An independent Iranian TV station has been forced to close its London office and relocate to Washington DC due to threats by the regime in Tehran. The news came as Iran denied it has enriched uranium to 84 percent purity – just short of the level needed to produce an Read more…
Israel is reportedly planning to continue its traditional policy of barring Jews from entry to the Temple Mount during the last 10 days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel already prevents Jews from praying at the Temple Mount – the holiest site in Judaism – and places non-Muslims Read more…
Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel won’t approve any new settlements in the West Bank in the coming months in a blow to his far-right ministers. “Israel informed the United States that, in the coming months, it will not authorise new settlements beyond the nine already approved,” said a statement from Read more…
The Knesset last night passed the first reading of key elements of the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform package, despite widespread protests, polling showing strong public opposition, and calls by President Isaac Herzog for a delay and negotiations. The legislation was passed by 63-47. However some MKs, including the opposition Yisrael Beytenu party, Read more…
Two children and a 20-year-old student died in a terrorist attack in northern Jerusalem on Friday when a car was driven into a crowd waiting at a bus stop. The attack brought to 10 the number of Israeli civilians killed by terrorists in the last two weeks. The two children who Read more…
Israel’s foreign minister is paying a rare visit to Turkey today and is expected to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Eli Cohen said he wanted to visit the country to show Israel’s solidarity and support following last week’s devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Israel swiftly despatched a 160-strong search Read more…
Iran’s state airline is being used to smuggle advanced long-range armed drones to Russia for use in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. The Guardian reported on Monday that some of the drones – at least 18 in total – were transferred to the Russian navy at sea by an Iranian vessel, which Read more…
The Netanyahu government’s controversial judicial reforms have begun their passage through the Knesset this week – amid a national strike, huge demonstrations and an unprecedented appeal from President Isaac Herzog for the current plans to be abandoned. What happened More than 100,000 Israelis rallied at the Knesset on Monday Read more…
The shadow foreign secretary assailed the government’s failure to proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in parliament last week. Facing foreign secretary James Cleverly during Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office questions, David Lammy accused the IRGC of being “responsible for 10 kidnap and death plots on British soil, the execution Read more…
Iran and Russia are finalising plans to build an advanced drone factory, according to weekend media reports. The new plant – which will be located nearly 600 miles east of Moscow – is intended to manufacture 6,000 drones for Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Read more…
Over 100,000 Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday as mass protests against the Netanyahu government’s controversial judicial reforms enter their sixth week. Demonstrations took place throughout the country, but, as before, Israel’s second city saw the biggest crowds. As the protests continued, President Isaac Herzog attempted Read more…
The biggest Labour Friends of Israel delegation in more than a decade this week met with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog. The delegation also met with Israeli Labor party leader Merav Michaeli; Tzachi Hanegbi, the head of the National Security Council; and the Palestinian Authority’s deputy foreign minister Amal Jadou. LFI chair Steve Read more…