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LFI hosts conversation between UK and Israeli Young Labour activists

Posted 20 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
LFI was delighted to today host a conversation between Young Labour activists and their counterparts in our sister Israeli Labor party, Noar Havoda. The activists, aged between 14-20, discussed the many shared issues facing young people in the UK and Israel, including mental health provision and extending LGBT+ rights. The virtual discussion follows on from a delegation…

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In Brief: Merav Michaeli re-elected as leader of Israeli Labor Party

Posted 19 July, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Merav Michaeli > Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Merav Michaeli, Israel’s transport minister, won the Israeli Labor party’s leadership primary on Monday. The result made her the first chair in Labor party chair history to retain her post in consecutive elections since the start of primaries in 1992. Michaeli won 82 percent of the votes, with her challenger, secretary-general…

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Analysis: Biden visits Israel

Posted 19 July, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Joe Biden visited Israel last week, declaring on his arrival: “You need not be a Jew to be a Zionist”. Shortly before departing, he visited Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, where he once again restated his support for a two-state solution. What happened Kicking off his visit on Wednesday, Biden received a warm welcome from…

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Steps to a two state solution: Increase exit permits to allow Gaza residents to study abroad

Posted 18 July, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Seven: Increase exit permits to allow Gaza residents to study abroad After Hamas’ 2007 coup in Gaza, and its use of the coastal enclave as a base from which to launch terror attacks into Israel, restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt made the movement…

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Young Labour activist Kira Lewis: Labour cannot drift back into equivocating on Israel’s existence

Posted 17 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Young Labour activist Kira Lewis has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Joining last month’s delegation of Young Labour activists, which allowed me to see all of Israel and travel into the West Bank, has reaffirmed my understanding of the complexity of the tragic conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The…

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In Brief: Saudi normalisation will be a “long process”, White House cautions

Posted 12 July, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration warned on Monday that the normalisation of diplomatic ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a "long process" despite being a presidential priority. Biden is set to arrive in Israel on Wednesday for a visit that will include Israel…

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In Brief: Gantz meets with Abbas to discuss security cooperation

Posted 12 July, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel's defence minister Benny Gantz met with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Thursday to discuss security coordination ahead of US president Joe Biden's visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories this week. Israel's security establishment has expressed concerns about the possibility…

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In Brief: Israel approves Palestinian housing and 4G coverage plans

Posted 12 July, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories
Construction in Jenin > Guillaume Paumier, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel will advance a long-delayed plan to approve the construction of some 1,000 new Palestinian homes and make a number of other confidence-building measures towards the Palestinian Authority. The moves come ahead of President Biden's visit to the region this week, according to reports. The move to…

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Steps to a two state solution: End incitement in the Palestinian school curriculum

Posted 11 July, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
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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