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Day: 11 November, 2020

In Brief: Rifts in Blue and White party deepen as budget crisis nears

Posted on 11 November, 2020 by lfiIsrael

Rifts within Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party appear to be deepening as the crisis over Israel’s budget deepens and new elections loom. If no budget is passed by late December the government will automatically dissolve. Benjamin Netanyahu is widely …

Posted in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics

In Brief: Veteran Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat dies of covid aged 65

Posted on 11 November, 202018 January, 2021 by lfiIsrael

Saeb Erekat, who helped negotiate the Oslo Accords, died yesterday of covid-19. He passed away at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Centre, to which he had been transferred last month after testing positive for the illness. Erekat, who was 65, underwent a …

Posted in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process

In Brief: Israeli politicians line up to welcome Biden election victory

Posted on 11 November, 202026 January, 2021 by lfiIsrael

Reuven Rivlin led the congratulations on Joe Biden’s victory, and invited the president-elect to visit Jerusalem. In an English-language video, the Israeli president wrote: “Mr President-elect, I was pleased to welcome you to Jerusalem as vice president and I look …

Posted in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East

Analysis: What to expect from the Biden-Harris administration

Posted on 11 November, 202026 January, 2021 by lfiIsrael

The election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will bring avowed friends and supporters of Israel to the White House in January. Their approach towards the Middle East is likely to be very different in both style and substance to …

Posted in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process

LFI Director Michael Rubin Participates in Podcast on the EHRC Report

Posted on 11 November, 202014 December, 2020 by lfiIsrael

LFI Director Michael Rubin was a guest on the Progressive Britain Podcast which discussed the EHRC report into antisemitism in the Labour Party.

Michael joined in a discussion with North West Jewish Labour Movement chair, Dena Ryness, Progress director Nathan …

Posted in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News

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Leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer MP:

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