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In Brief: Summit sees Israel strengthen moderate alliance 

Posted 23 March, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Summit in Egypt > Spokesman of the Egyptian Presidency Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday for a summit focused on the Iran deal and the fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Israel’s emerging alliance with moderate Arab states such as…

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LFI parliamentarians speak at ZF 2022 Annual Lobby Day for Israel

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Christian Wakeford MP LFI chair Steve McCabe MP LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP Today, a number of LFI officers and parliamentarians addressed the Zionist Federation's annual lobby day for Israel, held in Parliament. This year's lobby day focused on the proscription of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a terrorist group that has already been proscribed by…

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In Brief: Russia recruiting Syrians to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon claims

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
Bashar al-Assad > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Russia is recruiting Syrians and other foreign fighters as it builds up its assault on Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Monday. Moscow entered the Syrian Civil War in 2015 to support the ailing regime of president Bashar al-Assad. Now, according to the US department of defense, Russia is…

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In Brief: Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps launches second satellite

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
IRGC Parade in Tehran > YPA, CC-BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), a state-backed paramilitary group that is considered a terrorist group by the United States, has launched a second satellite into space. State television broadcast the launch in the Shahroud desert, following the return of Iran’s top diplomat from months of…

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In Brief: New Iran nuclear deal ‘getting closer’, US spokesperson says

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. The US and Iran are “getting closer” to reaching a new nuclear deal, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said this week. Speaking to reporters during a daily press briefing, Psaki dismissed questions around the possibility of US sanctions against Russia hindering the talks in Vienna, saying that both…

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Analysis: Israel mediates between Ukraine and Russia

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, and Russian president Vladimir Putin > Composite/AP, via Times of Israel Naftali Bennett made a dramatic trip to Moscow last weekend to meet with Vladimir Putin as Israel found itself attempting to help mediate an international crisis for the first time. The prime minister’s trip on the…

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Steps to a two state solution: Support the development of Rawabi

Posted 8 March, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Thirteen: Support the development of Rawabi The first pre-planned Palestinian city, Rawabi is a $1.4bn development in the West Bank and the brainchild of Palestinian entrepreneur and businessman Bashar Masri. Close to Ramallah, the project has faced opposition from both Israeli settlers and right-wingers…

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In Brief: Israel seizes 30 crypto wallets allegedly used to fund Hamas

Posted 1 March, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Cryptocurrency > Voytek Pavlik, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel has seized 30 digital wallets allegedly used by Hamas to fundraise, according to the Israeli Defence Ministry. Defence minister Benny Gantz approved the seizure of the cryptocurrency wallets from 12 accounts, owned by an exchange company based in the Gaza Strip, which has since been declared a…

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In Brief: Iran will enrich uranium to 20% even if nuclear deal revived

Posted 1 March, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Peace process
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iran will continue to enrich uranium to 20 percent even if the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal is revived and sanctions are lifted, Tehran's nuclear chief said last week. “Enrichment […] continues with a maximum ceiling of 60 percent, which led Westerners to rush to negotiations, and it will…

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In Brief: EU aid to the PA held up as officials discuss textbook reform

Posted 1 March, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Source: IMPACT-se. Millions of euros of EU aid to the Palestinian Authority are stuck in Brussels as the European Commission discussed whether to condition parts of the assistance on Palestinian school curriculum reform. The EU, the PA’s single largest donor, helps to pay the salaries of many PA civil servants. Between 2008 and 2020, Brussels spent around…

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