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Analysis: Regime cracks down as Iranian protests swell

Posted 13 October, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. As the mounting protests ignited by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini enter their fourth week, the Iranian regime appears to be intensifying its crackdown, reportedly using firearms and teargas indiscriminately. What happened The death toll across the country is now reported to exceed 185 with reports that the…

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Labour MPs push government to take a firmer stance on Iran

Posted 11 October, 2022 in Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Labour MPs have today pushed the government to take a firmer stance against the Iranian regime, in an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on the ongoing Mahsa Amini protests in Iran. LFI chair Steve McCabe In his intervention, LFI chair Steve McCabe reminded colleagues that Iran’s hardline president Raisi is a “mass murderer responsible…

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In Brief: Lapid refutes Netanyahu criticism of Lebanon maritime deal

Posted 4 October, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hezbollah, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Noa natural gas field > Uri Kfir, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid has accused opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu of supporting the Hezbollah terror group’s propaganda in his criticism of an emergent agreement to demarcate Israel’s maritime border with Lebanon. The step, which was been reported over the weekend, would allow both…

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In Brief: At least 133 people killed in Iranian protests over Mahsa Amini death

Posted 4 October, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ebrahim Raisi > Mehr News Agency, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons At least 92 people have been killed nationwide in Iran’s crackdown on two weeks of protests that have emerged in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested by the regime’s morality police, according to Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR)…

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In Brief: Israel considers law of return reform for Russians fleeing draft

Posted 4 October, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Avigdor Lieberman > Jim Mattis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s government will this week debate broadening its Law of Return to make it easier for Russian draft dodgers to make Aliyah. In the month since Vladimir Putin announced a call up of reservists, some 6,500 Russian citizens have arrived at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, according to…

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Labour Party Conference 2022: an LFI recap

Posted 4 October, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Keir Starmer last week thanked Labour Friends of Israel for “giving him the space” he needed to tackle antisemitism in the party, as he addressed a packed LFI conference reception at Labour party conference in Liverpool.He heralded LFI’s work: “when we go back into government, and we will, you’ll be inscribed on the foundation stone…

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In Brief: Children among dead as Tehran launches crackdown on protests

Posted 28 September, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. More than 75 people have been killed in Iran as the hardline regime launches a crackdown against protests sparked by the death of a Kurdish woman in a detention centre. Amnesty International said on Monday that at least four children had been killed by the security forces since…

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In Brief: Lapid reaffirms Israel support for two states in UN speech

Posted 28 September, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Yair Lapid (Sapir Academic College, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Yair Lapid reaffirmed Israel's support for a two-state solution, arguing “peace is not a compromise” as he addressed the UN General Assembly last week. “An agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples, is the right thing for Israel’s security, for Israel’s economy and for…

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Keir Starmer addresses packed LFI reception at Labour Conference

Posted 28 September, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Labour leader Keir Starmer last night addressed a capacity crowd of over 300 at Labour Friends of Israel’s conference reception in Liverpool. Labour members and LFI supporters were addressed by a number of prominent party figures, including leader Keir Starmer, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy, and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves. In his speech, Starmer pledged to “continue to…

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