Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

Analysis: Israel’s 2022 election: a review

Posted 9 November, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Talks between former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and smaller right-wing and far-right parties have begun following last week’s Israeli election, which saw Netanyahu emerge as the likeliest next premier. What happened With all the votes counted and Knesset seats apportioned by…

more

0Comments 0Likes 580Views

Labour MPs keep up pressure to proscribe the IRGC

Posted 8 November, 2022 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News
At FCDO Questions this week, Labour MPs again pushed the government to proscribe the IRGC, the Iranian regime's ideological terror army, which has led the crackdown against protestors in Iran in recent months. LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP LFI vice-chair John Spellar joined colleagues from across the House in urging the government to "get on with banning…

more

0Comments 0Likes 39Views

In Brief: Hamas and Assad’s Syria reconcile after decade hiatus

Posted 2 November, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Bashar al-Assad > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration last week warned against any normalisation of diplomatic ties with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, insisting that his recent reconciliation with Palestinian terror group was an illustration of Assad’s “isolation”. Assad, who has been gradually restoring links with the Arab world after prevailing in Syria’s…

more

0Comments 0Likes 47Views

Analysis: Israel awaits coalition options as election strengthens Netanyahu

Posted 2 November, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons With final numbers in the Knesset still undetermined, yesterday’s election – the fifth in three years – will likely allow former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a coalition government. Where we are  With some 86 percent of votes counted,…

more

0Comments 0Likes 25Views

LFI chair and shadow Middle East Minister meet Palestinian start-up delegation

Posted 27 October, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This morning, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP met with a UK-Palestinian Tech Hub delegation of Palestinian start-ups to discuss the opportunities and challenges in Palestinian economic development, a vital aspect of working towards the creation of a Palestinian state. They heard about the impact of the unresolved…

more

0Comments 0Likes 34Views

In Brief: Israel to present evidence of Iranian drones in Ukraine

Posted 26 October, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s president Isaac Herzog will present evidence to US officials during meetings in Washington this week which proves that Iranian drones are being used by Russian forces in Ukraine. Herzog arrived in Washington on Tuesday for a short visit that will include a meeting…

more

0Comments 0Likes 29Views

Analysis: Fifth time lucky? Israelis head to the polls (again)

Posted 26 October, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israelis will go to the polls next week for the fifth time in three years, in an election that has increasingly become a referendum on the return of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Here we go again Following the…

more

0Comments 0Likes 28Views

LFI chair: Steps to a Two State Solution: Positive ways to restart the search for peace

Posted 26 October, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons This year saw the 30th anniversary of the election victory that brought Yitzhak Rabin to power in Israel. Three short years later, after a rare period of hope that the tragic conflict…

more

0Comments 0Likes 39Views

LFI launches Steps to a Two State Solution pamphlet

Posted 26 October, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel is delighted to publish its latest policy briefing, Steps to a Two State Solution.    The two state solution is the only means by which to guarantee Israel’s security and to preserve its identity as a Jewish and democratic state, as well as to satisfy the legitimate demand of the Palestinian people for self-determination and national sovereignty.  …

more

0Comments 0Likes 35Views

LFI director: UK’s soft approach to Iran human rights violations

Posted 14 October, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for the Jerusalem Post. Click here to read the original. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi > Mehr News Agency, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons This week, the UK Foreign Office, at last, announced it was imposing a handful of sanctions on Iran as the regime continues to violently crackdown…

more

0Comments 0Likes 36Views