Young Labour activist Kira Lewis has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Joining last month’s delegation of Young Labour activists, which allowed me to see all of Israel and travel into the West Bank, has reaffirmed my understanding of the complexity of the tragic Read more…
The Biden administration warned on Monday that the normalisation of diplomatic ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a “long process” despite being a presidential priority. Biden is set to arrive in Israel on Wednesday for a visit that will include Israel and the Palestinian Territories, before leaving for Read more…
Israel’s defence minister Benny Gantz met with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Thursday to discuss security coordination ahead of US president Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories this week. Israel’s security establishment has expressed concerns about the possibility of escalation in the West Bank Read more…
Israel will advance a long-delayed plan to approve the construction of some 1,000 new Palestinian homes and make a number of other confidence-building measures towards the Palestinian Authority. The moves come ahead of President Biden’s visit to the region this week, according to reports. The move to authorise the housing units Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Six: End incitement in the Palestinian school curriculum In 2017, the Palestinian Authority introduced a new school curriculum which teaches the virtues of martyrdom, describes terrorists as “heroes” and repeats antisemitic tropes. The Institute for Monitoring Read more…
A man was seriously hurt in a suspected stabbing attack near the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak on Tuesday morning. The incident is thought to be a terror attack, as police said officers launched a manhunt for the stabber, who fled after attacking the man on a pedestrian bridge between Bnei Read more…
Senior diplomats from Israel, the US and regional Arab allies agreed to increase efforts to improve security, stability and prosperity in the Middle East during a follow up meeting to the Negev Summit in Bahrain on Monday. The first meeting of the Negev Summit Steering Committee – consisting of Israel, Read more…
A delegation of Young Labour activists is this week visiting Israel and the Palestinian Territories on a joint delegation organised by LFI and We Believe in Israel. What’s happening The trip is LFI’s first activist delegation to the region in more than a decade. The itinerary has given delegates a varied Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Five: Support Palestinian economic independence As previous international initiatives have recognised, efforts to strengthen and grow the Palestinian economy are closely tied to both the peace process and the future viability, prosperity and stability of a Read more…
Labour’s shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP has today written to Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East Amanda Milling calling on the government to provide “meaningful support to peacebuilding projects that can bring together Israelis and Palestinians”. The letter specifically calls on the UK to use Read more…
Seven Labour parliamentarians have today signed a cross-party letter to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss urging the UK government to give “urgent, meaningful support to peacebuilding projects that can bring together Israelis and Palestinians, most especially the youngest citizens.” The letter continues: “There has been a failure by the international community Read more…
Israel, Egypt and the European Union signed a memorandum of understanding last week in Cairo that will see the Jewish state export its natural gas to the EU for the first time. The landmark agreement will increase the sale of liquified natural gas to EU countries, which are working to Read more…