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LFI event: The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach pamphlet launch

Posted 6 July, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Join us for the launch of LFI’s new publication The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach a selection of essays discussing the changing political landscape in the region.     This new essay collection seeks to challenge assumptions about the Middle East and broaden the debate on the left, which is too often disproportionately focussed on Israel. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, and the…

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LFI director: Time for talking on hateful Palestinian textbooks is over

Posted 2 July, 2021 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Illustration from a Palestinian school textbook. Image: IMPACT-se. Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Time for talking on hateful Palestinian textbooks is over After multiple delays and much foot-dragging, the European Union has finally published the investigation into the Palestinian Authority curriculum it commissioned two…

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In Brief: Israel opens first ever embassy in UAE

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
UAE flag. Credit: Jdx, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel’s foreign minister, Yair Lapid, officially dedicated Israel’s first ever embassy in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. The ceremony in Abu Dhabi was part of the historic first visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf monarchy since Israeli-Emirati diplomatic relations were established last year. “Israel wants peace…

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Analysis: UK still funds incitement in Palestinian school curriculum

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Illustration from Palestinian textbook. Credit: IMPACT-se. UK ministers have avoided making any concrete commitments to tackle incitement to violence in the Palestinian Authority school curriculum, despite the findings of a recently published independent study. What happened In a Westminster Hall debate this morning, Foreign and International Development Office minister James Duddridge avoided any firm pledges of action,…

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In Brief: Short-lived Israeli vaccine deal rejected by Palestinians

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israel's vaccination rollout. Image Credit: President Rivlin at a vaccination centre, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Palestinian Authority announced its intention to cancel a coronavirus vaccine exchange deal with Israel on Friday, just days after an agreement was reached. It is thought that the PA cancelled the deal in part to counter the increasing popularity of the hardline…

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LFI chair writes to Foreign Secretary on Palestinian curriculum

Posted 21 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has today written to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab following the publication of the Georg Eckert Institute's review of Palestinian school textbooks, which found that the Palestinian Authority systematically and purposefully inserts antisemitism, hatred towards Israel, and incitement to violence in textbooks…

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LFI vice chair pushes for coexistence support at FCDO questions

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI vice chair Dame Diana Johnson LFI vice chair Dame Diana Johnson today asked a question at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Questions on Government support for the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. You can watch her question and Middle East Minister James Cleverly's reply here. The exchange was as follows: Q: Despite hosting the G7 in Cornwall…

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LFI officers participate in Westminster Hall Debate

Posted 14 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe. Chair of the Petitions Committee and LFI vice chair Cat McKinnell. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and LFI vice chair Cat McKinnell MP both took part in a Westminster Hall Debate on Israel/Palestine today. The debate was organised to consider two e-petitions; one calling for unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood, and another calling for…

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LFI chair: World leaders meeting at G7 must back initiatives promoting coexistence

Posted 11 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP and Conservative Friends of Israel chair Stephen Crabb MP have written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. The chairs of Labour and Conservative Friends of Israel, Steve McCabe and Stephen Crabb, appeal to…

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65 MPs and peers back call for Israel-Palestine peace fund

Posted 1 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Labour Party, News, Peace process
Some 65 UK parliamentarians have signed an open letter to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, calling for the UK to "substantiate its support for peaceful coexistence" between Israelis and Palestinians by taking up one of the international seats on the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. LFI chair Steve McCabe was joined by vice-chair Cat McKinnell MP and…

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