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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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LFI Lords chair meets Abraham Initiatives delegation

Posted 26 May, 2022 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, News, Peace process
LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay has today met with a delegation of local government politicians from Israel's mixed cities, including Haifa and Ramla, as part of a trip organised by the Abraham Initiatives. Baroness Ramsay was briefed on the ongoing Shared Cities Initiative and developments since last May's inter-communal tensions in Israel. The delegation will also…

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In Brief: Turkish FM visits Israel as Jerusalem-Ankara relations warm

Posted 24 May, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Israeli and Turkish flags > Newtimes.az, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Israel this week in the latest sign of improving relations between the Jewish state and Turkey. One of the key issues on the agenda is likely to be energy cooperation, following the discovery of natural gas in the eastern…

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In Brief: Hope for normalisation as part of US-brokered Egypt-Saudi deal

Posted 24 May, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Straits of Tiran > US Central Intelligence Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration is reportedly brokering a deal to transfer two Red Sea islands from Egypt to Saudi Arabia that could include steps to normalise Saudi-Israeli ties. The treaty would return control of Tiran and Sanafir, which have been leased by Egypt since the…

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Analysis: Israel’s coalition government lives to fight another week

Posted 24 May, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Israel's coalition government > Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s “unity government” strengthened its shaky grip in power on Sunday after a tumultuous week for the ruling coalition. However, storm clouds remain on the horizon for the ideologically eclectic government – which ranges from right-wing nationalists to left-wing…

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LFI chair writes to Foreign Secretary on Iraqi anti-Israel legislation

Posted 24 May, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has today called on Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to demand Iraq scrap legislation that would impose the death penalty for "contact and communication of any kind" with Israel and Israelis. Instead, he called for the Foreign Secretary to use the UK's "deep and…

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Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting: Israel’s hospital and treatment technology is 10 years ahead of NHS

Posted 19 May, 2022 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
Wes Streeting and Steve McCabe at the BioMed Israel 2022 conference in Tel Aviv/ LFI Shadow Health Secretary and LFI Parliamentary Supporter Wes Streeting MP has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. As the person hoping to become Britain’s next Health Secretary, I don’t mind admitting that the scale of the…

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In Brief: Arab party announces policy wins from Israel’s coalition govt

Posted 17 May, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Mansour Abbas > Mark Neyman / Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Ra’am party, which supports Israel’s coalition government led by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, has announced the reaching of a new agreement with the government regarding unrecognised communities in the southern Negev region of Israel that would allow for…

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In Brief: Initial results weaken Hezbollah, strengthen reformists in Lebanon

Posted 17 May, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hezbollah, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Protests in Lebanon > RomanDeckert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Elections held in Lebanon last weekend appear to have dealt a blow to the biggest bloc, led by the Iran-backed Shia terrorist group Hezbollah, according to provisional results. Meanwhile, reformists appeared to have been boosted in the provisional results. Turnout was low in the Sunday elections, the…

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