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In Brief: Israel signs trade pact with UAE amid plans for Europe gas export deal

Posted 7 June, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Noa natural gas field > Uri Kfir, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel last week signed its first free trade agreement with an Arab state. The deal with the United Arab Emirates – with which Israel established diplomatic relations under the Abraham Accords in 2020 – plans to eliminate or cut almost all tariffs and could…

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Steps to a two state solution: Expand Palestinian autonomous zones and issue building permits for Area C

Posted 7 June, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Two: Expand Palestinian autonomous zones and issue building permits for Area C The Oslo Accords established three zones – Areas A, B and C – in the West Bank. In Area A, the Palestinian Authority exercises both political…

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In Brief: Israel working towards normalisation with Saudi Arabia, Lapid indicates

Posted 31 May, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Israel is working with the United States and Gulf nations like the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in a process to ultimately normalise ties with Saudi Arabia, foreign minister Yair Lapid said on Monday. “We believe that it is possible to have a normalisation…

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In Brief: Hamas threatens Israel after Jerusalem Day march

Posted 31 May, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories
Jerusalem Day march > Utilisateur:Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The terror group Hamas, which has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, warned on Sunday that it could still respond to the weekend’s Jerusalem Day flag march “at the right time”. Last year, Hamas fired a number of rockets at Jerusalem during the annual parade, sparking an…

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Steps to a two state solution: Preserve the Temple Mount status quo

Posted 31 May, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty One: Preserve the Temple Mount status quo The Temple Mount is a frequent flashpoint in Jerusalem – a city which is holy to Jews, Muslims and Christians. The site of the former Temple, it is the most holy site in Judaism. The Temple…

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LFI Lords chair meets Abraham Initiatives delegation

Posted 26 May, 2022 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, News, Peace process
LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay has today met with a delegation of local government politicians from Israel's mixed cities, including Haifa and Ramla, as part of a trip organised by the Abraham Initiatives. Baroness Ramsay was briefed on the ongoing Shared Cities Initiative and developments since last May's inter-communal tensions in Israel. The delegation will also…

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In Brief: Hope for normalisation as part of US-brokered Egypt-Saudi deal

Posted 24 May, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Straits of Tiran > US Central Intelligence Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration is reportedly brokering a deal to transfer two Red Sea islands from Egypt to Saudi Arabia that could include steps to normalise Saudi-Israeli ties. The treaty would return control of Tiran and Sanafir, which have been leased by Egypt since the…

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LFI chair writes to Foreign Secretary on Iraqi anti-Israel legislation

Posted 24 May, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has today called on Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to demand Iraq scrap legislation that would impose the death penalty for "contact and communication of any kind" with Israel and Israelis. Instead, he called for the Foreign Secretary to use the UK's "deep and…

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In Brief: Initial results weaken Hezbollah, strengthen reformists in Lebanon

Posted 17 May, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hezbollah, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Protests in Lebanon > RomanDeckert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Elections held in Lebanon last weekend appear to have dealt a blow to the biggest bloc, led by the Iran-backed Shia terrorist group Hezbollah, according to provisional results. Meanwhile, reformists appeared to have been boosted in the provisional results. Turnout was low in the Sunday elections, the…

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Analysis: Anger after death of “the voice of Palestine”

Posted 17 May, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Pictures of Shireen Abu Akleh in Jerusalem > Osps7, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Palestinians marked “Nakba Day” on Sunday – an annual commemoration of the “catastrophe” of the establishment of the State of Israel – amid high tensions following weeks of clashes at the Temple Mount/Al Aqsa compound and the killing of Al Jazeera…

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