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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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LFI vice-chair Louise Ellman presses police over Hezbollah flags at Al-Quds march

Posted 21 November, 2017 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, News
This article first appeared in the JewishNews.  An MP who is vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel has pushed the Metropolitan Police to raise concerns about protesters waving Hezbollah flags at the annual Al-Quds Day march in London. Louise Ellman MP met police chiefs and expressed concern that marchers were exploiting a legal loophole, under which it…

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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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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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Analysis: Hezbollah prepares for war

Posted 5 October, 2017 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel
  This week’s warning by Hassan Nasrallah that Jews should flee Israel before it is devastated by war is just one of the Hezbollah leader’s many sabre-rattling utterances. In February, he warned that there would be “no red lines” in any future conflict between the terror group and Israel. In April, he boasted of his organisation’s preparedness for war,…

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Government minister’s comments dent hopes of Hezbollah ban

Posted 18 July, 2017 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East, News
This article was originally posted on the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original.  A government minister has cast doubt on the likelihood of a ban being imposed on Hezbollah’s terrorist wing in Britain. Nick Hurd, the Police Minister, told a Labour MP who raised concerns about the Al Quds Day rally at which activists waved…

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LFI chair Joan Ryan MP speech in Westminster Hall Debate on Iran, Wednesday 22 March 2017

Posted 27 March, 2017 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, News
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY   Whatever its merits, the nuclear deal concluded two years ago this summer has done nothing to satisfy Iran’s appetite to establish regional hegemony in the Middle East. This is unsurprising: one of the great flaws of European and US efforts was a willingness to overlook Iran’s destabilising influence, its support for terrorism and its…

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Jennifer Gerber In Response to Jeremy Corbyn’s attendance at an IHRC event

Posted 9 December, 2016 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, News
Jennifer Gerber, Director of LFI, said: "We find it strange that Jeremy Corbyn would think it's appropriate to attend an event organised by a group who say the party he leads is "indebted to Jewish financiers with Zionist leanings". We hope in future Jeremy will think more carefully about the organisations he associates himself with."

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