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In Brief: Iran places 6 UK parliamentarians on new sanctions list

Posted 15 December, 2022 in Iran, Labour Party, News
Wayne David MP speaking in Parliament about being sanctioned by Iran Six UK parliamentarians have been informed by the Foreign Office that they have been placed on Iran’s latest sanctions list. The list, published this week, included LFI vice-chair John Spellar and former shadow Middle East minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Wayne David. They join LFI chair Steve McCabe,…

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LFI director: Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine and pro-peace solutions to the Gaza humanitarian crisis

Posted 14 December, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. The plight of the people of Gaza is desperate and undeniable. Amid rampant unemployment, creaking infrastructure and overstretched services nearly two in three Gazans live below the poverty line. At Labour Friends of Israel, we’ve long attempted to increase awareness…

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Gaza: Reconstruction, Revitalisation and Reality

Posted 14 December, 2022 in Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
View a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: Gaza Reconstruction Revitalisation and Reality Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish our third policy pamphlet of the year: Gaza: Reconstruction, Revitalisation and Reality.  This publication explores the causes of the present political and humanitarian crises in Gaza, and what steps might help to resolve them.   With…

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LFI chair writes to Foreign Secretary demanding action on Iran

Posted 13 December, 2022 in Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Steve McCabe, chair of Labour Friends of Israel, has today written to the foreign secretary, urging the UK government to expel Iran’s Chargé d’Affaires in London and downgrade diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic, proscribe Tehran’s ideological army, and widen sanctions on the regime’s executioners and propagandists. In his letter to James Cleverly, McCabe…

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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: Netanyahu insists he “wont accept” harm to LGBT rights in new govt

Posted 7 December, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Hilton Beach at Tel Aviv Pride, Tel Aviv Israel 1640001 > Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel's likely next prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has insisted that he would not allow any restrictions on LGBT rights in Israel, amid growing concerns over his coalition deals with far-right partners, including the homophobic Noam party. As per…

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In Brief: No evidence of Iran improving treatment of women, despite claims

Posted 7 December, 2022 in Analysis, Iran
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. The Biden administration on Monday declared that it had seen no signs that the treatment of women in Iran was improving, despite reports that Tehran was scrapping its infamous morality police following recent protests. Iran’s ongoing civil unrest follows the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been detained by…

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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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