LFI PUBLISHES A WAR FOR THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Labour Friends of Israel today publishes its latest policy briefing: A War for the Future of the Middle East by LFI chair in the House of Lords, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale.
On 7 October, Hamas’ brutal assault triggered not just a war between the terror group and Israel but a multi-front battle in a struggle to shape the future of the Middle East.
Baroness Ramsay’s policy paper shows that the Israel-Hamas war is part of a long-term strategy by Iran and its network of proxies to destroy Israel and reduce US regional influence, and that viewing the conflict at this broader level helps to explain Israel’s response and the backing it has received from the US, UK and other democratic allies.
If Hamas is defeated, the paper argues, one of the most significant barriers to Israeli-Arab normalisation, and indeed Israeli-Palestinian peace, will have been removed. As the briefing outlines, Israel’s military operation must therefore be tied to a set of political objectives that form the basis for renewed regional diplomacy.
Read the full report here: A War for the Future of the Middle East.