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Analysis: Will Hezbollah flags fly in London this weekend?

Posted 6 June, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Middle East
This weekend’s Al-Quds Day parade may once again see the flags of Hezbollah, an antisemitic terror group, flying in the streets of central London. Initiated by Ayatollah Khomeni in 1979, Al Quds Day is now marked internationally, normally at the end of Ramadan. Its intent – to destroy the state of Israel – has been clear…

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Analysis: A pledge and a plan for Gaza

Posted 24 May, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Last week’s tragic events on the Gaza border underline the need for urgent action to address the plight of the Palestinian people. Earlier this year, LFI launched a Pledge for Gaza. It promotes a multifaceted approach, one with political, diplomatic and economic strands. The pledge recognises the suffering of the people of Gaza and the dire humanitarian situation…

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Analysis: Why we all need to reflect when we talk about Gaza

Posted 16 May, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This post, by LFI Director Jennifer Gerber, first appeared on Progress Simple narratives that seek to cast all the blame of the Gaza conflict on one side are as naive as they are unhelpful to the cause of peace, writes Labour Friends of Israel’s Jennifer Gerber On Tuesday Labour Friends of Israel issued a tweet about the…

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Analysis: Time to end Gaza’s cycle of violence – Joan Ryan MP

Posted 15 May, 2018 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This blog by Joan Ryan MP, parliamentary chair of Labour Friends of Israel, was originally posted on Times of Israel The terrible and shocking events in Gaza yesterday require urgent and immediate action to end the cycle of violence and address the plight of its people. Like any other country, Israel has a right to defend its…

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Analysis: Trump should mend, not end, the Iran nuclear deal

Posted 10 May, 2018 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
  President Trump’s decision yesterday to pull the US out of the Iran nuclear agreement deals a severe, possibly fatal, blow to the 2015 agreement which aims to prevent the Islamic republic from resuming its nuclear programme. Trump says he will reimpose sanctions on Iran, which were lifted in return for Tehran’s compliance with the accord, and…

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Analysis: Abbas’ antisemitism pervades the PA

Posted 3 May, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Incitement, Palestinian Territories
  Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Mahmoud Abbas claimed on Monday that the behaviour of Jews was responsible for the Holocaust – the latest example of the antisemitism regularly perpetrated by the president and the Palestinian Authority. Addressing the Palestinian National Council in Ramallah, Abbas said Hitler’s murder of six million Jews was not caused by antisemitism…

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Analysis: Seven Defining Moments: Israel at 70

Posted 26 April, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
On the 14th May, 1948, on the termination of the British Mandate, Israel declared its independence. As the Jewish state celebrates its seventieth anniversary, here are seven defining moments in the history of the reborn Jewish state. 1948 - Israel’s War of Independence The Jewish Agency, pre-state Israel’s government-in-waiting, accepting UN Resolution 181 which called for the…

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Analysis: Iran’s Syria threat to Israel

Posted 18 April, 2018 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel
  An Iranian drone which entered Israeli airspace in February was carrying explosives, it was revealed on Friday. The attempted attack – the explosives were sufficient to cause damage, although the precise target remains unknown – represents the first direct attack by the Islamic republic on Israel. It also indicates that Iranian aggression may be set to cause a confrontation…

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Analysis: UK funds PA lessons in hate

Posted 11 April, 2018 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Incitement, Palestinian Territories
The government has admitted that British aid is helping to support the delivery of the Palestinian Authority’s new school curriculum – a curriculum which promotes terrorism and encourages children to become "martyrs". The revelation was exposed by LFI chair Joan Ryan and covered by the Sunday Times last weekend. In response to a series of parliamentary questions tabled by…

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