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June 2019

Analysis: Trump’s economic plan for Palestine falls flat

The first part of Donald Trump’s much-delayed plan to secure “the ultimate deal” – peace between Israel and the Palestinians – was published on Saturday. The document, entitled Peace To Prosperity, outlines a $50bn investment plan ahead of an “economic workshop” in Bahrain this week. The Palestinian Authority, which is Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 6 years25 June, 2019 ago

LFI vice-chair speaks about the plight of Jewish refugees

LFI vice-chair Dame Louise Ellman MP has spoken about the forgotten plight of the Jewish refugees from the Middle East and north Africa, in a Parliamentary debate. In a debate in Westminster Hall, Dame Louise Ellman highlighted the tragic plight of the 850,000 Jews displaced from the Middle East in Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 6 years20 June, 2019 ago

Analysis: Quarter of a million people celebrate Tel Aviv Pride

An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets of Tel Aviv last Friday to celebrate the city’s 21st annual Pride parade. The event is one of the few Pride events in the Middle East outside of Israel, and is the eighth largest in the world. The parade marked the culmination Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 6 years19 June, 2019 ago

Analysis: LGBT rights thrive in Israel, albeit with further advances needed

Israel is undoubtedly a pioneer in the region of LGBT rights in the region with leading LGBT members of the Knesset such as Labor’s Itzik Shmuli playing a prominent role in public life. Similarly, Tel Aviv pride, which takes place this week, has grown from a few dozen protesters to Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 6 years12 June, 2019 ago

We should have been told about the Hezbollah bomb-making factory

This op-ed first appeared in the Jewish News, click here to view the original.  Many of us have never needed convincing about just how dangerous Hezbollah is. That’s why – alongside Jewish communal organisations and colleagues from across the House of Commons – we campaigned to have this antisemitic terror group proscribed Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 6 years10 June, 2019 ago

Joan Ryan writes to the Home Secretary regarding Hezbollah UK bomb factory

Following reports that the UK security services in 2015 foiled an plot by Hezbollah agents in the UK,  LFI chair Joan Ryan has written to Home Secretary Sajid Javid expressing concern about the withholding of information about the plot from both the public and parliament. Until February of this year, Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 6 years10 June, 2019 ago

Analysis: Unprecedented stalemate leads to new Israeli poll

Israel will go to the polls on 17 September – less than six months after Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to win April’s general election – following an unprecedented political stalemate. As the midnight deadline to negotiate a new coalition approached last Wednesday, the Knesset voted by 74 to 45 to dissolve Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 6 years5 June, 2019 ago

LFI Focus: Israel heads to the polls (again)

LFI Focus provides a periodic analysis on Israel-Palestine, providing an in-depth view of the issues that affect the region. This edition focuses on the fall-out from Israel’s election in September 2019. You can read it here. There is also an accompanying analysis of the competing parties. Click here to read Read more…

By lfiIsrael, 6 years1 June, 2019 ago

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