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Collaboration can build a stronger, healthier tomorrow

Collaboration can build a stronger, healthier tomorrow by Mohammad Darawshe The tragic war in Gaza is the longest and most brutal war we’ve ever known, and has shattered everything we’ve worked so hard to build – mutual responsibility, compassion, trust, and a shared society between Arabs and Jews in Israel. But the war isn't…

Building the infrastructure of peace  

Building the infrastructure of peace   by Meredith Rothbart   Peace between Israelis and Palestinians seems more elusive than ever. Yet rather than simply giving up, we need to ask: has a holistic, coordinated effort to build a sustainable and more peaceful reality ever truly been attempted?  At Amal-Tikva, we believe it hasn't. For decades, efforts…

Labour MPs urge support for peacebuilding following ceasefire

Danny Beales MP and Jonathan Davies MP At today's statement from the Prime Minister on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Labour MPs pushed the government for greater support for peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians to ensure future peace. Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP Danny Beales asked: "I welcome the Prime Minister’s statement, which we all…

Sowing regional seeds of hope

Sowing regional seeds of hope Eli Bar-On, Dr Najah Al Otaibi and Ghanem Nuseiben In May, at the historic Château d’Ermenonville outside Paris, something remarkable happened. Dozens of leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa – Israelis, Palestinians, Moroccans, Egyptians, Bahrainis, Jordanians and many others – gathered not to debate borders or assign…

A voice for the region’s concerned mothers 

A voice for the region’s concerned mothers  by Naama Barak Wolfman  Since 7 October 2023, our lives have been marked by fear, grief and pain. Recent days have seen anger and frustration added to this unfortunate list. But, at ​Women Wage Peace​, we refuse to let despair shape the future. We do not represent governments;…

Pursuing equality and democracy for all Israel’s citizens 

Pursuing equality and democracy for all Israel’s citizens  By Shahira Shalabi The concept of democracy faces a profound challenge in today's Israel. The definition of the state as both "Jewish and democratic" creates an inherent tension in relation to its Palestinian citizens. Also referred to, especially internationally, as Arab citizens of Israel, this population,…

A new generation of Bedouin leaders building a shared future

A new generation of Bedouin leaders building a shared future  by Menucha Saitowitz  At Desert Stars, we are building a new generation of Bedouin leaders – young people with the skills, vision and courage to shape not only the future of their own communities, but of Israeli society as a whole.  Our vision is…

Dame Louise Ellman: Isolating Israel strengthens its current government via siege mentality

Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman Nearly two years on from the 7 October 2023 atrocities and in the midst of a seemingly endless war, 48 hostages remain in captivity and only around 20 are thought to be alive.…

LFI director: We must listen to – and strengthen – Israel’s voices for change

LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. For nearly two years, Israelis and Palestinians alike have endured tragedy, suffering and grief that few of us can imagine. Standing in the scarred ruins of homes in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, visiting the site of the Nova music festival massacre,…

Voices for Change

LFI’s new Voices for Change project gives those in Israel striving for democratic values, social justice and peace the opportunity to share their challenges, hopes and achievements. Spanning six key areas - strengthening democracy, shared society, gender and sexual equality, Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding, regional peacebuilding, and social justice - we are giving a voice to activists,…