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In Brief: EU pledges not to fund Palestinian textbooks over incitement

Posted 3 May, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Image: IMPACT - se The European Union will make sure it does not fund Palestinian Authority school textbooks that incite hatred against Israel and Jews, EU commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement Oliver Varhelyi said last week. “Israel does not oppose aid to the Palestinian Authority, but we will not allow a situation in which those funds indirectly…

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In Brief: More terror attacks as Israel marks Yom HaZikaron memorial day

Posted 27 April, 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 This week has seen at least two attempted terror attacks against Israelis so far, as the Jewish state marked Yom HaZikaron, its memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, on Tuesday. On Monday afternoon, five people were wounded in a car-ramming terror attack near…

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In Brief: Social media videos teach Palestinians how to kill Israelis

Posted 21 March, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Palestinian stabbing attack instruction video > Telegram, via the Jewish Chronicle A number of online videos are being shared on Palestinian social media channels which provide detailed instructions on how to murder Israeli civilians, the Jewish Chronicle has reported. The clips, which are being widely shared on apps like Telegram, YouTube, Facebook and other platforms, have emerged amid a…

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In Brief: Second terror attack hits Huwara following violent unrest

Posted 21 March, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons The IDF locked down the area surrounding the West Bank town of Huwara on Sunday evening, following a Palestinian terrorist attack. An Israeli couple were injured in the shooting exactly three weeks after two Israelis were killed in a similar gun attack in the town. American-born Michael Stern was…

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In Brief: New Palestinian terror factions emerging in the West Bank

Posted 6 March, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Palestinian militant > atphalix, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Recent violence in the West Bank between the IDF and Palestinian militant groups has witnessed small numbers of young Palestinian men take up arms against Israel in defiance of the Palestinian political leadership. A number of newly emerging groups, many with fluid and overlapping affiliations, have emerged…

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LFI chair: Offering Iran a voice at UN Human Rights Council is grotesque

Posted 6 March, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons In the past week, Iran’s foreign minister was invited to address the annual opening session of the UN Human Rights Council. Steve McCabe MP, chair of Labour Friends of Israel, pledges…

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Christian Wakeford welcomes Israeli student group to Parliament

Posted 2 March, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI parliamentary supporter and MP for Bury South Christian Wakeford has today welcomed a group of Israeli students to Parliament. The group was a delegation of students from Hebrew University who form part of Israelity, a student organisation sponsored by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA). Israelity provides a forum for the…

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In Brief: Oman opens airspace to Israeli commercial flights for first time

Posted 28 February, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said > US State Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons An El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Bangkok become the first Israeli airliner to cross over Oman’s airspace on Sunday night, three days after the Gulf state opened its skies to aircraft from all countries, including the Jewish…

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In Brief: Iran unveils new Paveh cruise missiles that can reach Israel

Posted 28 February, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0; via Wikimedia Commons A senior Iranian general unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,650km that could potentially reach Israel in an interview with state TV on Friday, in which he reiterated the Iranian regime’s desire to kill former US president Donald Trump. “Our cruise missile with…

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