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In Brief: Israeli man seriously hurt in suspected terror stabbing

Posted 5 July, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons 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…

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In Brief: Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli outlines outlook for election

Posted 5 July, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party
Merav Michaeli > Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Israel's transport minister and leader of the Israeli Labor party, Merav Michaeli, said on Monday that she would not rule out sitting in a government with the ultra-Orthodox parties following elections later this year. She also ruled out running with Meretz, Israel's other left-wing party. Michaeli, a…

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Analysis: Yair Lapid becomes Israel’s fourteenth prime minister

Posted 5 July, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Peace process
Yair Lapid > Sapir Academic College, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist liberal Yesh Atid party, became Israel's fourteenth prime minister last week, following the dissolution of the Knesset. What happened Lapid became prime minister following the collapse of the coalition government headed by Naftali Bennett, in which Lapid served as foreign…

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Shadow Minister: Labour “seriously concerned” by Iranian threat to Israel

Posted 1 July, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
At a Backbench Business Debate co-sponsored by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP yesterday, shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP laid out Labour's "serious concern" about "the threats that Iran has made against Israel". He also made clear Labour's view that "there is an imperative" to move the issues of Tehran's ballistic missile programme, its support…

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LFI chair speaks in backbench business debate on Iran and the JCPOA

Posted 1 July, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP spoke in today's Backbench Business Debate on Iran and the JCPOA, which he co-sponsored alongside Robert Jenrick MP. He called for a "clear-sighted and comprehensive strategy" to tackle the Iranian regime's many malign activities. Discussing Tehran's ballistic missile programme, he  also reminded colleagues that "the destruction of the State of Israel is…

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In Brief: Israel and Arab allies agree to tighten cooperation

Posted 30 June, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Negev summit > AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool Senior diplomats from Israel, the US and regional Arab allies agreed to increase efforts to improve security, stability and prosperity in the Middle East during a follow up meeting to the Negev Summit in Bahrain on Monday. The first meeting of the Negev Summit Steering Committee – consisting of Israel,…

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In Brief: Israel ramps up bomb shelter construction against Hezbollah threat

Posted 30 June, 2022 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Hezbollah fighters at a ceremony > Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s defence ministry announced on Tuesday that it had begun reinforcement work on dozens of homes in Israeli communities close to the Lebanese border. The homes are those that are most likely to be hit by rocket fire in a future conflict with…

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In Brief: Tensions in Likud as Netanyahu spats with lawmakers

Posted 30 June, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Photo: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A Knesset member in opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party pushed back against the former prime minister on Monday following a rebuke for saying that the Arab-majority Ra’am party could join a Likud-led government following elections later this year. In an interview on Sunday, lawmaker David Amsalem said he was open…

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Next generation of Labour activists join LFI delegation

Posted 30 June, 2022 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
A delegation of Young Labour activists is this week visiting Israel and the Palestinian Territories on a joint delegation organised by LFI and We Believe in Israel. What’s happening The trip is LFI’s first activist delegation to the region in more than a decade. The itinerary has given delegates a varied introduction to Israel as a…

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LFI co-hosts parliamentary briefing with Israeli Agriculture Minister Oded Farer

Posted 29 June, 2022 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
This afternoon, LFI was pleased to host Israeli Agriculture Minister Oded Farer as part of a cross-party UK-Israel APPG briefing event for parliamentarians. In the discussion, MPs and peers heard about how the start-up nation is revolutionising agriculture, including the role of AI and how Israeli agritech can help fight climate change.

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