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Russia and Iran agree deal to build advanced drone factory

Posted 7 February, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Shabab missile > Hossein Velayati, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Iran and Russia are finalising plans to build an advanced drone factory, according to weekend media reports. The new plant – which will be located nearly 600 miles east of Moscow – is intended to manufacture 6,000 drones for Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the Wall…

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Herzog calls for dialogue as protests enter sixth week

Posted 7 February, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu > Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Over 100,000 Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday as mass protests against the Netanyahu government’s controversial judicial reforms enter their sixth week. Demonstrations took place throughout the country, but, as before, Israel’s second city saw the biggest crowds. As the protests continued, President Isaac Herzog attempted to…

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Largest LFI delegation in a decade meets President Herzog

Posted 7 February, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
The biggest Labour Friends of Israel delegation in more than a decade this week met with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog. The delegation also met with Israeli Labor party leader Merav Michaeli; Tzachi Hanegbi, the head of the National Security Council; and the Palestinian Authority’s deputy foreign minister Amal Jadou. LFI chair Steve McCabe led the parliamentary delegation which…

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Iranians accused of torturing protesters sentenced to death

Posted 31 January, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0; via Wikimedia Commons Iranian has been accused of torturing three young men it has sentenced to death for participating in the wave of protests against the regime which have swept the country since last September. A report by Amnesty International issued this week highlights the cases of 19-year-old…

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Former top civil servants warn Bibi against judicial reforms

Posted 31 January, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu > Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Fifty former top civil servants – including some who served under Benjamin Netanyahu for years – have launched a strong attack on the new government’s controversial judicial reforms. A letter this week – which includes the names of former heads of the Prime Minister’s Office, Finance Ministry, Competition Authority…

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Israel reportedly behind strike on Iranian missile factory

Posted 31 January, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Israel
Shabab missile > Hossein Velayati, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel reportedly carried out a drone strike on a missile facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan late on Saturday night. The strike was launched by the Mossad intelligence service at the facility, which is part of Tehran’s ballistic missile programme. Isfahan plays a central…

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Analysis: Holocaust Memorial Day attack terror attack leaves 7 Israelis dead

Posted 31 January, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Peace process
Victims of terror attack > Courtesy, via Times of Israel Seven Israelis were murdered in a terror attack as worshippers departed a Jerusalem synagogue on Friday night. The attack – on Holocaust Memorial Day – was the deadliest Palestinian terrorist attack in Jerusalem since 2008. The bloodshed comes amid a spiral of violence which began with…

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In Brief: Iran arrests three female journalists in protests crackdown

Posted 25 January, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iranian authorities have arrested three female journalists in recent days, local media reported on Monday. The arrests came amid months of protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini. Iran has been rocked by protests since the death on 16 September of Amini, a 22-year-old woman of…

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In Brief: Israelis back talks with Palestinians and settlement freeze

Posted 25 January, 2023 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 More than half of the Israeli public would like to see a meeting between prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, according to a poll commissioned by the Geneva Initiative Israel NGO. When asked whether Israel should enter political talks with the PA, 52.8 percent said yes, while…

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In Brief: Amid speculation, Saudis reaffirm commitment to two-state normalisation

Posted 25 January, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Saudi Arabia will not normalise ties with Israel without progress towards a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the kingdom’s top diplomat asserted last week. The comments by Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, followed reported discussion…

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