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LFI parliamentary supporters make the case for Israel

Posted 6 July, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
In a House of Commons debate yesterday on Israel-Palestinian peace talks, LFI parliamentary supporters challenged the government on its cuts to co-existence funding, pushed our campaign for an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and highlighted the barriers to peace, including PA incitement and terrorism. LFI chair Joan Ryan urged the government to “reverse their elimination of UK support for co-existence projects…

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Major boost for LFI’s coexistence funding campaign

Posted 6 July, 2017 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI’s campaign in support of the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace received a major boost this week with the endorsement of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council. In a joint statement backing the Fund, which aims to provide much-needed funding for coexistence projects, Gillian Merron, chief executive of…

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Analysis: Light at the end of the tunnel for Gaza?

Posted 3 July, 2017 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Ten years ago this month, Hamas executed a brutal takeover of Gaza, one that saw the terrorist group murder its political opponents and impose an Islamist regime on the poverty-stricken enclave. On three occasions since, most recently in 2014, the group has provoked bloody conflicts with Israel after sustained attacks on Israeli civilians. In each, it…

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Analysis: Bibi the politician versus Bibi the statesman

Posted 14 June, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu and the leader of the Israeli  Labor party, Isaac Herzog, secretly flew to Cairo last April to engage in clandestine talks with Arab leaders aimed at restarting the Middle East peace process. The meeting between Netanyahu, Herzog and Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was revealed on Monday in the Israeli  media. The Labor leader later confirmed the…

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These are the changes Jeremy Corbyn needs to make if he wants to be Prime Minister

Posted 14 June, 2017 in Antisemitism, Labour Party, News
This article first appeared in the Jewish Chronicle. Please click here to view it.  Labour’s performance in the general election was better than many had expected. That clearly presents a huge challenge to Theresa May, but that should not detract from the problems which Labour still has to confront. The party secured some stunning victories on Thursday and the parliamentary party has been buttressed by some…

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