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In Brief: Anti-government protests spread to Tehran

Posted 27 July, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Protests in Iran have entered their third week, with reports of widespread arrests of protestors and the deadly use of force. The protests began on 15 July in response to the ongoing severe drought and water crisis in the Ahwazi region of Khuzestan. Protestors have said that water represented…

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In Brief: Foreign minister Lapid reverses Netanyahu-era neglect of diplomacy

Posted 27 July, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics
Foreign minister Yair Lapid (Sapir Academic College, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Israel’s neglect of public advocacy and diplomacy in recent years led to a rise in antisemitism and support for Palestinian terrorist organisations, Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid said on Sunday, in a strong rebuke of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “They are doing this because…

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In Brief: Hamas accused of storing weapons in residential areas

Posted 27 July, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Hamas insignia in Ramallah (Hoheit, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons). Palestinian activists and human rights organisations have called on Hamas and other terror groups to stop storing weapons in residential areas of Gaza following an explosion on Thursday. The explosion, which killed 1 person and injured 14 others, took place in a warehouse used by…

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Analysis: Hamas threatens Israel as ceasefire reaches two-month anniversary

Posted 27 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Incendiary balloons from Gaza (MinoZig, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons). The terrorist group Hamas, which has governed the Gaza Strip since it seized power in 2007, has this week threatened Israel over the supply of aid into Gaza. Incendiary The threats come in the context of incendiary balloon arson attacks, a Hamas practice since 2018. Terrorists in Gaza…

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In Brief: Iran nuclear negotiations unlikely to bear fruit soon

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iran’s deputy foreign minister said at the weekend that ongoing negotiations in Vienna to restore the 2015 nuclear deal will not resume until president-elect Ebrahim Raisi is sworn in next month. “We’re in a transition period as a democratic transfer of power is underway in our capital”, Abbas…

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In Brief: Palestinian singer arrested by PA for performing for Israelis

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA security forces. Image credit: Stop the Wall, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Palestinian Authority security forces arrested a Palestinian singer for performing in the Israeli settlement of Ariel on Monday. The singer, a resident of Kafr ad-Dik, will be tried on charges of “promoting normalisation with Israel”, sources told the Jerusalem Post. The singer was invited to…

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In Brief: New Israeli government rejects West Bank annexation bill

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
View of Judean hills. Image credit: Anthony Baratier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The new Israeli coalition government, led by prime minister Naftali Bennett, voted against a bill which would have annexed the West Bank in the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Monday. Likud MK Miki Zohar dared Bennett’s right-wing Yamina party and their New Hope…

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Recap: Launch of The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI last week launched a major new publication examining the changing shape of the Middle East. From the growing threat posed by Iranian expansionism to diplomatic shifting sands and demographic changes, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is an important contribution to Labour’s foreign policy development. Launch event The pamphlet was launched at an online event last…

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In Brief: Palestinian minister expelled from party over death of activist

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories
Palestinian flag > Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The Palestinian Authority minister of labour, Nasri Abu Jaish, has been expelled by his party after refusing to resign in protest at the death of anti-corruption activist Nizar Banat last month. The left-wing Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) announced two weeks ago that it would withdraw from the PA government…

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In Brief: Isaac Herzog sworn in as Israel’s eleventh president

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
President Isaac Herzog with former president Reuven Rivlin > Mark Neyman / Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Isaac Herzog was sworn in as Israel’s eleventh president on Wednesday, with a promise to “lower the flames, to calm things down”. Herzog, a former leader of Israel’s Labor party and former chairman of the Jewish…

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