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In Brief: Instability fears as food prices rise in Middle East in wake of Ukraine war

Posted 23 March, 2022 in Middle East
Cairo > Mohammed Shamma, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Russia's invasion of Ukraine – the so-called bread basket of the world – has led to a rise in food prices sparking fears of social and political instability in the Middle East. The UN International Fund for Agricultural Development said the impact of surging food prices and…

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In Brief: Summit sees Israel strengthen moderate alliance 

Posted 23 March, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Summit in Egypt > Spokesman of the Egyptian Presidency Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday for a summit focused on the Iran deal and the fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Israel’s emerging alliance with moderate Arab states such as…

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LFI hosts briefing on settlements and solutions

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI has today hosted a briefing for parliamentarians on 'Settlements and Solutions', as part of our Steps to a Two State Solution campaign. The session, hosted by LFI chair Steve McCabe looked at the building of Israeli settlements as an obstacle to peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Parliamentarians were joined by the Washington Institute's David Makovsky…

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LFI parliamentarians speak at ZF 2022 Annual Lobby Day for Israel

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Christian Wakeford MP LFI chair Steve McCabe MP LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP Today, a number of LFI officers and parliamentarians addressed the Zionist Federation's annual lobby day for Israel, held in Parliament. This year's lobby day focused on the proscription of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a terrorist group that has already been proscribed by…

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In Brief: Russia recruiting Syrians to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon claims

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
Bashar al-Assad > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Russia is recruiting Syrians and other foreign fighters as it builds up its assault on Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Monday. Moscow entered the Syrian Civil War in 2015 to support the ailing regime of president Bashar al-Assad. Now, according to the US department of defense, Russia is…

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In Brief: Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps launches second satellite

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
IRGC Parade in Tehran > YPA, CC-BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), a state-backed paramilitary group that is considered a terrorist group by the United States, has launched a second satellite into space. State television broadcast the launch in the Shahroud desert, following the return of Iran’s top diplomat from months of…

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In Brief: New Iran nuclear deal ‘getting closer’, US spokesperson says

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. The US and Iran are “getting closer” to reaching a new nuclear deal, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said this week. Speaking to reporters during a daily press briefing, Psaki dismissed questions around the possibility of US sanctions against Russia hindering the talks in Vienna, saying that both…

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Analysis: Israel mediates between Ukraine and Russia

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, and Russian president Vladimir Putin > Composite/AP, via Times of Israel Naftali Bennett made a dramatic trip to Moscow last weekend to meet with Vladimir Putin as Israel found itself attempting to help mediate an international crisis for the first time. The prime minister’s trip on the…

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Christian Wakeford pushes FCDO to support Abraham Accords process

Posted 8 March, 2022 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Peace process
At FCDO Questions today, LFI parliamentary supporter Christian Wakeford asked why the UK had played no role in agreeing the Abraham Accords in summer 2020, and called for the UK to be "central to encouraging more of our partners across the Arab world" to normalise ties with Israel, given its historic ties in the region. You can watch…

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Steps to a two state solution: Support the development of Rawabi

Posted 8 March, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Thirteen: Support the development of Rawabi The first pre-planned Palestinian city, Rawabi is a $1.4bn development in the West Bank and the brainchild of Palestinian entrepreneur and businessman Bashar Masri. Close to Ramallah, the project has faced opposition from both Israeli settlers and right-wingers…

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