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LFI parliamentarians attend briefing on Middle East security situation

Posted 3 May, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Briefing on security situation in the Middle East This afternoon, a number of LFI parliamentarians joined a Britain-Israel APPG briefing from Tamir Hayman, managing director of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), on the security situation in the Middle East, including the threat posed by Iran and the domestic situation in Israel.

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LFI parliamentarians push govt on peacebuilding and IRGC at FCDO Orals

Posted 2 May, 2023 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
At today's Foreign Office Questions session, LFI parliamentarians questioned the government on a number of issues relating to Israel and the Middle East. Shadow Tech Minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Alex Davies-Jones MP Shadow Tech Minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Alex Davies-Jones MP asked what work the Foreign Office was doing to encourage the use of innovative…

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LFI parliamentarians support cross-party letter calling for IRGC proscription

Posted 19 April, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Steve McCabe in emotional embrace with British-Iranian hunger striker Vahid Beheshti LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and a number of LFI parliamentarians have signed a cross-party letter calling on the government to finally proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation. Other signatories included LFI vice-chairs Diana Johnson MP, Sharon Hodgson MP…

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In Brief: Confusion in Lebanon amid contested daylight savings disruption

Posted 28 March, 2023 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Middle East
Protests in Lebanon > RomanDeckert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons On Saturday the 25th across much of the world clocks were moved an hour forward to mark Daylight Savings Time, an act which for many signals the beginning of summer. But one day before the clocks were due to go forward, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati…

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In Brief: US seeks to calm tensions after drone strikes in Syria

Posted 28 March, 2023 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Drone > avionespana, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The United States has sought to calm fears of military escalation in Syria following a drone strike against groups linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). President Biden stated that “the United States does not seek conflict with Iran”, whilst maintaining that he will continue to defend…

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LFI peers take part in Israeli-Palestinian peace debate

Posted 7 March, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
A number of LFI peers have this evening taken part in a debate on 'calming the violence and build a lasting peace between the government of Israel and the Palestinian people' in the House of Lords. LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay reminded colleagues of how Iran's support for terrorism in the region…

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LFI chair: Offering Iran a voice at UN Human Rights Council is grotesque

Posted 6 March, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons In the past week, Iran’s foreign minister was invited to address the annual opening session of the UN Human Rights Council. Steve McCabe MP, chair of Labour Friends of Israel, pledges…

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John Cryer pushes government on IRCG proscription

Posted 2 March, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
PLP chair John Cryer MP Parliamentary Labour Party chair John Cryer MP has today used Business Questions to once again urge the government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Tehran’s ideological terror army – a longstanding LFI campaign goal. He asked: The Leader of the House will be aware that there is extensive consensus across all…

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In Brief: Iran smuggling advanced drones to Russia for use in Ukraine

Posted 14 February, 2023 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
Shabab missile > Hossein Velayati, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Iran’s state airline is being used to smuggle advanced long-range armed drones to Russia for use in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. The Guardian reported on Monday that some of the drones - at least 18 in total - were transferred to the Russian navy at sea by an…

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LFI and CFI chairs: Iranian terror is a clear and present danger to the UK

Posted 13 February, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and CFI chair Stephen Crabb MP have written the below article for the Daily Telegraph. Click here to read the original. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. As it clings on to power with ever greater desperation, deploying unimaginable violence against its own citizens for daring to call for…

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