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In brief: Police clashes as anti-Bibi protests enter eleventh week

Posted 10 September, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
  Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Last Saturday, about 20,000 protesters gathered outside Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem. With parallel gatherings held outside Netanyahu's private residence in Caesarea and at over 300 bridges and major intersections nationwide, the demonstrations are in their eleventh consecutive week. Activists are calling on the prime minister to…

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In brief: Two former Yugoslavian states pledge to open Jerusalem embassies

Posted 10 September, 2020 in Analysis, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Having originally refused to recognise the independence of Kosovo, Israel has struck another deal of diplomatic firsts. The Jewish state is to recognise Kosovo, which will open an embassy in Jerusalem – the first Muslim country to do so. Its neighbour Serbia will move its embassy to Jerusalem by July 2021. The deal announced by…

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In brief: Hamas and Hezbollah to maintain an ‘axis of resistance’ against Israel

Posted 10 September, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Middle East
Hassan Nasrallah. Photo, Unknown, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Hezbollah-run Al-Manar TV announced on Sunday that leaders of Hezbollah and the Hamas met to discuss the consequences of diplomatic normalisation between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates. The meeting comes on the back of US President Donald Trump announcing Israel and the UAE…

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Analysis: Netanyahu under pressure during second wave lockdowns

Posted 10 September, 2020 in Analysis, Israeli Politics
Having hailed victory over coronavirus back in May, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now embarrassed and appearing indecisive over his response to the second wave hitting the Jewish state. Israel operates a four part traffic light system based on the number of new patients per 10,000 residents, ‘red’ being most severe and ‘green’ being…

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LFI Director: My progressive values mean I support Labour — and Israel

Posted 4 September, 2020 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI director Michael Rubin has written in the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to view the original. This week I start as Director of LFI. After five years of Jeremy Corbyn, and 10 years of increasingly right-wing government in Israel, friends of Israel have questioned if they can still find a home in Labour, while progressives have…

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In Brief: Israeli-made Nano COVID breath test spots every carrier in trial

Posted 2 September, 2020 in Analysis, Israel
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In a potentially significant development, a rapid Israeli COVID-19 breath test successfully completed clinical trials, according to a newly peer-reviewed study. The device uses nanotechnology to identify compounds from the lung that are present in the breath of coronavirus patients, and is being developed by Prof. Hossam…

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In Brief: Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal reached after weeks of Gaza balloon attacks

Posted 2 September, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Hamas, the Gaza-based terror group, announced on Monday night that they had agreed a ceasefire with Israel. Shortly after Hamas’s statement, Israel’s military liaison to the Palestinians tacitly confirmed the agreement, saying it would reopen the border crossing, including to fuel deliveries, as well as the Gaza fishing zone to the full 15-nautical-mile limit. “This decision…

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Analysis: The historic Israel-UAE deal: what next?

Posted 2 September, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Iran, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
  The United Arab Emirates is to become only the third Arab state – following Egypt and Jordan – to agree to the full normalisation of relations with Israel. The surprise, but historic, announcement of the move last month will have an important impact on the Jewish state’s efforts to broker stronger ties with the Arab world.…

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LFI responds to revelations that the government’s PA curriculum review has examined the wrong textbooks

Posted 14 August, 2020 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
Image: IMPACT-se LFI has expressed deep concern about the latest revelations concerning a UK government-backed review on incitement to violence in the Palestinian Authority’s school curriculum.   The review appears to have mistakenly studied school books used by Israeli-Arab children, not Palestinian pupils, while three-quarters of the textbooks in an unpublished interim report are…

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