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In Brief: Hezbollah releases video threatening missile strike on Israeli cities

Posted 24 June, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
  Photo: khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hezbollah released a video on Saturday in which it threatened to strike Israeli cities with precision-guided missiles. The Iranian-backed terror group said it has the capability to hit "very precise targets" anywhere in Israel. "Today, we can not only hit the city of Tel Aviv but also, if God…

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In Brief: Hezbollah vows it will keep its weapons as Lebanon protests moun

Posted 17 June, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Middle East
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hassan Nasrallah has vowed that Hezbollah will keep its weapons as protests against Lebanon's economic and financial crisis have continued. In a fiery address, the terror group leader (pictured) pledged on Tuesday evening: "Our weapons will remain in our hands and we will not starve; we will…

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Analysis: Qassem Soleimani’s bloody legacy for Iran and the region

Posted 9 January, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
Photo: khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the United States last week, has been described as the “single most powerful operative in the Middle East today”. His two-decade leadership of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp’s Quds Force has seen the Islamic Republic’s influence and power in the region seemingly expand –…

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Analysis: Hezbollah’s precision missile project menaces Israel

Posted 8 October, 2019 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel
Photo: khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons “The enemy is on the defensive — we have always been on the defensive, now we are in attack mode,” Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah (pictured), declared last week. Although he has often issued blood-curdling threats against Israel, this was no mere sabre-rattling by the terror group head. As a newly…

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We should have been told about the Hezbollah bomb-making factory

Posted 10 June, 2019 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, News
This op-ed first appeared in the Jewish News, click here to view the original.  Many of us have never needed convincing about just how dangerous Hezbollah is. That’s why – alongside Jewish communal organisations and colleagues from across the House of Commons – we campaigned to have this antisemitic terror group proscribed in its entirety. Belatedly, and under much…

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Joan Ryan writes to the Home Secretary regarding Hezbollah UK bomb factory

Posted 10 June, 2019 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, News
Following reports that the UK security services in 2015 foiled an plot by Hezbollah agents in the UK,  LFI chair Joan Ryan has written to Home Secretary Sajid Javid expressing concern about the withholding of information about the plot from both the public and parliament. Until February of this year, only Hezbollah’s military wing was proscribed,…

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Analysis: UK Hezbollah ban comes into force

Posted 7 March, 2019 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran
Britain’s ban on Hezbollah came into force last Friday. It means that being a member or supporter of the antisemitic terror group is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The government’s move followed several years of campaigning by LFI and Jewish groups. Previously, only Hezbollah’s military wing was banned in the UK. Hezbollah itself does…

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Victory for LFI campaign as government bans Hezbollah in entirety

Posted 4 March, 2019 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, News
The British government last week announced it was banning Hezbollah in its entirety in a major victory for LFI's long-running campaign. Previously, only the military wing of the antisemitic terror group was proscribed in Britain. LFI chair Joan Ryan and vice-chair Dame Louise Ellman have led parliamentary efforts to ban the political wing. Ms Ryan secured…

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