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In Brief: Iran executes champion wrestler

Posted 16 September, 2020 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Image: The Post Millennial, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Amnesty International described Iran’s execution of wrestler Navid Afkari as a "travesty of justice". The 27-year-old was sentenced to death over a security guard murder that occurred during a 2018 wave of anti-government protests. Afkari alleged his confession was secured by torture, stating in audio released…

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Analysis: Israel and Bahrain normalise relations as historic UAE agreement is signed

Posted 16 September, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo courtesy Tel Aviv Municipality In the third announcement of its kind in as many weeks, the Israeli and Bahraini Governments announced the normalising of relations. This follows a similar agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and two Balkan states.  Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu traveled to Washington DC for a four day trip to…

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LFI chair: The left’s fixation on Israel has stifled fresh analysis about long-term stability in the Middle East

Posted 10 September, 2020 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons LFI chair Steve McCabe has written for The House, click here to read the original. Relations in the Middle East are shifting. Labour Friends of Israel will help craft a new internationalist approach to the region, while standing up to anti-Semitism in our party Labour Friends of Israel this…

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In brief: Two former Yugoslavian states pledge to open Jerusalem embassies

Posted 10 September, 2020 in Analysis, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Having originally refused to recognise the independence of Kosovo, Israel has struck another deal of diplomatic firsts. The Jewish state is to recognise Kosovo, which will open an embassy in Jerusalem – the first Muslim country to do so. Its neighbour Serbia will move its embassy to Jerusalem by July 2021. The deal announced by…

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In brief: Hamas and Hezbollah to maintain an ‘axis of resistance’ against Israel

Posted 10 September, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Middle East
Hassan Nasrallah. Photo, Unknown, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Hezbollah-run Al-Manar TV announced on Sunday that leaders of Hezbollah and the Hamas met to discuss the consequences of diplomatic normalisation between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates. The meeting comes on the back of US President Donald Trump announcing Israel and the UAE…

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In Brief: Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal reached after weeks of Gaza balloon attacks

Posted 2 September, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Hamas, the Gaza-based terror group, announced on Monday night that they had agreed a ceasefire with Israel. Shortly after Hamas’s statement, Israel’s military liaison to the Palestinians tacitly confirmed the agreement, saying it would reopen the border crossing, including to fuel deliveries, as well as the Gaza fishing zone to the full 15-nautical-mile limit. “This decision…

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Analysis: The historic Israel-UAE deal: what next?

Posted 2 September, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Iran, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
  The United Arab Emirates is to become only the third Arab state – following Egypt and Jordan – to agree to the full normalisation of relations with Israel. The surprise, but historic, announcement of the move last month will have an important impact on the Jewish state’s efforts to broker stronger ties with the Arab world.…

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In Brief: Israel offers assistance to Lebanon following Beirut port disaster

Posted 5 August, 2020 in Analysis, Middle East
Photo: Freimut Bahlo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel made an unprecedented offer of humanitarian assistance to Lebanon on Tuesday evening following the Beirut port explosion in which over 100 people are feared dead and 4,000 injured. A number of Israeli hospitals also offered to take in and treat those injured in the disaster. Several…

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Analysis: Is China about to throw Tehran an economic lifeline?

Posted 28 July, 2020 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Photo: Official website of Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons China may be about to throw the beleaguered Iranian regime a crucial economic lifeline with the two countries close to signing a 25-year “strategic accord” that would see the Islamic republic receive a $400bn boost. Details of the accord were leaked earlier this month to…

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In Brief: Drop the “false distinction” between Hezbollah wings, EU urged

Posted 22 July, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons LFI chair Steve McCabe has joined more than 200 fellow politicians in calling for the European Union to drop its "false distinction" between Hezbollah's military and political wings. The letter was organised by the recently formed group Transatlantic Friends of Israel which brings together European and American…

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