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Analysis: From “No, No, No” to “Yes”; Sudan is latest state to normalise relations with Israel

Posted 27 October, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
  Sudan has become the latest Arab nation to seek to normalise its relationship with Israel. The agreement was announced during a call between Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump and Sudan’s Sovereign Council president, General Abdel Fattah al- Burhan, and prime minister Abdalla Hamdok. The announcement – which follows the signing last month of the Abraham Accords that…

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LFI Chair writes to Foreign Secretary re: Iran arms embargo expiry

Posted 19 October, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, News
Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Steve McCabe MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel, has written a letter to the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab MP, expressing deep concern about the lifting of the UN arms embargo on Iran. In the letter, Steve McCabe expresses his huge disappointment that it has "not been…

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Analysis: The arms embargo on Iran ends this weekend – what next? 

Posted 14 October, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Photo: Tasnimnews, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A decade-old ban on the sale of conventional arms to Iran will come to an end this Sunday, potentially opening the way for Russia and China to assist the Islamic Republic in a major, potentially hugely destabilising, expansion and advancement of its military capability. Since 2010, the supply of…

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In Brief: Lebanon and Israel aim to tackle maritime dispute in first talks in 30 years

Posted 14 October, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Image: Haidar Almoqdad,CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Officials representing Israel and Lebanon sat down for their first talks in three decades this week. The discussions, hosted by the United Nations and mediated by the US, took place close to the border between Israel and Lebanon. Although sat in the same room, the Lebanese have insisted…

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In Brief: Bulgarian court sentences two to life for 2012 Hezbollah terror attack

Posted 22 September, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah
Burgas Airport. Photo: Christian Rasmussen, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons A Bulgarian court this week sentenced two men to life imprisonment for a 2012 bus bombing in which five Israeli tourists were murdered and more than 35 injured. The driver of the bus also died in the attack. The two men, both of Lebanese origin,…

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In brief: Hamas and Hezbollah to maintain an ‘axis of resistance’ against Israel

Posted 10 September, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Middle East
Hassan Nasrallah. Photo, Unknown, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Hezbollah-run Al-Manar TV announced on Sunday that leaders of Hezbollah and the Hamas met to discuss the consequences of diplomatic normalisation between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates. The meeting comes on the back of US President Donald Trump announcing Israel and the UAE…

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In Brief: Israel and Hezbollah in clash on northern border after Syria airstrike

Posted 28 July, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Israel
Israel successfully repelled a Hezbollah attack on its northern border on Monday amid rising tensions between the Jewish state and the Iranian-backed terror group. A spokesperson for the IDF said about five Hezbollah operatives had crossed several metres into Israel in the Har Dov area, also known as Shaba Farms, in the Golan Heights. The…

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In Brief: Drop the “false distinction” between Hezbollah wings, EU urged

Posted 22 July, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons LFI chair Steve McCabe has joined more than 200 fellow politicians in calling for the European Union to drop its "false distinction" between Hezbollah's military and political wings. The letter was organised by the recently formed group Transatlantic Friends of Israel which brings together European and American…

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In Brief: Shin Bet uncovers Iran-backed terror cell in West Bank

Posted 22 July, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Israel's security forces announced this week they had foiled a West Bank terror plot backed by Iran and Hezbollah. Shin Bet said it had uncovered a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine cell which planned to carry out attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers. "The investigation revealed intelligence regarding the deep involvement of Iran and…

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In Brief: 28 new Hezbollah missile launch sites identified in residential areas of Beirut

Posted 15 July, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Israel, Middle East
Photo: khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hezbollah has placed at least 28 missile launch sites in civilian areas of Beirut, a report by Israel's ALMA Research and Education Centre has found. The sites in the Lebanese capital, which have not previously been documented, are next to hospitals, schools and restaurants in areas controlled by…

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