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LFI partners with JLM at one day conference

Posted 8 January, 2023 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel was delighted today to partner with the Jewish Labour Movement to organise a series of sessions on Israel and the Middle East as part of their one-day conference. First up was a fascinating discussion between Dame Louise Ellman and Labour's shadow Middle East minister Bambos Charalambous, in which he committed Labour to…

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In Brief: Peace with Saudis on the horizon, claims Israeli lawmaker

Posted 15 December, 2022 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Last week, Likud Knesset member Danny Danon told an international Abraham Accords forum that he expects to “see an agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia in the coming year.” Diplomats, business leaders and high ranking academics gathered in Rome at the Abraham Accords Global…

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In Brief: West Bank violence showing no sign of coming to an end

Posted 7 December, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons The escalating situation in the West Bank is likely to only get worse in the coming year as current tensions should not simply view this as a ‘wave of terror’ according to several Israeli officials. Brig. Gen. Amit Saar said that Iran will be the most…

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Analysis: Israeli president visits the UAE and Bahrain for the first time

Posted 7 December, 2022 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Israeli president Isaac Herzog > Elad Brami, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Isaac Herzog this week returned to Israel after a two-day visit to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. The Israeli President’s visit underlined the changed relationship between the two Gulf states and the Jewish state following the Abraham Accords, while also highlighting some…

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In Brief: Labor’s Michaeli points to link between far right and recent violence

Posted 29 November, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics
Merav Michaeli > Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s outgoing transportation minister and leader of the Israeli Labor party, Merav Michaeli, on Monday set out her view that recent violence in Israel was directly linked to violence in the West Bank and the political rise of the far right. “A straight line connects the…

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In Brief: Female soldier seriously hurt in latest car ramming terror attack

Posted 29 November, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons An Israeli woman was seriously wounded on Tuesday following a car ramming attack in the West Bank. Surveillance footage of the attack near the West Bank settlement of Migron, north of Jerusalem, showed a black SUV turning to drive into a female soldier. The vehicle rammed into…

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In Brief: Jerusalem rocked by double bus attack as teenager kidnapped

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons 19 people have been injured, with one confirmed casualty, following two explosions in West Jerusalem this morning in what is thought to be a double terror attack. A third bomb was defused last night on the light rail track near Jerusalem's central bus station. The first victim…

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LFI chair Steve McCabe’s speech to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe addresses LFI's 2022 Annual Lunch   *** Check against delivery ***   Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch Tuesday 22 November 2022   Steve McCabe MP, Chair Labour Friends of Israel   Introduction Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends. It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to Labour Friends of Israel’s Annual Lunch. We wouldn’t be here today without the support of many in this…

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In Brief: 24/7 opening pilot for Allenby border crossing launched

Posted 16 November, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Allenby Bridge > Abutoum / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Allenby Bridge border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan opened to passenger traffic for 24-hours a day last week for the first time. The extended hours pilot, which ran for almost a week, was part of an agreement the Israeli government made with US President…

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LFI MPs attend ELNET briefing on Palestinian Authority corruption and authoritarianism

Posted 16 November, 2022 in Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This afternoon, a number of LFI parliamentary supporters attended an ELNET briefing from the Jewish Chronicle's David Rose on the Palestinian Authority’s increasing authoritarianism and corruption, co-hosted. Democratic reform in the PA is a vital prerequisite to making a two-state solution a reality. The briefing was also addressed by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP about LFI's…

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