated by a biker gang leader who now lives in Iran and is accused of directing antisemitic attacks from there. Ramin Yektaparast, who is wanted on suspicion of murder in Germany, was named…

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In Brief: Second terror attack hits Huwara following violent unrest

Posted 21 March, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons The IDF locked down the area surrounding the West Bank town of Huwara on Sunday evening, following a Palestinian terrorist attack. An Israeli couple were injured in the shooting exactly three weeks after two Israelis were killed in a similar gun attack in the town. American-born Michael Stern was…

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Analysis: Opposition rejects Bibi’s judicial reform tweaks

Posted 21 March, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu > World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Israel’s opposition leaders have rejected changes to Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial judicial reforms announced late on Sunday night. What happened The ruling coalition proposed a mild watering down of its effort to ensure the government’s control over judicial appointments. President Isaac Herzog announced a much-awaited alternative judicial…

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Christian Wakeford pushes government on Iranian front organisations and IRGC

Posted 20 March, 2023 in Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
  LFI parliamentary supporter Christian Wakeford MP LFI parliamentary supporter Christian Wakeford has today used Home Office Questions to highlight the Iranian regime's use of front organisations in the UK, and once again to urge the government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Tehran's ideological terror army - a longstanding LFI campaign goal. He asked: Reports in…

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Labour Friends of Israel: NPF Consultation Submission 

Posted 16 March, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
The below is Labour Friends of Israel's 2023 National Policy Forum submission, to the 'Britain in the world' commission. Labour Friends of Israel: NPF Consultation Submission  About LFI Established in 1957, Labour Friends of Israel campaigns for a negotiated two-state solution for two peoples; with Israel safe, secure and recognised within its borders; living alongside a…

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LFI parliamentarians push the government to keep its Middle East promises

Posted 14 March, 2023 in Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Today's FCDO orals session saw LFI parliamentarians push the government on a number of policy issues. LFI parliamentary supporter and former LFI chair Andrew Gwynne MP asked the foreign secretary about UK support for the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, noting that it is now five years since the UK government expressed its support for the…

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In Brief: Confidence in Israeli government collapses amid ongoing protests

Posted 14 March, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu > World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 February saw a sharp increase in the proportion of Israelis who describe the Jewish state’s overall situation as either bad or very bad, according to the Israeli Democracy Institute’s February 2023 polling. The percentage of Israelis who are optimistic about the future of Israel’s national…

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In Brief: Saudis indicate nuclear programme as price of normalising with Israel

Posted 14 March, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Israel
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Saudi Arabia has reportedly asked the United States to approve the development of a civilian nuclear programme in exchange for the kingdom normalising relations with Israel. The demand is the latest in a series of asks put to the US from Riyadh, though such…

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Analysis: Iran-Saudi deal places China’s Middle East role in spotlight

Posted 14 March, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Xi and Khamenei > Khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Iran and Saudi Arabia are to re-establish diplomatic relations, following an agreement brokered by China, which has potential implications both for the US’ role in the Middle East and Israel’s hopes of fostering an alliance to challenge Tehran’s bid for regional dominance. What happened The agreement…

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LFI director: We stand with Israel – and the millions of Israelis defending democracy

Posted 8 March, 2023 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Thousands of Israelis protesting against the goverment's judicial overhaul bills in Tel Aviv on March 04, 2023 (Photo by Gili Yaari /Flash90) For friends of Israel, the last two months have been depressing and disturbing. Benjamin Netanyahu’s self-serving efforts to emasculate…

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