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Sunday’s merger announcement was received by many observers with surprise. The news apparently came as a surprise to Gadi Eisenkot as well, having reportedly been notified of Together’s establishment only minutes before the press conference began. A Read more…
LFI today publishes an updated edition of its policy paper, UK-Israel Aerial Defence Collaboration: Towards a British “Iron Shield”, with a new introduction by Air Vice-Marshal Philip Lester CBE, who served 40 years in the Read more…
Labour Friends of Israel has released a new policy paper, Hezbollah: Tehran’s most powerful proxy. It explores the course of Hezbollah’s actions since 7 October, as well as the group’s evolving relationship with the Islamic Read more…