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In Brief: Four Israelis killed and four injured in West Bank terror attack

Posted 21 June, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a petrol station in the central West Bank on Tuesday, killing four Israelis and wounding four others. The IDF reported that at least two gunmen carried out the attack near the settlement of Eli. One of the terrorists was shot dead at…

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In Brief: Iran praises Palestinian terrorism as leaders visit Tehran

Posted 21 June, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0; via Wikimedia Commons The leaders of Palestinian terror groups Islamic Jihad and Hamas were in Tehran yesterday for talks with top Iranian officials. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi received Islamic Jihad chief Ziad Nakhaleh, while Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the newly appointed secretary of Iran’s Supreme…

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In Brief: Palestinian president voices support for Uyghur repression

Posted 21 June, 2023 in Analysis, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, ended a trip to China last week by voicing his support for Beijing’s repressive policies towards the Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. During the four-day visit, Abbas met China’s president and ruling Communist party head Xi Jinping. Abbas…

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LFI MPs sign cross-party letter on UK university support for Iranian drone development

Posted 20 June, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Drone > avionespana, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A number of LFI MPs have today added their names to a cross-party letter addressed to Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, calling on the government to investigate allegations in the Jewish Chronicle that scientists at British universities have been helping Iran develop technology that could be…

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In Brief: Saudi FM endorses Israeli normalisation within peace process

Posted 12 June, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Faisal bin Farhan, said on Thursday that Riyadh normalising ties with Israel would bring significant benefits to the Middle East region, but that those benefits would be restricted in the absence of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian…

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In Brief: Iranian ‘suicide drones’ being developed at British universities

Posted 12 June, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0; via Wikimedia Commons Scientists at British universities have helped the Iranian regime develop technology that can be used in its drone programme and fighter jets, an investigation by the Jewish Chronicle has revealed. At least 11 British universities, including Cambridge and Imperial College London, are reportedly involved, with staff…

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LFI MPs push government for tougher policy towards Iran

Posted 7 June, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI parliamentarians have today urged the government to take a more robust and comprehensive stance towards the Iranian regime at a Westminster Hall Debate on the topic. PLP chair John Cryer MP In his remarks, Parliamentary Labour Party chair John Cryer MP - a longstanding campaigner on the issue - once again set out the case for…

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In Brief: Israel normalisation on agenda as Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia

Posted 6 June, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons US secretary of state Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia this week, with improving ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia on the agenda for talks. Blinken “will discuss US-Saudi strategic cooperation on regional and global issues and a range of bilateral issues…

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In Brief: Three IDF soldiers killed in attack by Egyptian border policeman

Posted 6 June, 2023 in Israel, Middle East
Israeli soldiers killed > VINews An Egyptian policeman accused of killing three Israeli soldiers in an attack on the countries' shared border on Saturday morning has been named as 22-year-old Mohamed Salah Ibrahim. Arabic-language media reported that Ibrahim was drafted into the Egyptian army in June 2022 and stationed on the border with Israel as a policeman. He…

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Analysis: Iran able to produce nuclear weapons “on demand”

Posted 6 June, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Iran 2015 nuclear deal negotiations > US Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Iran may be able to produce nuclear weapons “on demand”, a leading expert warned last week. The report in The Economist magazine also provided details of a new nuclear facility being constructed by Tehran deep in the Zagros mountains. It comes as the International Atomic…

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