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In Brief: Ties between Hamas and Iran strengthen amid conflict

Posted 21 May, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
IRGC Parade in Tehran. Image Credit: YPA, CC-BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IGRC) Quds Force, Esmail Ghaani, spoke with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at the weekend. They discussed the latest developments in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Iran is thought to be watching developments closely, and is likely advising Hamas on its…

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LFI vice-chair: To end the conflict in Israel-Palestine, we must learn the lessons of Northern Ireland and invest in peacebuilding on the ground

Posted 19 May, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Cat McKinnell. Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair Cat McKinnell MP has written for The House. Click here to read the original. By setting up an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, we can help create the conditions for lasting peace in the region. The roots of the tragic and heart-breaking upsurge in…

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LFI chair: Lives lost in the Middle East must be honoured by redoubling efforts for peace

Posted 18 May, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Lives lost in the Middle East must be honoured by redoubling efforts for peace The explosion of armed conflict and violence we have seen over the past week…

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In Brief: Revolutionary Guards tighten grip as Iran looks to elections

Posted 12 May, 2021 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
IRGC Parade in Tehran. Image Credit: YPA, CC-BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A number of potential presidential candidates in Iran have emerged out of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), raising concerns regarding the further militarisation of the country’s politics. Hopefuls have until Saturday to formally register their status as a candidate ahead of the election on…

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In Brief: Israel and Lebanon move towards gas row agreement

Posted 12 May, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East
  Noa natural gas field > Uri Kfir, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli and Lebanese negotiators have restarted talks over disputed offshore gas reserves in the Mediterranean sea. Previous talks over the maritime border dispute  collapsed in October 2020 following an attempt by Beirut to extend its claims deep into what Israel considers its exclusive economic zone. Israel…

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Analysis: Hamas rockets reach Tel Aviv as tensions reach boiling point

Posted 12 May, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
 Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The past week has seen a major escalation of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, as confrontations and violence in Jerusalem have been followed by more than 1,000 rockets being fired indiscriminately into Israel by Gaza-based terror groups. Israel has responded with strikes…

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In Brief: Biden endorses Arab normalisation with Israel

Posted 5 May, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Joe Biden. Credit: White House, public domain US president Joe Biden has expressed his support for the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Arab countries and Israel that has developed out of last year’s Abraham Accords. In a phone call with the UAE’s crown prince Mohamad bin Zayed Al Nahyen on Tuesday, Biden “underlined the strategic importance of…

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Analysis: First Palestinian elections since 2006 postponed once again

Posted 5 May, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Mahmoud Abbas. Credits: World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0 Elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council and presidency, respectively scheduled for 22 May and 31 July, have been postponed indefinitely – and effectively cancelled. What happened Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas announced on Thursday that the elections, which would have been the first to take place since 2006,…

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In Brief: Largest ever Israel-UAE commercial deal agreed

Posted 29 April, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Noa natural gas field. Image credit: Uri Kfir, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli energy company Delek Drilling has signed an agreement to sell its 22 percent share in the offshore Tamar natural gas field to Abu Dhabi’s Mubdala Petroleum Company for $1.1 billion. The deal represents the largest and most significant commercial agreement between Israel…

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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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