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In Brief: Hezbollah smuggling weapons to Israel to ferment civil unrest

Posted 23 November, 2021 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Hezbollah fighters at a ceremony > Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah is reportedly trying to smuggle weapons into Israel to ferment unrest within the Israeli-Arab community, a police official has said. Israeli police have seen a significant increase in efforts to smuggle weapons into the country via the Lebanese…

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In Brief: PA authority undermined amid West Bank gang violence

Posted 23 November, 2021 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA security forces. Image credit: Stop the Wall, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The authority of the Palestinian Authority was undermined amid scenes of disorder and violence in the West Bank last week. Charges that the PA was not doing enough to enforce law and order have led some Palestinian civilians to fear that violence…

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Analysis: Hamas strikes at the heart of Jerusalem

Posted 23 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Eliyahu David Kay > Facebook, via Times of Israel. A member of Hamas launched a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday morning, killing one Israeli civilian and wounding four others – including worshippers returning from the Western Wall. What happened  Hamas lauded the attack, in which 26-year-old tour guide Eliyahu David Kay died, as “a…

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Steps to a two state solution: Tackle the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Posted 23 November, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step One: Tackle the humanitarian crisis in Gaza with emergency infrastructure plan for improving energy supplies, sanitation and clean water After more than a decade of war, Israeli and Egyptian restrictions, and Hamas misrule, the humanitarian situation in the coastal enclave is dire: the electricity…

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In Brief: Treat climate change as security issue, Knesset committee says

Posted 18 November, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Knesset in session > Itzik Edri, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. The Knesset’s powerful Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee have called for the Israeli government and security services to take the issue of climate change more seriously and to consider it a national security issue, given the threat of posed by global warming. “There is no…

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In Brief: Hezbollah planned to murder Israeli in Colombia

Posted 18 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Hezbollah fighters at a ceremony. Image Credit: Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The antisemitic Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah planned to assassinate an Israeli national in Bogota, Colombia, as part of an operation to avenge the January 2020 death of Iranian al-Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, Colombian media has reported. The targeted Israeli was a…

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In Brief: Israel to sign renewable energy swap deal with Arab partners

Posted 18 November, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East
Solar panels > Fernando Tomas, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel, Jordan and the UAE will reportedly sign a deal by which a solar plant in the Jordanian desert would be built to generate power for Israel in exchange for a desalination plant in Israel to provide Jordan with water. The deal is slated to be…

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Starmer rejects anti-Zionism and BDS at LFI Annual Lunch

Posted 18 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel welcomed Labour leader Keir Starmer as guest of honour to its Annual Lunch this week, which saw capacity crowd in a packed out hall. Success The 2021 Annual Lunch was the first to take place since 2018, after previous lunches had to be cancelled due to the calling of the 2019 general election…

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Analysis: Palestinian economy on the mend despite challenges

Posted 10 November, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The economy of the Palestinian territories is exhibiting “signs of recovery” despite serious challenges of unemployment and “deteriorating social conditions” in Gaza, a report by the World Bank said this week. The first half of 2021 saw a growth rate of 5.4 percent, with…

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In Brief: Israel thwarts Iranian-backed attacks on Jews in Africa

Posted 10 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Israel’s national intelligence agency, the Mossad, has thwarted multiple attacks by Iran against Israeli tourists and businessmen in three African countries, according to reports from Israel’s Channel 12. Targets included Israelis visiting the central and west African countries of Tanzania, Senegal and Ghana. Five suspects, all with African passports,…

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