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In Brief: Secrecy surrounds Bibi’s historic meeting with Saudi crown prince

Posted 25 November, 2020 in Analysis, Middle East, Peace process
Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Benjamin Netanyahu held an historic meeting with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, on Sunday evening. The meeting – held in the Saudi city of Neom, some 44 miles from the southern tip of Israel – is shrouded in secrecy. The Saudi foreign minister, Prince…

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In Brief: Covid pandemic worsens in West Bank and Gaza as cases hit record

Posted 25 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Image: Alissa Eckert, MSMI, Dan Higgins, MAMS, Public Health Image Library The West Bank saw a record increase in new coronavirus cases this week amid fears that the pandemic is spiralling out of control in the Palestinian territories. According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, the West Bank saw 1,126 new cases yesterday. The previous record, set…

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Analysis: LFI MPs push for International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Posted 17 November, 2020 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell led a debate in parliament today calling for the British government to support the establishment of an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The debate is part of a long-running campaign by LFI – ‘For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace’ – to back the fund, which would invest in peacebuilding projects that bring…

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In Brief: Hamas recruiting minors to carry out terror attacks, says Israel

Posted 17 November, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Hamas has been recruiting minors to carry out terrorist attacks, Israeli security forces have said. Two Palestinian minors, including a 16-year-old, were arrested last month after Hamas recruited them over the internet, Shin Bet has revealed. They have now been indicted by the Juvenile Military Court. The two minors were to be provided with weapons, ammunition, uniforms…

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In Brief: Iran has 12 times permitted amount of uranium, IAEA finds

Posted 17 November, 2020 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) Iran has stockpiled more than 12 times the amount of enriched uranium…

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In Brief: Top Trump appointee accused of antisemitic remarks about Israel

Posted 17 November, 2020 in Analysis, Antisemitism
Col. Douglas Macgregor. Photo: BMG-2048, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A newly appointed adviser to the US secretary of defence has been accused of making antisemitic remarks after suggesting that American politicians become “very very rich” by supporting Israel. Douglas Macgregor, a retired army colonel, has been given the post of adviser to Donald Trump’s acting…

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In Brief: Rifts in Blue and White party deepen as budget crisis nears

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Rifts within Benny Gantz's Blue and White party appear to be deepening as the crisis over Israel's budget deepens and new elections loom. If no budget is passed by late December the government will automatically dissolve. Benjamin Netanyahu is widely suspected to be stalling on the budget in order to call snap elections. In the coalition…

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In Brief: Veteran Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat dies of covid aged 65

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Saeb Erekat and Livni (Minister of Justice, State of Israel). Photo: Marc Muller,  CC BY 3.0 DE , via Wikimedia Commons Saeb Erekat, who helped negotiate the Oslo Accords, died yesterday of covid-19. He passed away at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Centre, to which he had been transferred last month after testing positive for the illness. Erekat, who was…

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In Brief: Israeli politicians line up to welcome Biden election victory

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Reuven Rivlin. Photo: Michał Józefaciuk , CC BY-SA 3.0 PL, via Wikimedia Commons Reuven Rivlin led the congratulations on Joe Biden's victory, and invited the president-elect to visit Jerusalem. In an English-language video, the Israeli president wrote: "Mr President-elect, I was pleased to welcome you to Jerusalem as vice president and I look forward to welcoming…

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Analysis: What to expect from the Biden-Harris administration

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will bring avowed friends and supporters of Israel to the White House in January. Their approach towards the Middle East is likely to be very different in both style and substance to the outgoing administration. Biden’s commitment to Israel is…

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