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In Brief: Israel covid death toll rises as ministers consider easing weekend rules

Posted 5 August, 2020 in Analysis, Israel
Image: Alissa Eckert, MSMI; Dan Higgins, MAMS, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Israel saw the deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic this week, as ministers prepared to meet today to consider a relaxation of some weekend restrictions. On Tuesday, the Health Ministry announced that 15 people died on Monday, the highest single-day death toll since the pandemic…

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In Brief: Likud party “approaching bankruptcy” as it fires staff and sells assets

Posted 5 August, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party is "approaching bankruptcy", a former official has told the Jerusalem Post. The party is believed to be firing staff, facing huge debts to the banks and suppliers, and considering selling assets. The Likud, which has led Israel's government since 2009, is believed to have been hit hard financially by the country's…

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In Brief: Israel offers assistance to Lebanon following Beirut port disaster

Posted 5 August, 2020 in Analysis, Middle East
Photo: Freimut Bahlo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel made an unprecedented offer of humanitarian assistance to Lebanon on Tuesday evening following the Beirut port explosion in which over 100 people are feared dead and 4,000 injured. A number of Israeli hospitals also offered to take in and treat those injured in the disaster. Several…

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Analysis: Israel’s anti-Bibi protests grow in size 

Posted 5 August, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Photo: Or Barenholtz, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Thousands of Israelis joined demonstrations calling for Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation on Saturday night. An estimated 10,000 people rallied outside the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem – the largest gathering yet since the wave of protests started six weeks ago. There were also demonstrations in Tel Aviv and Haifa,…

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Steve McCabe: Under Keir’s new management, Labour can be honest-broker for Israel-Palestine

Posted 30 July, 2020 in Labour Party, News
Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared in the JewishNews. Click here to read the original.  LFI’s meeting last week with Keir Starmer was another demonstration that our party is, as Labour’s leader put it himself, “under new management”. Keir’s acknowledgment that the last five years have been difficult for LFI’s members…

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In Brief: Israel and Hezbollah in clash on northern border after Syria airstrike

Posted 28 July, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Israel
Israel successfully repelled a Hezbollah attack on its northern border on Monday amid rising tensions between the Jewish state and the Iranian-backed terror group. A spokesperson for the IDF said about five Hezbollah operatives had crossed several metres into Israel in the Har Dov area, also known as Shaba Farms, in the Golan Heights. The…

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In Brief: We turned down $15bn aid because we wouldn’t disarm, says Hamas

Posted 28 July, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: council.gov.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The head of Hamas has admitted it refused a recent offer of $15bn in aid for Gaza because it was conditioned on the terror group giving up its arms. Ismail Hahniye said that the proposed aid package also contained a pledge that Israel and Egypt would lift their…

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In Brief: Netanyahu believed angling for new elections as budget deadline nears

Posted 28 July, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to be angling to dissolve his newly formed "unity government" and plunge Israel into new elections - the fourth in just under 18 months. The prime minister and his centrist coalition partner, Benny Gantz, are locked in an increasingly acrimonious dispute over the budget…

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Analysis: Is China about to throw Tehran an economic lifeline?

Posted 28 July, 2020 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Photo: Official website of Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons China may be about to throw the beleaguered Iranian regime a crucial economic lifeline with the two countries close to signing a 25-year “strategic accord” that would see the Islamic republic receive a $400bn boost. Details of the accord were leaked earlier this month to…

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