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In Brief: Terrorists threaten Israel after incendiary balloon attacks

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. A senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group said on Saturday that Gaza-based terrorists have warned Egyptian mediators of a violent response should Israel continue to retaliate against balloon-borne incendiary devices that have burned crops and property in southern…

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Analysis: Low turnout delivers hardline win in Iran

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ebrahim Raisi. (Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Ebrahim Raisi – a “brutal hangman” with an ultraconservative hardline agenda – was elected president of Iran on Saturday on a low-turnout, reflecting widespread public dissatisfaction with both the rigged poll and the Islamic regime. His victory was welcomed by Russia, the Assad regime and Iranian-sponsored terror…

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LFI vice chair pushes for coexistence support at FCDO questions

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI vice chair Dame Diana Johnson LFI vice chair Dame Diana Johnson today asked a question at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Questions on Government support for the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. You can watch her question and Middle East Minister James Cleverly's reply here. The exchange was as follows: Q: Despite hosting the G7 in Cornwall…

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In Brief: Ayatollah tightens grip on Iranian elections as polling day looms

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iran’s next presidential election on Friday is set to be dominated by hardline candidates close to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Popular frustrations over economic problems and restrictions on freedom are expected to keep many pro-reform Iranians away from the ballot box. In a carefully vetted field, the front runner is Ebrahaim Raisi, a hardline judge seen…

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LFI officers participate in Westminster Hall Debate

Posted 14 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe. Chair of the Petitions Committee and LFI vice chair Cat McKinnell. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and LFI vice chair Cat McKinnell MP both took part in a Westminster Hall Debate on Israel/Palestine today. The debate was organised to consider two e-petitions; one calling for unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood, and another calling for…

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LFI chair: World leaders meeting at G7 must back initiatives promoting coexistence

Posted 11 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP and Conservative Friends of Israel chair Stephen Crabb MP have written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. The chairs of Labour and Conservative Friends of Israel, Steve McCabe and Stephen Crabb, appeal to…

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In Brief: UN watchdog warns Iran is ducking questions on uranium

Posted 4 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei (Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0). The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voiced its concern this week that Iran had not clarified queries over possible undeclared nuclear activity after trace amounts of uranium were detected at three sites. An IAEA report said that its inspection work had established “a clear indication that nuclear material and/or equipment…

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In Brief: Iran announces presidential candidates list

Posted 27 May, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iranian state television announced on Tuesday that 7 candidates had received approval from the country’s constitutional watchdog ahead of next month’s presidential election. The 7 were selected from more than 590 candidates registered by the Guardian Council, a panel of clerics and jurists overseen by Supreme Leader Ayatollah…

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LFI chair: An internationally supported, long-term plan is needed to bring peace to Israel-Palestine

Posted 27 May, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for The House. Click here to read the original. The announcement of a ceasefire will bring a much-needed and welcome respite for the peoples of Israel and Palestine following the horrific violence of the…

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Analysis: Israel-Gaza conflict drags on as ceasefire looms

Posted 21 May, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
 Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The conflict between Israel and militants in Gaza has continued over the past week, with more than 3,750 rockets fired into Israel by Hamas and other terrorist groups and some 2,000 strikes against terrorist targets in Gaza. What happened Conflict began with low-level violence in…

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