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Analysis: Trump wrong to cut UNRWA funds

Posted 7 September, 2018 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories
The Trump administration has decided to stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), a body which provides humanitarian assistance for Palestinian refugees. The decision amounts to a $350m cut from the organisation’s $1.2bn annual budget. Evaluation of the Trump administration’s decision often balances the agency’s vital humanitarian work against its political, security and administrative…

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Analysis: Corbyn under fire over “despicable” comments about Zionists

Posted 29 August, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Labour Party
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jeremy Corbyn is involved in a fresh row over antisemitism in the Labour party following the discovery of a 2013 speech in which he claimed that Zionists do not understand “English irony”. The Labour leader was speaking at a conference endorsed and advertised online by Hamas’ military wing and which…

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Analysis: Corbyn’s Hamas links under scrutiny

Posted 22 August, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Labour Party
Jeremy Corbyn’s past links with Hamas have come under intense scrutiny this week, as the fallout from Labour’s failure to adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-semitism continues. On Monday, it was revealed that the Labour leader had chaired a panel at a conference in Doha in 2012 which was also attended by…

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Joan Ryan welcomes new UK aid to support Palestinian economic development

Posted 17 August, 2018 in News, Palestinian Territories
LFI chair Joan Ryan MP welcomed the announcement of a new UK aid programme to support Palestinian economic development in Gaza and the West Bank. She said "the humanitarian situation for the people of Gaza is particularly desperate and deeply concerning, with electricity supplies highly restricted; water and sewage facilities under strain; and rising unemployment throughout…

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LFI leads calls for Corbyn to apologise over Munich terror ceremony

Posted 15 August, 2018 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Joan Ryan wrote this week to Jeremy Corbyn asking him to explain his apparent decision to honour the terrorists behind the Munich massacre during a 2014 visit to Tunisia. Ms Ryan also called upon the Labour leader to apologise to the bereaved families of the 11 Israeli athletes who were brutally murdered by the Palestinian terrorist…

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Analysis: Fresh wave of antisemitic and anti-Zionist incidents rock Labour

Posted 6 August, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Labour Party
Following Labour's decision not to adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism last month, a further wave of reports concerning antisemitic and anti-Zionist incidents in Labour have rocked the party. In response to Mr Corbyn's role in many of these incidents, Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan has called for an investigation into whether…

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Analysis: Israel leads extraordinary White Helmets rescue

Posted 26 July, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East
Photo: Qasioun News Agency, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Last weekend, in an extraordinary humanitarian operation, Israel helped evacuate 800 members of the White Helmets and their families. Israel, working with North American and European countries, including the UK, transported the humanitarian workers from South West Syria into Jordan. Jordan, which has consistently refused to accept Syrian refugees…

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