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LFI chair: Curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions should not deter the UK from taking a tougher stance on Tehran

Posted 30 May, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for Politics Home. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Whatever the eventual outcome of the talks surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme, one thing is clear: we must urgently develop a comprehensive approach to tackling the multi-faceted challenges posed by Tehran. As…

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Iran: A Darkening Picture at Home and Abroad

Posted 30 May, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
View a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: Iran A Darkening Picture at Home and Abroad Britain must urgently develop a comprehensive approach to tackling the multi-faceted threat posed by Iran, argues a new report published by Labour Friends of Israel.     Whatever the outcome of the Vienna talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme, major…

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In Brief: Iran pledges to ‘avenge’ assassinated Revolutionary Guards colonel

Posted 24 May, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
IRGC Parade in Tehran. Image Credit: YPA, CC-BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi has sworn to avenge the killing of Hassan Sayad Khodayari, a colonel in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in Tehran on Sunday. Khodayari was shot five times outside his home by two assailants on motorcycles, according to Iranian state media. Tehran has…

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In Brief: Biden tells Bennett he will visit Israel in the coming months

Posted 26 April, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Joe Biden will visit Israel in the coming months, the White House and the Prime Minister’s Office announced in a statement on Sunday. The statement was issued following a call between the president and Naftali Bennett in which they discussed Iran, regional issues and the tensions in Jerusalem. The prime minister…

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Steps to a two state solution: International action to curb Iran’s malign activities

Posted 19 April, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Seventeen: International action to curb Iran's malign activities While the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) aimed to rollback Iran’s nuclear programme, it did nothing to address Tehran’s destabilising activities in the region: its expansionist aims, support for terrorism, and its ballistic missile…

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In Brief: Iran willing to finalise, but not negotiate, new nuclear deal

Posted 5 April, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. An Iranian foreign ministry spokesman claimed on Monday that Iran would only re-engage with ongoing talks in Vienna to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal in order to “finalise the agreement”, not “for new negotiations”. Despite this, the spokesman added that there were still issues that were outstanding. “At the…

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Analysis: Israel hit by terror attacks as it welcomes Arab foreign ministers

Posted 30 March, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Negev summit > AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool Israel has been rocked by three terrorist attacks in the past week, killing at least eleven people, while it welcomed the foreign ministers of a number of Arab nations for an unprecedented summit over the weekend. What happened The foreign ministers of four Arab countries – the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco…

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Shadow Middle East minister joins first LFI delegation since pandemic

Posted 23 March, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
Bambos Charalambous and Steve McCabe participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Vashem The shadow minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Bambos Charalambous, is with Labour Friends of Israel on a delegation this week – his first visit to the region since his appointment last November. He is being accompanied by LFI chair Steve McCabe.…

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In Brief: Summit sees Israel strengthen moderate alliance 

Posted 23 March, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Summit in Egypt > Spokesman of the Egyptian Presidency Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday for a summit focused on the Iran deal and the fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Israel’s emerging alliance with moderate Arab states such as…

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LFI parliamentarians speak at ZF 2022 Annual Lobby Day for Israel

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Christian Wakeford MP LFI chair Steve McCabe MP LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP Today, a number of LFI officers and parliamentarians addressed the Zionist Federation's annual lobby day for Israel, held in Parliament. This year's lobby day focused on the proscription of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a terrorist group that has already been proscribed by…

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