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In Brief: Two children die in new Jerusalem terror attack as violence mounts

Posted 14 February, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Two children and a 20-year-old student died in a terrorist attack in northern Jerusalem on Friday when a car was driven into a crowd waiting at a bus stop. The attack brought to 10 the number of Israeli civilians killed by terrorists in the last two weeks. The two children who died were brothers, Asher Menahem Paley,…

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In Brief: Israeli foreign minister to meet Erdogan during rare Turkey visit

Posted 14 February, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East
Israel's foreign minister is paying a rare visit to Turkey today and is expected to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Eli Cohen said he wanted to visit the country to show Israel's solidarity and support following last week's devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Israel swiftly despatched a 160-strong search and rescue team to Turkey last…

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Analysis: Mass demos continue as Herzog assails Bibi’s judicial reforms

Posted 14 February, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
The Netanyahu government’s controversial judicial reforms have begun their passage through the Knesset this week – amid a national strike, huge demonstrations and an unprecedented appeal from President Isaac Herzog for the current plans to be abandoned. What happened   More than 100,000 Israelis rallied at the Knesset on Monday as the judicial reforms were debated…

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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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Lammy assails government inaction on IRGC proscription

Posted 7 February, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
David Lammy > David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The shadow foreign secretary assailed the government’s failure to proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in parliament last week. Facing foreign secretary James Cleverly during Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office questions, David Lammy accused the IRGC of being “responsible for 10 kidnap and death plots on…

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Russia and Iran agree deal to build advanced drone factory

Posted 7 February, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Shabab missile > Hossein Velayati, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Iran and Russia are finalising plans to build an advanced drone factory, according to weekend media reports. The new plant – which will be located nearly 600 miles east of Moscow – is intended to manufacture 6,000 drones for Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the Wall…

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Herzog calls for dialogue as protests enter sixth week

Posted 7 February, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu > Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Over 100,000 Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday as mass protests against the Netanyahu government’s controversial judicial reforms enter their sixth week. Demonstrations took place throughout the country, but, as before, Israel’s second city saw the biggest crowds. As the protests continued, President Isaac Herzog attempted to…

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Largest LFI delegation in a decade meets President Herzog

Posted 7 February, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
The biggest Labour Friends of Israel delegation in more than a decade this week met with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog. The delegation also met with Israeli Labor party leader Merav Michaeli; Tzachi Hanegbi, the head of the National Security Council; and the Palestinian Authority’s deputy foreign minister Amal Jadou. LFI chair Steve McCabe led the parliamentary delegation which…

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Former top civil servants warn Bibi against judicial reforms

Posted 31 January, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu > Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Fifty former top civil servants – including some who served under Benjamin Netanyahu for years – have launched a strong attack on the new government’s controversial judicial reforms. A letter this week – which includes the names of former heads of the Prime Minister’s Office, Finance Ministry, Competition Authority…

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Israel reportedly behind strike on Iranian missile factory

Posted 31 January, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Israel
Shabab missile > Hossein Velayati, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel reportedly carried out a drone strike on a missile facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan late on Saturday night. The strike was launched by the Mossad intelligence service at the facility, which is part of Tehran’s ballistic missile programme. Isfahan plays a central…

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