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 Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se)…
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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…
Hamas insignia in Ramallah (Hoheit, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons).
Members of the Hamas terror group planned to seize control of a Palestinian security installation near Ramallah, Palestinian sources claimed this week.
The allegation coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of Hamas’s violent takeover of the Gaza Strip, which saw the Palestinian Territories split between Islamist…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace
Step Twenty Three: Support a reformed UNRWA
The plight of Palestinian refugees is both tragic and a recurring obstacle in the search for a two-state solution. Established in 1949, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has…
At FCDO Orals today, LFI parliamentary supporters Wayne David MP and Mary Glindon MP both challenged the Foreign Secretary on the government's lack of action to ensure a place for the UK on the board of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.
Both Wayne and Mary expressed their frustration at the UK's lack of progress while…
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Jerusalem is quiet but tense after further clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Temple Mount/ Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Friday. The tensions – a frequent feature of Ramadan in the city, exacerbated this year by the confluence of Passover and Easter – have been long anticipated, but…
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The Palestinian Authority paid out 33 times more on “salaries” to terrorists and their families than it spends on healthcare for the Palestinian people, according to new research. The analysis by Palestinian Media Watch also found that, under the PA’s “pay for slay” policy, President Mahmoud Abbas’…
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The European Parliament’s budgetary control committee has passed a motion condemning the Palestinian Authority for printing new school textbooks containing violent and hateful anti-Israel material using European funding.
The EU funds the salaries of the Palestinian Authority-employed civil servants who write and produce the textbooks.
The motion effectively freezes EU funding to the PA while deliberations…
King Abdullah II of Jordan. European Parliament, CC BY-4.0.
Israel’s border with Jordan has witnessed a flurry of official crossings in recent days, as several senior Israeli politicians have visited the Hashemite kingdom ahead of Ramadan.
Labor's public security minister Omer Barlev reportedly met with Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Safadi last week to discuss security arrangements ahead of the…
Christian Wakeford MP
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP
LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP
Today, a number of LFI officers and parliamentarians addressed the Zionist Federation's annual lobby day for Israel, held in Parliament.
This year's lobby day focused on the proscription of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a terrorist group that has already been proscribed by…
