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Barry Sheerman urges govt to promote UK-Israel university collaboration

Posted 2 December, 2021 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
At International Trade questions today, LFI parliamentary supporter Barry Sheerman MP pushed the government to promote, facilitate and devote resources to partnerships between British and Israeli universities, with a special focus on research, development and innovation. You can watch Barry’s question and the minister's answer here.

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In Brief: Senior Iranian general calls for destruction of Israel

Posted 30 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. A spokesman for Iran’s armed forces, brigadier-general Abolfazl Shekarchi, called for the destruction of Israel in an interview with a regime-friendly media outlet at the weekend. “We will not back off from the annihilation of Israel, even one millimetre. We want to destroy Zionism in the world”, Shekarchi…

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In Brief: Israel and Morocco agree comprehensive cooperation deal

Posted 30 November, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakech > Marcin Sochanki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli defence minister Benny Gantz has said that Israel hopes for its renewed ties with Morocco to develop into a deep and robust relationship with longer staying power. Speaking after a two-day visit to Rabat, where he signed an extensive memorandum of understanding with Morocco,…

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In Brief: Palestinian trade boost as factories receive approval

Posted 30 November, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Palestine Trade Tower > omarremawi11, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A number of Palestinian factories in the West Bank will be able to sell their products to European markets for the first time as part of a plan approved by Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, to strengthen and improve the economic standing of the Palestinian…

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Analysis: Tensions mount as Iran nuclear negotiations resume

Posted 30 November, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Negotiations about Iranian Nuclear Program. Image credit: US State Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Regional tensions in the Middle East have risen in recent days as a seventh round of talks over the resurrection of the Iran nuclear deal, first negotiated in 2015, have begun in Vienna. What’s happening Negotiations resumed on Monday following a five-month hiatus, hoping…

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Andrew Gwynne pushes FCDO to take initiative on peacebuilding

Posted 30 November, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI parliamentary supporter Andrew Gwynne MP today challenged Africa Minister Vicky Ford at FCDO Questions about why the UK government isn’t showing more initiative to support the creation of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, as envisioned by ALLMEP. His question came following a written parliamentary question, in which the FCDO claimed that “US planning for…

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LFI vice chair: Keir’s stance against BDS and antisemitism is true Labour values

Posted 30 November, 2021 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair Diana Johnson MP has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. The recent speech to the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch by Keir Starmer offered not simply an intellectually coherent outline of his approach to the Middle East but one firmly rooted in our party’s mainstream democratic…

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Steps to a Two State Solution: Freeze Settlement Building

Posted 30 November, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Two: Freeze settlement building Continued Israeli settlement-building – especially that which occurs beyond the security barrier – represents an obstacle to a two-seat solution. Both in public and in private meetings with senior Israeli government representatives, LFI has consistently called both for an end…

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In Brief: Knesset introduces bill to limit prime ministerial term limits

Posted 23 November, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Knesset in session > Itzik Edri, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. The Knesset gave initial approval to a bill limiting prime ministers to a maximum of eight years in office on Monday night. The coalition government passed the legislation’s first reading by 66 votes to 40 votes, with the Israeli-Arab majority Joint List party joining the…

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In Brief: Hezbollah smuggling weapons to Israel to ferment civil unrest

Posted 23 November, 2021 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Hezbollah fighters at a ceremony > Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah is reportedly trying to smuggle weapons into Israel to ferment unrest within the Israeli-Arab community, a police official has said. Israeli police have seen a significant increase in efforts to smuggle weapons into the country via the Lebanese…

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