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In Brief: Israel announces expansion of Gaza relief measures

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Fishing boats at Gaza port > Mahmoud Navash, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel announced a series of relief measures for the Gaza Strip yesterday, including expanding the enclave’s fishing zone and the approval of additional imports and exports in the wake of relative calm along the Israel-Gaza border. The move followed international calls for humanitarian…

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Analysis: LFI launches The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI this week launches a major new publication on the changing shape of the Middle East. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, and the growing threat posed by an expansionist Iran, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is designed to contribute to the evolution of Labour’s foreign policy development. What’s in it The LFI publication contains contributions from…

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In Brief: German foreign minister confident for Iran deal ‘in coming weeks’

Posted 7 July, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Negotiations about Iranian Nuclear Program. Image credit: US State Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. German foreign minister Heiko Maas said on Monday that he was confident of reaching a deal to save the 2015 Iran nuclear accord “in the coming weeks”. “We think (the talks) can reach their goal”, he told reporters in Madrid after a…

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In Brief: COVID infections in Israel spike by 50 percent

Posted 7 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel’s health ministry recorded 501 new coronavirus cases on Monday, representing a 50 percent increase from the previous day. The figure is the highest since 30 March, when 571 tested positive for the virus. Out of the new infections, 42 percent had been vaccinated. This comes amid…

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In Brief: South Korea to receive vaccine doses rejected by Palestinians

Posted 7 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories
Israel's vaccination rollout. Image Credit: President Rivlin at a vaccination centre, CC BY-SA 3.0. Israel will send South Korea some 700,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine that are due to expire shortly in a deal signed between the two nations on Tuesday. The deal was announced by Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, who called the deal a…

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Analysis: Palestinians vs the Authority

Posted 7 July, 2021 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Palestinian Authority has been rocked by a series of protests in the past month in an outburst of frustration prompted by the death of anti-corruption activist Nizar Banat in PA custody last month. What happened Banat’s death at the hands of Palestinian officials…

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In Brief: Anti-Israel terrorist leaders meet in Beirut

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The political bureau chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has met with Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, in the Lebanese capital Beirut this week. The two reportedly discussed the recent 11-day bout of fighting between Israel and Gaza-based terror groups led by Hamas, and…

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In Brief: Biden reasserts commitment to Israel

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East
President Biden. Image credit: White House, public domain via Wikimedia Commons US president Joe Biden assured his outgoing Israeli counterpart, Reuven Rivlin, that he would not tolerate a nuclear Iran as the two met on Monday. The meeting came amid growing apprehension regarding the Biden administration’s efforts to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal. “What I can say to…

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In Brief: Israel opens first ever embassy in UAE

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
UAE flag. Credit: Jdx, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel’s foreign minister, Yair Lapid, officially dedicated Israel’s first ever embassy in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. The ceremony in Abu Dhabi was part of the historic first visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf monarchy since Israeli-Emirati diplomatic relations were established last year. “Israel wants peace…

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Analysis: UK still funds incitement in Palestinian school curriculum

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Illustration from Palestinian textbook. Credit: IMPACT-se. UK ministers have avoided making any concrete commitments to tackle incitement to violence in the Palestinian Authority school curriculum, despite the findings of a recently published independent study. What happened In a Westminster Hall debate this morning, Foreign and International Development Office minister James Duddridge avoided any firm pledges of action,…

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