Ahead of Labour’s annual conference next week, LFI has released its latest policy pamphlet: Britain and the Middle East: Priorities for the Next Labour Government exclusively in the Guardian today. Priorities for the next Labour government Britain and the Middle East: Priorities for the Next Labour Government offers 26 policy recommendations to a wide Read more…
The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ elite Quds Force, Esmail Ghaani, visited Syria last week to oversee a joint military drill, according to Iranian media reports. Ghaani, who was appointed following a US drone strike against his predecessor, Qassem Soleimani, in 2020, reportedly met senior Syrian officials in Read more…
As the UN General Assembly convened last week, longstanding speculation around the potential for a normalisation deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia has reached a fever pitch. What happened On Wednesday, Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman claimed in an interview with Fox News that “every day we get closer” to his Read more…
US secretary of state Antony Blinken claimed last week that any potential normalisation agreement between the Saudis and Israel would have to include steps towards a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Blinken stressed his view that if the Israel-Saudi normalisation process is “to move forward, the Palestinian piece is going Read more…
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will reportedly meet Turkey’s recently re-elected president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the UN General Assembly. The two leaders were due to meet in July, but Netanyahu postponed his visit after undergoing surgery to have a pacemaker implanted. The visit would have been the first by Read more…
One year on from the death in Iranian police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, Iran remains an international pariah posing threats on numerous fronts. What happened Crackdown Meanwhile… International actionIn the absence of a revived nuclear deal with Iran – an ambition Joe Biden campaigned on in 2020, but which has been Read more…
Officials from the Palestinian Authority have demanded hundreds of millions of dollars and more control of land in the West Bank during talks in Riyadh with Saudi counterparts as part of the three-way deal involving the US, Saudi Arabia and Israel. The deal would involve Saudi recognition of Israel and Read more…
Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Dover, Mike Tapp, has written the below article about our recent LFI delegation to Israel and Palestine for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. I recently had the privilege of joining a Labour Friends of Israel delegation on a visit to Israel and Palestine. Read more…
One million Israelis have visited the United Arab Emirates since the signing of the 2020 Abraham Accords. Speaking to the Jewish News, Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat said: “almost one-in-ten Israelis has visited the UAE since the end of 2020”. There are currently more than 200 weekly flights between the Read more…
Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, has flown to Washington today in an effort to bridge the growing gap between the Netanyahu government and Biden administration. The trip, Herzog’s second since Biden became president, comes before prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had even received his first invitation to meet with Biden since he Read more…
An Israeli man was shot and seriously wounded in a terror shooting attack in the West Bank on Sunday morning. His two daughters were also lightly hurt in the attack. According to the IDF, a Palestinian gunman opened fire from a passing vehicle at the victim’s car on a highway Read more…
The first Labour Friends of Israel delegation of prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) since 2014 last week met with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog. What happened The delegation, led by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and joined by Luciana Berger – who rejoined the Labour party in February this year – Read more…