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In Brief: Likud members said to object to Haredi draft law, potentially imperilling government

Posted 13 September, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Israel's parliament, the Knesset. Source: צילום: איציק אדרי A rift is beginning to open within the coalition government. The non-haredi parties, Likud, Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit, are facing serious threats from the Haredi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ), that would end the coalition government and lead to an election being called. The disagreement is over…

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In Brief: Paris mayor strips Abbas of honour over Holocaust remarks

Posted 13 September, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Palestinian Territories
Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, stripped Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of the Grand Vermeil medal after her office said he "justified the extermination of the Jews of Europe" in World War II. Ms Hidalgo, of the Socialist Party’ sent Abbas a letter stating that “the comments you made are contrary…

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In Brief: Palestinians set out terms for agreeing to historic Saudi-Israeli deal

Posted 13 September, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Officials from the Palestinian Authority have demanded hundreds of millions of dollars and more control of land in the West Bank during talks in Riyadh with Saudi counterparts as part of the three-way deal involving the US, Saudi Arabia and Israel. The deal…

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In Brief: One million Israelis have visited the UAE since the Abraham Accords

Posted 18 July, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israeli and Emirati students celebrate Hannukah > Sharaka, via Times of Israel One million Israelis have visited the United Arab Emirates since the signing of the 2020 Abraham Accords. Speaking to the Jewish News, Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat said: “almost one-in-ten Israelis has visited the UAE since the end of 2020”. There are currently more than 200…

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In Brief: President Herzog heads to Washington to firm up US-Israel bond

Posted 18 July, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Israeli president Isaac Herzog > Elad Brami, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, has flown to Washington today in an effort to bridge the growing gap between the Netanyahu government and Biden administration. The trip, Herzog’s second since Biden became president, comes before prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had even received his first invitation…

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In Brief: Israeli man seriously injured in West Bank terror shooting

Posted 18 July, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons An Israeli man was shot and seriously wounded in a terror shooting attack in the West Bank on Sunday morning. His two daughters were also lightly hurt in the attack. According to the IDF, a Palestinian gunman opened fire from a passing vehicle at the victim’s car…

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In Brief: Thousands protest judicial reforms at Ben Gurion airport

Posted 4 July, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu > World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 A huge protest by thousands of Israelis opposing the Netanyahu government’s judicial reforms took place across Ben Gurion airport on Monday. Chants of ‘democracy’ and ‘this government is criminal’ rang through the arrivals hall, while passengers arriving into Israel greeted by the deafening sound of…

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In Brief: Seven hurt in car ramming Palestinian terror attack in Tel Aviv

Posted 4 July, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons Israeli medics are responding to reports of a car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday afternoon. The attack took place on Pinkhas Rosen Street in the northeast of the city, in the residential neighbourhood of Neve Dan. Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency ambulance service, said its medics…

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Analysis: Israel launches largest West Bank counter-terror operation in two decades

Posted 4 July, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israeli troops Jenin in 2002 > IDF Spokesperson's Unit / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli forces launched the largest counter-terror operation in the West Bank in twenty years yesterday as they seek to counter terrorist activity in Jenin. What happened Starting on Monday, the IDF is targeting armed groups in the city of Jenin in…

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In Brief: Israel “very optimistic” on normalisation with Saudis, says FM

Posted 26 June, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s foreign minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday that there was a relatively short “window of opportunity” for Israel to normalise ties with Saudi Arabia in the coming months, adding that Jerusalem was optimistic about the likelihood of a deal. “We are very…

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