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In Brief: UK announces it will boycott antisemitic Durban conference

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Incitement, Israel
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Durban II. (UN Photo, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The British government confirmed this week that it will boycott the Durban IV conference in New York over “historic concerns” about antisemitism and anti-Israel hatred. The UK will join the US, Australia and Canada in refusing to attend the event in September marking the 20th anniversary of…

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In Brief: Short-lived Israeli vaccine deal rejected by Palestinians

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israel's vaccination rollout. Image Credit: President Rivlin at a vaccination centre, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Palestinian Authority announced its intention to cancel a coronavirus vaccine exchange deal with Israel on Friday, just days after an agreement was reached. It is thought that the PA cancelled the deal in part to counter the increasing popularity of the hardline…

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In Brief: Terrorists threaten Israel after incendiary balloon attacks

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. A senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group said on Saturday that Gaza-based terrorists have warned Egyptian mediators of a violent response should Israel continue to retaliate against balloon-borne incendiary devices that have burned crops and property in southern…

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Analysis: Low turnout delivers hardline win in Iran

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ebrahim Raisi. (Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Ebrahim Raisi – a “brutal hangman” with an ultraconservative hardline agenda – was elected president of Iran on Saturday on a low-turnout, reflecting widespread public dissatisfaction with both the rigged poll and the Islamic regime. His victory was welcomed by Russia, the Assad regime and Iranian-sponsored terror…

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In Brief: Ayatollah tightens grip on Iranian elections as polling day looms

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iran’s next presidential election on Friday is set to be dominated by hardline candidates close to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Popular frustrations over economic problems and restrictions on freedom are expected to keep many pro-reform Iranians away from the ballot box. In a carefully vetted field, the front runner is Ebrahaim Raisi, a hardline judge seen…

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In Brief: Israel waves goodbye to its Covid indoor mask mandate

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Masks in Israel. Image Credit: President Rivlin at a vaccination centre, CC BY-SA 3.0. Israelis are no longer required to wear masks indoors, more than a year after the public was instructed to do so as the coronavirus pandemic began. Health Ministry director-general Professor Chezy Levy signed an amendment to the public health order on Monday evening to abolish the…

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In Brief: LFI director criticises Hamas threats against UNRWA

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin last week condemned the “shocking” threats made by Hamas against staff working in Gaza for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Rubin’s comments came as it emerged that staff, including UNRWA’s director of operations Matthias Schamale,…

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Analysis: A new government for Israel 

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
The "change" bloc. Raanan Cohen, Public Domain. Israel’s 36th government was sworn in this week as Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12 years in power came to an end. Netanyahu’s departure followed the new “change government” – an ideologically eclectic administration united by its desire to displace the long-serving former prime minister – winning a vital Knesset confidence vote on…

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In Brief: Blinken claims Iran far from nuclear compliance

Posted 8 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel
Secretary of state Anthony Blinken. US Embassy Nigeria, Public Domain, via Flickr. US secretary of state Anthony Blinken said this week that Iran has not given indications of its willingness to return to compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. In a hearing at the House foreign affairs committee, Blinken said that the negotiating sides are “not even at the stage…

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In Brief: Thousands march at first Jerusalem Pride in two years

Posted 8 June, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Hebrew gay pride poster. Danny-w, CC BY-SA 3.0. Some 8,000 people marched, sang and danced through Jerusalem last week as the city marked its first Pride parade since coronavirus restrictions were relaxed. Participants held flags, balloons and banners as they celebrated in a city that has seen some hostility against LGBT+ people in recent years, especially compared with liberal and secular…

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