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Steps to a Two State Solution: Encourage Arab states to normalise relations with Israel and deepen the Abraham Accords

Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Five: Encourage Arab states to normalise relations with Israel and deepen the Abraham Accords The Abraham Accords – the 2020 agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco to establish diplomatic relations – represent a ground-breaking shift in the relationship between…

In Brief: Poll finds corruption the biggest challenge for Palestinians

PA security forces. Image credit: Stop the Wall, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A majority of Palestinians believe that corruption in Palestinian Authority institutions has increased in 2021, according to a public opinion poll published this week. The poll, conducted by the Coalition for Integrity and Accountability at the start of October, also found that many…

In Brief: 2015 JCPOA no longer sufficient for 2022, IAEA warns

Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has warned that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a “very blurred image” of Tehran’s program as it enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. In an interview with the Associated Press,…

In Brief: Israel welcomes Germany’s new government

German chancellor Olaf Scholz > Olaf Kosinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0-de, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli prime minister this week Naftali Bennett congratulated Germany’s new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in a phone call on Tuesday. Bennett also extended an invitation to Scholz to visit Israel. The two leaders discussed the important bilateral relationship between their countries, according to the Israeli prime…

Analysis: Israel and the UAE take it to the next level

Bennett in the UAE > WAM via Reuters, via NBC News. Naftali Bennett this week became the first Israeli prime minister to pay an official visit to the United Arab Emirates. The prime minister’s trip came just over a year after the signing of the historic Abraham Accords and highlights the increasingly close ties between Israel…

Steps to a Two State Solution: Support the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and re-establish UK support for peace-building work 

Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Four: Support the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and re-establish UK support for peace-building work Modelled on the highly successful International Fund for Ireland, an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace would allow the international community to lay the civic society foundations for…

In Brief: Hannukah and Emirati national day celebrated jointly for first time

Israeli and Emirati students celebrate Hannukah > Sharaka, via Times of Israel Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have celebrated the Jewish festival of Hannukah and Emirati unification day together for the first time since they normalised relations via the Abraham Accords last summer. “Hannukah in the UAE was eight days of miracles”, Rabbi Elie…

In Brief: Incitement linked to rise in Palestinian terror attacks

Israeli flags being burnt in Gaza > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A wave of terror attacks by Palestinians against Israelis in Jerusalem and the West Bank have been linked to an increase in incitement against Israel by Palestinian terror groups. Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and other Gaza-based groups have all called for…

In Brief: Hamas threatens ‘escalation’ against Israel and Egypt

Hamas insignia in Ramallah (Hoheit, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons). Hamas sources said on Monday that the terror group was considering a return to violence against Israel, while also criticising Egypt for its role in brokering a ceasefire to end the conflict in May this year. “We are considering options for an escalation with Israel…

Steps to a Two State Solution: End the Palestinian Authority’s payment of salaries to convicted terrorists and the payment of rewards to the families of “martyrs” 

Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Three: Demand an end to the Palestinian Authority’s payment of salaries to convicted terrorists and the payment of rewards to the families of “martyrs” The Palestinian Authority’s policy of paying “salaries” to those convicted of terrorist offences and to the families of deceased terrorist “martyrs”…