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Labour MPs demand action against Iran at FCDO Questions

Posted 13 December, 2022 in Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
At today's Foreign Office Questions, a number of Labour MPs demanded more action from the government to punish the Iranian regime for its treatment of protestors in recent months. LFI vice-chair John Spellar once again called for the government to proscribe the IRGC, the Iranian regime's ideological terror army. "What sanctions will he bring forward against Raisi's…

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In Brief: West Bank violence showing no sign of coming to an end

Posted 7 December, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons The escalating situation in the West Bank is likely to only get worse in the coming year as current tensions should not simply view this as a ‘wave of terror’ according to several Israeli officials. Brig. Gen. Amit Saar said that Iran will be the most…

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Analysis: Israeli president visits the UAE and Bahrain for the first time

Posted 7 December, 2022 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Israeli president Isaac Herzog > Elad Brami, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Isaac Herzog this week returned to Israel after a two-day visit to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. The Israeli President’s visit underlined the changed relationship between the two Gulf states and the Jewish state following the Abraham Accords, while also highlighting some…

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In Brief: Iran working with Qatar to suppress World Cup opposition

Posted 29 November, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Iranian football team at Qatar World Cup > Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Jerusalem Post has this week reported that Iranian authorities have been working with Qatar to suppress expressions of anti-regime sentiment at the ongoing FIFA World Cup. In a leaked recording, IRGC Basij commander General Ghasem Ghoreyshi told a Fars…

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Analysis: Anti-regime Iran protests enter eleventh week

Posted 29 November, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Iranian authorities are engaged in an increasingly brutal crackdown as protests against the regime enter their 11th week and the death toll exceeds 450. While the protests are taking placing nationwide, reports last week suggested the government was deploying heavy weapons and helicopters to…

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Labour MPs attend briefing from Palestinian human rights activist

Posted 29 November, 2022 in Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This evening, a number of Labour MPs joined a briefing from Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid at an event organised by the UK-Israel APPG. Eid's work since the 1990s has focused on human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, including by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. He also spoke about problems with corruption in the…

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In Brief: West condemns Iran as uranium enrichment ramped up

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. The US government has expressed "deep concern" this week over progress Iran is making on its nuclear programme and ballistic missile capacity, while a number of European governments, including the UK, accused Tehran of ramping up uranium enrichment with "no credible civilian justification". The reaction came hours after Iran…

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Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves addresses record LFI Annual Lunch

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel welcomed shadow chancellor and LFI vice-chair Rachel Reeves as keynote speaker at its Annual Lunch this week, the largest since Labour was last in government. Following on from last year’s success, at which Labour leader Keir Starmer made clear his rejection of antisemitic anti-Zionism and BDS, the 2022 Annual Lunch was LFI’s biggest since…

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LFI chair Steve McCabe’s speech to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe addresses LFI's 2022 Annual Lunch   *** Check against delivery ***   Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch Tuesday 22 November 2022   Steve McCabe MP, Chair Labour Friends of Israel   Introduction Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends. It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to Labour Friends of Israel’s Annual Lunch. We wouldn’t be here today without the support of many in this…

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