Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

Analysis: Biden brings Abbas in from the cold

Posted 4 February, 2021 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Mahmoud Abbas. Photo by Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration has taken the first steps towards restoring relations between the US and the Palestinian Authority, which were severed in 2017. The move came shortly after the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas (pictured), announced new elections – the first to be held in nearly…

more

0Comments 0Likes 18Views

In brief: Iran stepping up breaches of nuclear accord as Biden races to salvage deal

Posted 4 February, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
July 2015 Iran nuclear deal: agreement in Vienna. From left to right: Foreign ministers/secretaries of state Wang Yi (China), Laurent Fabius (France), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Germany), Federica Mogherini (EU), Mohammad Javad Zarif (Iran), Philip Hammond (UK), John Kerry (USA). (Photo: Dragan Tatic, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons) Iran is stepping up its breaches of the 2015 nuclear…

more

0Comments 0Likes 26Views

In brief: Labor climbs in polls as members pick party slate for March elections

Posted 3 February, 2021 in Analysis, Israeli Politics
Merav Michaeli. Photo: Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Labor party, which appeared to be facing electoral catastrophe just weeks ago, is rising sharply in the polls in a boost to new leader Merav Michaeli. A Channel 13 survey released yesterday showed the party winning eight seats in March's general election, with Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents ekeing out a Knesset majority. It is…

more

0Comments 0Likes 21Views

In brief: Palestinians begin vaccination drive with doses from Israel

Posted 3 February, 2021 in Analysis, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Palestinian Authority has confirmed that it began vaccinating its medical staff on Tuesday after the shipment of 2,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine from Israel the previous day. However, the statement by the PA Ministry of Health - which said intensive care staff…

more

0Comments 0Likes 19Views

In Brief: Israel’s first ambassador arrives in the the UAE as Gulf state opens embassy

Posted 26 January, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Eitan Na'eh. Photo: FCO; CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The first-ever Israeli ambassador to the United Arab Emirates arrived in Abu Dhabi on Sunday following the signing of last summer's Abraham Accords. The move came as the UAE cabinet approved the decision to open an embassy in Tel Aviv. Senior diplomat Eitan Na'eh (pictured), who has previously been posted to the Israeli Embassy in…

more

0Comments 0Likes 26Views

In Brief: Biden team to begin discussing Iran deal with Israeli officials

Posted 26 January, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
July 2015 Iran nuclear deal: agreement in Vienna. From left to right: Foreign ministers/secretaries of state Wang Yi (China), Laurent Fabius (France), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Germany), Federica Mogherini (EU), Mohammad Javad Zarif (Iran), Philip Hammond (UK), John Kerry (USA). (Photo: Dragan Tatic, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons) Joe Biden's National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, held his first call…

more

0Comments 0Likes 15Views

In Brief: Israeli-Arab Joint List close to collapse as talks falter ahead of deadline

Posted 26 January, 2021 in Analysis, Israeli Politics
Ayman Odeh. Photo: Anan Maalouf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The future of the Joint List - an alliance of Israeli-Arab parties which emerged as the third strongest force in the Knesset at last year's general election - appears to be in increasing jeopardy as talks aimed at preventing its collapse faltered on Sunday. The dispute within the alliance - which…

more

0Comments 0Likes 20Views

In Brief: PA expects first vaccine shipment as Israel aims for 250,000 jabs a day

Posted 19 January, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Alissa Eckert, MSMI, Dan Higgins, MAMS, Public Health Image Library The Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday that the first shipment of covid vaccines - which had been expected "within days" - had been delayed until mid-February for "technical reasons". Last week, the PA health ministry granted emergency approval for the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine. It is one of four providers with which the PA has signed…

more

0Comments 0Likes 18Views