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Analysis: Trump slashes funding for coexistence projects

Posted 18 September, 2018 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
The Trump administration is to end US funding to coexistence programmes that bring Israelis and Palestinians together, it has emerged. The US currently provides $10m for the projects – one quarter of the money invested globally in civil society peace and reconciliation work between Israelis and Palestinians. The American move is part of a wider policy by the…

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Analysis: Trump wrong to cut UNRWA funds

Posted 7 September, 2018 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories
The Trump administration has decided to stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), a body which provides humanitarian assistance for Palestinian refugees. The decision amounts to a $350m cut from the organisation’s $1.2bn annual budget. Evaluation of the Trump administration’s decision often balances the agency’s vital humanitarian work against its political, security and administrative…

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Analysis: Corbyn under fire over “despicable” comments about Zionists

Posted 29 August, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Labour Party
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jeremy Corbyn is involved in a fresh row over antisemitism in the Labour party following the discovery of a 2013 speech in which he claimed that Zionists do not understand “English irony”. The Labour leader was speaking at a conference endorsed and advertised online by Hamas’ military wing and which…

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Analysis: Corbyn’s Hamas links under scrutiny

Posted 22 August, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Labour Party
Jeremy Corbyn’s past links with Hamas have come under intense scrutiny this week, as the fallout from Labour’s failure to adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-semitism continues. On Monday, it was revealed that the Labour leader had chaired a panel at a conference in Doha in 2012 which was also attended by…

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Analysis: Fresh wave of antisemitic and anti-Zionist incidents rock Labour

Posted 6 August, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Labour Party
Following Labour's decision not to adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism last month, a further wave of reports concerning antisemitic and anti-Zionist incidents in Labour have rocked the party. In response to Mr Corbyn's role in many of these incidents, Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan has called for an investigation into whether…

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Analysis: Israel leads extraordinary White Helmets rescue

Posted 26 July, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East
Photo: Qasioun News Agency, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Last weekend, in an extraordinary humanitarian operation, Israel helped evacuate 800 members of the White Helmets and their families. Israel, working with North American and European countries, including the UK, transported the humanitarian workers from South West Syria into Jordan. Jordan, which has consistently refused to accept Syrian refugees…

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Analysis: Labour rejects IHRA definition of antisemitism

Posted 20 July, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Labour Party
  The Labour party’s ruling body, the National Executive Committee, yesterday decided to adopt a controversial new definition of antisemitism. It did so in the face of near-universal condemnation from the Jewish community and overwhelming opposition from Labour MPs. Labour’s new code of conduct – which will be used to decide the disciplinary cases of those members accused…

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Analysis: The downgrading of the “ultimate deal”

Posted 12 July, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Donald Trump’s hope of pulling off the “ultimate deal” – an end to the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians – appears to be more distant than ever, with US media reporting a significant downgrading of the US effort. This week the Washington Post suggested that, with the American Middle East peace plan stalled, the Trump administration was…

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Analysis: Gaza arson attacks cause massive fires in Israel

Posted 27 June, 2018 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Israeli communities close to the border with Gaza have endured nearly three months of “kite terror” attacks launched from the coastal enclave. Kites, balloons and condoms laden with a metal pouch containing flammable substances such as burning coal or rags soaked with oil are able to drift across the border and float into Israel thanks to…

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Analysis: Prince William set to undertake first Royal visit to Israel

Posted 20 June, 2018 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Photo: Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons When Prince William arrives in Israel next week, it will be the first official royal visit to the country in the Jewish state’s 70-year history. The visit will underline the growing bond between Britain and Israel, and help put to bed historical strains in relations between the two countries. It is…

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