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In Brief: Iran hopes railway will distract from massacred protestors

Posted 9 November, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iran has this week announced the completion of another section of the Chahbahar-Zahedan railway, as anti-regime protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September have shown no sign of ending. The railway, part of a larger network that form new strategic corridors in Iran, runs through…

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In Brief: Israel and Jordan agree clean energy-for-water deal at COP27

Posted 9 November, 2022 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
President Isaac Herzog and King Abdullah > Haim Zach / Government Press Office, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel and its eastern neighbour Jordan have agreed to advance a joint green energy and water deal at the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt this week. The agreement, brokered by the United States and UAE, involves…

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In Brief: UK-Israel trade grows by a third, with major pharma growth

Posted 9 November, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East
UK and Israel flags > UK in Israel, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The UK’s latest figures on bilateral trade between the UK and Israel have shown a major increase in business between the two countries in recent months, growing by 33 percent. A Department for International Trade and Investment report, released last week, reveals how British…

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Analysis: Israel’s 2022 election: a review

Posted 9 November, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Talks between former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and smaller right-wing and far-right parties have begun following last week’s Israeli election, which saw Netanyahu emerge as the likeliest next premier. What happened With all the votes counted and Knesset seats apportioned by…

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Labour MPs keep up pressure to proscribe the IRGC

Posted 8 November, 2022 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News
At FCDO Questions this week, Labour MPs again pushed the government to proscribe the IRGC, the Iranian regime's ideological terror army, which has led the crackdown against protestors in Iran in recent months. LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP LFI vice-chair John Spellar joined colleagues from across the House in urging the government to "get on with banning…

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In Brief: Protests continue in Iran despite violent regime response

Posted 2 November, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iranians have continued staging new protests denouncing their country’s theocratic regime in defiance of a brutal crackdown that has seen those arrested put on trial and facing the death penalty. For the past six weeks, the regime has been rocked by protests on a scale unseen since the 1979…

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In Brief: Hamas and Assad’s Syria reconcile after decade hiatus

Posted 2 November, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Bashar al-Assad > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration last week warned against any normalisation of diplomatic ties with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, insisting that his recent reconciliation with Palestinian terror group was an illustration of Assad’s “isolation”. Assad, who has been gradually restoring links with the Arab world after prevailing in Syria’s…

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In Brief: Lebanon enters new political crisis with no president

Posted 2 November, 2022 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
Haidar Almoqdad, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Following a series of years-long crises, Lebanon has entered a new period of instability following the end of President Michel Aoun’s term without a successor having been chosen. Aoun’s six-year term, which ended on Sunday, saw mass protests, a huge economic downturn, and the explosion at Beirut’s port in August…

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Analysis: Israel awaits coalition options as election strengthens Netanyahu

Posted 2 November, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons With final numbers in the Knesset still undetermined, yesterday’s election – the fifth in three years – will likely allow former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a coalition government. Where we are  With some 86 percent of votes counted,…

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LFI chair and shadow Middle East Minister meet Palestinian start-up delegation

Posted 27 October, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This morning, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP met with a UK-Palestinian Tech Hub delegation of Palestinian start-ups to discuss the opportunities and challenges in Palestinian economic development, a vital aspect of working towards the creation of a Palestinian state. They heard about the impact of the unresolved…

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