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Analysis: Iranians protest the cost of regime’s foreign wars

Posted 12 January, 2018 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
  The new year political unrest in Iran is not unprecedented. Three times in the last two decades, the Islamic regime has faced mass protests. In July 1999, students took to the streets to demand freedom of speech, while, 10 years later, the Green Movement saw demonstrations against the vote-rigging which accompanied the re-election of the…

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Analysis: What is the PA teaching Palestinian children?

Posted 21 December, 2017 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Incitement, Palestinian Territories
Earlier this year, Mahmoud Abbas told President Trump: "We are raising our youth, our children, our grandchildren on a culture of peace." It is not a claim that withstands much scrutiny. The Palestinian Authority which Abbas heads namessummer camps and schools after terrorists, and its official media pumps out a diet of antisemitic incitement, which even features in children’s television…

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Analysis: Gabbay sets out his stall for peace

Posted 14 December, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Peace process
Avi Gabbay's recent appearance at the Saban Forum – an annual US gathering on Middle East policy – provided his most comprehensive statement on the peace process since becoming leader of the Labor party in July. In his remarks, Gabbay reiterated his support for a two-state solution, said it was time to end the "blame game" between the two sides…

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Analysis: Jerusalem recognition makes peace harder to achieve

Posted 8 December, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Donald Trump announced this week that the United States would be formally recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, upending decades of US policy. In a brief White House address, the American president declared that formal recognition was “a recognition of reality” and the “right thing to do”. He was immediately praised by Israeli prime minister…

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Analysis: Thornberry lays out Labour’s Israel agenda

Posted 30 November, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Labour Party, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
The next Labour government will challenge antisemitic incitement by the Palestinian Authority, support the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and continue to oppose the BDS movement, the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, told this week’s annual LFI lunch. Ms Thornberry also repeated Labour’s pledge to recognise a Palestinian state and made clear it…

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Analysis: Iran secures “arc of influence”

Posted 23 November, 2017 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
  Iran is this week on the verge of completing its much-vaunted “arc of influence” – a land bridge connecting Tehran to the Mediterranean Sea and the border with Israel – with the capture of the Syrian border down of al-Bukamal, close to the frontier with Iraq. The Islamic republic’s achievement – a key strategic victory gained…

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Analysis: Lebanon: a province of Iran?

Posted 9 November, 2017 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
The sudden and dramatic resignation of Lebanon’s prime minister on Saturday graphically demonstrated the grip Iran – through its proxy Hezbollah – holds over the country. Saad Hariri, the son of assassinated prime minister Rafik Hariri, quit with an angry statement which fired a series of broadsides against the Islamic republic and its terror army. "In recent years,…

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Analysis: Polling shows British public supports Balfour Declaration

Posted 1 November, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
On the eve of the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, polling commissioned by a UK think tank has revealed support for Israel in Britain is at a seven-year high. The poll, carried out by Populus for BICOM, asked respondents for their views on a range of issues relating to Israel and the Israel-Palestine conflict. Thirty-eight percent…

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Analysis: Fatah and Hamas – Deal or no deal?

Posted 19 October, 2017 in Analysis, Hamas, Palestinian Territories
  Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons One week after its signing, the agreement reached between Hamas and Fatah last week – accompanied by pictures of handshakes between the two sides in Cairo and celebrations in the streets of Gaza – is already throwing up many unanswered questions. The deal formalised the previous agreement that the Palestinian…

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LFI chair Joan Ryan MP raises Hezbollah in Parliament

Posted 17 October, 2017 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran
During October's Foreign and Commonwealth Office questions in the House of Commons, LFI chair Joan Ryan MP questioned Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt MP on the threat Hezbollah poses to both Israel and the Middle East. Joan asked "does the Minister agree that Hezbollah poses a serious threat to Israel’s security and presents a significant…

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