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In Brief: Iranian foreign minister laments IRGC influence

Posted 29 April, 2021 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
IRGC Parade in Tehran. Image Credit: YPA, CC-BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has offered a glimpse into Iran’s internal power struggles in a leaked recording, claiming that the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) dominates governmental decision-making. Zarif claimed that IRGC commander Qassim Suleimani, who was killed by the United States in…

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Analysis: Weekend of violence and rockets amid election uncertainty

Posted 29 April, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Following several nights of rocket fire from Gaza, Israel has warned Hamas that it will face major retaliation should the attacks continue. Gaza-based armed factions launched more than 40 rockets into Israel over the weekend, against a background of continued unrest in Jerusalem…

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LFI Focus: Fourth time lucky? Israel’s March election

Posted 23 April, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, LFI Focus
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.           Photo: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Introduction In May 2019, the Israeli Knesset dissolved itself barely one month after voters had been to the polls. That political stalemate marked the first time in the state’s seven-decade history that an election has not resulted in the formation of a government. Few then, however, could have…

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Sadiq Khan speaks about partnership with Tel Aviv mayor

Posted 21 April, 2021 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Sadiq Khan. LFI screenshot. Labour candidate and incumbent London mayoral Sadiq Khan spoke about his friendship and partnership with Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai this week, at a London mayoral Jewish community hustings organised by the Jewish London Forum, Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies. He talked about how he had worked with Huldai on…

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In Brief: Sudan ends 63-year Israeli boycott law

Posted 20 April, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Sudanese flag, public domain. The Sudanese government voted to annul its so-called Israel boycott law on Monday, in the latest development in the two countries’ diplomatic normalisation process. The decision to scrap the law, dating from 1958, was confirmed earlier this month by the Sudanese prime minister’s office, which also affirmed Sudan’s support for a two-state solution…

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In Brief: Iran nuclear talks continue as enrichment increases

Posted 20 April, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Negotiations about Iranian Nuclear Program, US State Department, Public domain. Discussions to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal continued this weekend, as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that Iran was enriching uranium to 60 percent fissile purity. The IAEA announced it had “verified that Iran has begun the production of UF6, enriched up to 60%…

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Analysis: Is time running out for Netanyahu?

Posted 20 April, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Photo: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 With two weeks left to form a government, Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a major blow on Monday when his supporters lost a key vote which effectively cost them control of the Knesset. The loss increased speculation that the long-serving prime minister's days in office are numbered. What happened The anti-Netanyahu bloc secured…

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Rosie Cooper pushes FCDO on International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Posted 20 April, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Rosie Cooper LFI vice-chair Rosie Cooper today pushed Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa James Cleverly on potential UK membership of the international board of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. "It is now five months since the US Congress passed a $250 million Act to create the international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace,…

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David Evans holds first meeting with Eran Harmoni, Israeli Labor Secretary General

Posted 19 April, 2021 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
General Secretary of the UK Labour Party, David Evans, has met with his counterpart, Eran Harmoni, Secretary General of the Israeli Labor Party. LFI Chair Steve McCabe MP joined the meeting.    It was the first meeting between the two General Secretaries of the sister parties in over four years, and the first…

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In Brief: US defence secretary visits Israel

Posted 15 April, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Peace process
Lloyd Austin. U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain. US defence secretary Lloyd Austin met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, forming part of a two-day visit to Israel. Austin tweeted that the US is committed to working closely with Israel, particularly on security and “threats posed by Iran”. He did not mention Iran or its nuclear…

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