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Labour activists visit Israel and West Bank with LFI and We Believe

Posted 24 May, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories
Activist delegation > LFI Senior Labour party activists visited Israel and the Palestinian territories last week, many of them for the first time, as part of a delegation led by LFI and We Believe in Israel. The group, including leaders from Labour affiliates, thinktanks and campaign groups, visited Yad Vashem, the Knesset, met with Israeli Labor leader…

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Analysis: Assad back in the Arab League fold

Posted 24 May, 2023 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Bashar al-Assad > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Bashar al-Assad triumphantly returned to the Middle East’s top table last week – 12 years after the blood-soaked dictator was suspended from the Arab League at the outset of a civil war which has killed more than 500,000 people and displaced millions. What happened On Friday, Assad…

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LFI Lords chair meets coexistence activist Samah Salaime

Posted 22 May, 2023 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Baroness Ramsay meets Samah Salaime Today, LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay met with Samah Salaime, Head of Communications and Development at the Village of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, a community founded to demonstrate cooperation and friendship between Israeli Jews and Arabs. Samah was visiting London in association with Oasis of Peace UK. In their conversation, they discussed the…

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Lord Turnberg meets Israel’s leading disability non-profit

Posted 22 May, 2023 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Lord Turnberg and Bob Blackman MP meeting Beit Issie Shapiro CEO Ahmir Lerner, UK Friends of BIS Chair Laura Weller, Director Nikki Leviner and Board Member Michal Cohen-Sagi LFI parliamentary supporter Lord Turnberg has today met with representatives from Beit Issie Shapiro, Israel’s leading non-profit organisation which champions the rights, opportunities and services for people with…

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In Brief: Israeli foreign minister makes first visit to Sweden in 22 years

Posted 16 May, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Israeli and Swedish flags > Israel Sweden Chamber of Commerce, public domain Israel’s foreign minister, Eli Cohen, visited Sweden on Monday in what is the first Israeli visit to the Nordic country in 22 years. The visit follows a thaw in relations between Jerusalem and Stockholm since 2021, after more than a decade of frosty relations. The relationship…

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In Brief: EU parliament condemns “hateful” Palestinian school textbooks

Posted 16 May, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Image: IMPACT - se The European parliament last week passed a resolution condemning the Palestinian Authority over “hateful” content in its textbooks and conditioning future educational funding on the removal of antisemitic material. The vote marked the fourth consecutive year that the parliament has passed a resolution criticising Ramallah for the content of its educational curriculum. This year’s resolution was “noticeably…

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Analysis: Fragile ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad takes hold

Posted 16 May, 2023 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Rockets launched at Israel > IDF spokesperson via Twitter A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad appeared to be holding, bringing to a close five days of conflict in Gaza and the Jewish state. What happened The Egyptian-brokered ceasefire came into force at 10pm on Saturday night. It was followed by a barrage of rockets from Gaza,…

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In Brief: Biden admin: Israel-Saudi normalisation is key security interest

Posted 10 May, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons US national security advisor Jake Sullivan said last week that the Biden administration would consider diplomatic normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia as being in its national security interest, underlining American commitment to expanding the 2020 Abraham Accords. Sullivan’s comments went further in…

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Analysis: Palestinian Islamic Jihad attacks Israel, prompting counter-strikes

Posted 10 May, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza > IDF, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The start of May has seen a significant escalation in tensions and violence in Israel and Gaza, following on from a spate of terror attacks and counter-terror operations in recent months. What happened More than 350 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza in recent…

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Lord Turnberg discusses Iran’s terrorist influence in Lords debate

Posted 10 May, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI parliamentary supporter Lord Turnberg In today's House of Lords question on Palestinian civilian casualties, LFI parliamentary supporter Lord Turnberg reminded colleagues of the malign influence of Iran as a barrier to peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, particularly through the funding of terrorist groups like Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas and Hezbollah. He asked: "My Lords, it is…

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