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LFI chair: Labour needs to rethink its Middle East ideas

Posted 16 July, 2021 in Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Labour Friends of Israel chair, Steve McCabe MP, has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. The obsession with Israel-Palestine means my party has neglected other vital issues The past decade has seen a series of momentous events sweep the Middle East: the Arab Spring,…

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Analysis: LFI launches The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI this week launches a major new publication on the changing shape of the Middle East. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, and the growing threat posed by an expansionist Iran, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is designed to contribute to the evolution of Labour’s foreign policy development. What’s in it The LFI publication contains contributions from…

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LFI publishes The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 13 July, 2021 in Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Click here for a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: The New Middle East Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach, a collection of essays exploring the dramatic changes in the Middle East in the last decade, and asking how Labour foreign policy should respond to these. The New Middle East explores…

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In Brief: German foreign minister confident for Iran deal ‘in coming weeks’

Posted 7 July, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Negotiations about Iranian Nuclear Program. Image credit: US State Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. German foreign minister Heiko Maas said on Monday that he was confident of reaching a deal to save the 2015 Iran nuclear accord “in the coming weeks”. “We think (the talks) can reach their goal”, he told reporters in Madrid after a…

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LFI event: The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach pamphlet launch

Posted 6 July, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Join us for the launch of LFI’s new publication The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach a selection of essays discussing the changing political landscape in the region.     This new essay collection seeks to challenge assumptions about the Middle East and broaden the debate on the left, which is too often disproportionately focussed on Israel. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, and the…

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In Brief: Anti-Israel terrorist leaders meet in Beirut

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The political bureau chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has met with Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, in the Lebanese capital Beirut this week. The two reportedly discussed the recent 11-day bout of fighting between Israel and Gaza-based terror groups led by Hamas, and…

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Analysis: Low turnout delivers hardline win in Iran

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ebrahim Raisi. (Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Ebrahim Raisi – a “brutal hangman” with an ultraconservative hardline agenda – was elected president of Iran on Saturday on a low-turnout, reflecting widespread public dissatisfaction with both the rigged poll and the Islamic regime. His victory was welcomed by Russia, the Assad regime and Iranian-sponsored terror…

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In Brief: Ayatollah tightens grip on Iranian elections as polling day looms

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iran’s next presidential election on Friday is set to be dominated by hardline candidates close to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Popular frustrations over economic problems and restrictions on freedom are expected to keep many pro-reform Iranians away from the ballot box. In a carefully vetted field, the front runner is Ebrahaim Raisi, a hardline judge seen…

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In Brief: Blinken claims Iran far from nuclear compliance

Posted 8 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel
Secretary of state Anthony Blinken. US Embassy Nigeria, Public Domain, via Flickr. US secretary of state Anthony Blinken said this week that Iran has not given indications of its willingness to return to compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. In a hearing at the House foreign affairs committee, Blinken said that the negotiating sides are “not even at the stage…

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In Brief: UN watchdog warns Iran is ducking questions on uranium

Posted 4 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei (Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0). The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voiced its concern this week that Iran had not clarified queries over possible undeclared nuclear activity after trace amounts of uranium were detected at three sites. An IAEA report said that its inspection work had established “a clear indication that nuclear material and/or equipment…

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