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LFI parliamentarians support cross-party letter calling for IRGC proscription

Posted 19 April, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Steve McCabe in emotional embrace with British-Iranian hunger striker Vahid Beheshti LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and a number of LFI parliamentarians have signed a cross-party letter calling on the government to finally proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation. Other signatories included LFI vice-chairs Diana Johnson MP, Sharon Hodgson MP…

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LFI vice-chair: Labour would use lessons from Northern Ireland to build trust in Israel-Palestine

Posted 12 April, 2023 in Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell MP has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell MP As President Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland this week reminds us, the Good Friday Agreement is rightly seen as a model – and source of hope – for conflict-resolution throughout the world. But one aspect of…

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In Brief: Confusion in Lebanon amid contested daylight savings disruption

Posted 28 March, 2023 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Middle East
Protests in Lebanon > RomanDeckert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons On Saturday the 25th across much of the world clocks were moved an hour forward to mark Daylight Savings Time, an act which for many signals the beginning of summer. But one day before the clocks were due to go forward, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati…

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In Brief: US seeks to calm tensions after drone strikes in Syria

Posted 28 March, 2023 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Drone > avionespana, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The United States has sought to calm fears of military escalation in Syria following a drone strike against groups linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). President Biden stated that “the United States does not seek conflict with Iran”, whilst maintaining that he will continue to defend…

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In Brief: Lammy sets out foreign policy framework for Labour government

Posted 28 March, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East
David Lammy > David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy will seek to ‘retool’ Britain’s foreign policy in order build prosperity for working people under a prospective Labour government. As part of a series of proposals set out in a pamphlet for the Fabian Society, Lammy states that Foreign Office under…

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Analysis: Netanyahu suspends judicial reforms amid huge public backlash

Posted 28 March, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Benjamin Netanyahu > World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Benjamin Netanyahu has bowed to weeks of protests and halted his controversial judicial reforms after a dramatic weekend which culminated in the sacking of the defence minister. What happened On Monday evening, the prime minister announced a temporary pause to the legislation in order to…

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LFI parliamentarians push govt for UK leadership on peace process

Posted 23 March, 2023 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
At today's Urgent Question on talks to de-escalate the violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, LFI parliamentarians pushed the UK government to demonstrate leadership to bring Israel and the Palestinians together in a peace process, with the goal of a negotiated two-state solution. LFI vice-chair Diana Johnson MP LFI vice-chair Dame Diana Johnson MP used…

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In Brief: Social media videos teach Palestinians how to kill Israelis

Posted 21 March, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Palestinian stabbing attack instruction video > Telegram, via the Jewish Chronicle A number of online videos are being shared on Palestinian social media channels which provide detailed instructions on how to murder Israeli civilians, the Jewish Chronicle has reported. The clips, which are being widely shared on apps like Telegram, YouTube, Facebook and other platforms, have emerged amid a…

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In Brief: Iran’s IRGC implicated in German synagogue shooting

Posted 21 March, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0; via Wikimedia Commons An attack on a historic synagogue in Essen, Germany last November was reportedly perpetrated by a biker gang leader who now lives in Iran and is accused of directing antisemitic attacks from there. Ramin Yektaparast, who is wanted on suspicion of murder in Germany, was named…

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In Brief: Second terror attack hits Huwara following violent unrest

Posted 21 March, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons The IDF locked down the area surrounding the West Bank town of Huwara on Sunday evening, following a Palestinian terrorist attack. An Israeli couple were injured in the shooting exactly three weeks after two Israelis were killed in a similar gun attack in the town. American-born Michael Stern was…

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