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In Brief: Hezbollah planned to murder Israeli in Colombia

Posted 18 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Hezbollah fighters at a ceremony. Image Credit: Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The antisemitic Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah planned to assassinate an Israeli national in Bogota, Colombia, as part of an operation to avenge the January 2020 death of Iranian al-Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, Colombian media has reported. The targeted Israeli was a…

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Starmer rejects anti-Zionism and BDS at LFI Annual Lunch

Posted 18 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel welcomed Labour leader Keir Starmer as guest of honour to its Annual Lunch this week, which saw capacity crowd in a packed out hall. Success The 2021 Annual Lunch was the first to take place since 2018, after previous lunches had to be cancelled due to the calling of the 2019 general election…

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HE Tzipi Hotovely’s Speech to LFI’s Annual Lunch 2021

Posted 16 November, 2021 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
HE Ambassador Hotovely addressing LFI's Annual Lunch 2021 *** Check against delivery *** Chief Rabbi, Leader of the Opposition, Parliamentarians, my fellow guests and speakers. It is a pleasure to be with you at the LFI Annual Lunch this afternoon. I want to thank our lunch sponsors, Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye, and all of you who have made this…

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Steve McCabe’s Speech to LFI’s Annual Lunch 2021

Posted 16 November, 2021 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP addressing the LFI Annual Lunch. *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***   Steve McCabe MP   Chair, Labour Friends of Israel   Speech to LFI Annual Lunch   Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends.   It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch.    We wouldn’t be here today…

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In Brief: Israel thwarts Iranian-backed attacks on Jews in Africa

Posted 10 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Israel’s national intelligence agency, the Mossad, has thwarted multiple attacks by Iran against Israeli tourists and businessmen in three African countries, according to reports from Israel’s Channel 12. Targets included Israelis visiting the central and west African countries of Tanzania, Senegal and Ghana. Five suspects, all with African passports,…

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In Brief: IAEA monitoring of Iran’s nuclear program “no longer intact”

Posted 27 October, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi has admitted that his organisation’s monitoring of Iran’s nuclear program is “no longer intact”. Speaking in an interview with NBC News, Grossi said that Iran’s continued refusal to grant access to camera at the key nuclear facility of Karaj meant…

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Analysis: The tyrant who came in from the cold

Posted 27 October, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Bashar al-Assad > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Bashar al-Assad’s international isolation appears to be coming to an end as Arab capitals make moves to bring the Syrian dictator in from the diplomatic cold. Political, strategic and economic imperatives have caused governments in the region – including some which previously aided the rebels attempting to…

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LFI director: Labour must craft a new approach to promoting peace in the Middle East

Posted 22 October, 2021 in Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Labour Foreign Policy Group. Click here to read the original. In the months since President Biden’s inauguration, we’ve already begun to see the difference in his administration’s approach to international affairs. “America First” is out, multilateral engagement is in. Biden is clear that there…

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In Brief: Hezbollah boasts of 100,000 fighters amid Lebanese unrest

Posted 21 October, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Hezbollah fighters at a ceremony. Image Credit: Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The leader of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group, Hassan Nasrallah, boasted this week that he commands 100,000 fighters. Experts estimate that the claimed figure, which exceeds the size of Lebanon’s army, is almost certainly an exaggeration of the more likely figure of…

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Westminster Hall Debate on Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA

Posted 21 October, 2021 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. In the first week back after the conference recess, parliamentarians debated Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA nuclear deal in a Westminster Hall Debate organised by Stephen Crabb. A refresher The JCPOA, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was agreed in 2015 after some 20 months of negotiations. Signed in Vienna, the…

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