Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

In Brief: Iran unveils new Paveh cruise missiles that can reach Israel

Posted 28 February, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0; via Wikimedia Commons A senior Iranian general unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,650km that could potentially reach Israel in an interview with state TV on Friday, in which he reiterated the Iranian regime’s desire to kill former US president Donald Trump. “Our cruise missile with…

more

0Comments 0Likes 31Views

Netanyahu rows back on new settlements ahead of planned UN vote

Posted 21 February, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Benjamin Netanyahu > World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel won’t approve any new settlements in the West Bank in the coming months in a blow to his far-right ministers. “Israel informed the United States that, in the coming months, it will not authorise new settlements beyond the nine already…

more

0Comments 0Likes 14Views

LFI vice-chair reflects on first visit to Israel on LFI delegation

Posted 14 February, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Last week, I travelled to Israel for the first time as part of a delegation organised by Labour Friends of Israel. As we heard repeatedly, our trip comes at a time when the state faces both immense challenges and huge…

more

0Comments 0Likes 17Views

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…

more

0Comments 0Likes 16Views

In Brief: Iran smuggling advanced drones to Russia for use in Ukraine

Posted 14 February, 2023 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
Shabab missile > Hossein Velayati, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Iran’s state airline is being used to smuggle advanced long-range armed drones to Russia for use in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. The Guardian reported on Monday that some of the drones - at least 18 in total - were transferred to the Russian navy at sea by an…

more

0Comments 0Likes 10Views

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…

more

0Comments 0Likes 12Views

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…

more

0Comments 0Likes 18Views

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…

more

0Comments 0Likes 19Views