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LFI director: What a genuinely progressive approach to the Middle East could look like

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. For those of us on the left who support Israel and want to see the forces of peace, progress and moderation advance in the Middle East, the last decade was without doubt a dispiriting one. Benjamin Netanyahu…

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LFI vice chair pushes FCDO to take initiative on peacebuilding

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice chair Cat McKinnell MP today pushed Middle East Minister James Cleverly 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. Her question came following a written parliamentary question, in which the FCDO claimed that "US planning for the International…

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In Brief: Iran nuclear negotiations unlikely to bear fruit soon

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iran’s deputy foreign minister said at the weekend that ongoing negotiations in Vienna to restore the 2015 nuclear deal will not resume until president-elect Ebrahim Raisi is sworn in next month. “We’re in a transition period as a democratic transfer of power is underway in our capital”, Abbas…

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In Brief: New Israeli government rejects West Bank annexation bill

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
View of Judean hills. Image credit: Anthony Baratier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The new Israeli coalition government, led by prime minister Naftali Bennett, voted against a bill which would have annexed the West Bank in the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Monday. Likud MK Miki Zohar dared Bennett’s right-wing Yamina party and their New Hope…

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Recap: Launch of The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI last week launched a major new publication examining the changing shape of the Middle East. From the growing threat posed by Iranian expansionism to diplomatic shifting sands and demographic changes, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is an important contribution to Labour’s foreign policy development. Launch event The pamphlet was launched at an online event last…

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LFI chair: Labour needs to rethink its Middle East ideas

Posted 16 July, 2021 in Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Labour Friends of Israel chair, Steve McCabe MP, has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. The obsession with Israel-Palestine means my party has neglected other vital issues The past decade has seen a series of momentous events sweep the Middle East: the Arab Spring,…

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In Brief: Isaac Herzog sworn in as Israel’s eleventh president

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
President Isaac Herzog with former president Reuven Rivlin > Mark Neyman / Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Isaac Herzog was sworn in as Israel’s eleventh president on Wednesday, with a promise to “lower the flames, to calm things down”. Herzog, a former leader of Israel’s Labor party and former chairman of the Jewish…

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In Brief: Israel announces expansion of Gaza relief measures

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Fishing boats at Gaza port > Mahmoud Navash, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel announced a series of relief measures for the Gaza Strip yesterday, including expanding the enclave’s fishing zone and the approval of additional imports and exports in the wake of relative calm along the Israel-Gaza border. The move followed international calls for humanitarian…

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Analysis: LFI launches The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI this week launches a major new publication on the changing shape of the Middle East. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, and the growing threat posed by an expansionist Iran, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is designed to contribute to the evolution of Labour’s foreign policy development. What’s in it The LFI publication contains contributions from…

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LFI Lords chair: Labour must study Joe Biden’s new Israel stance carefully

Posted 13 July, 2021 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay. Parliamentary portrait, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel Lords chair, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Joe Biden’s campaign for the presidency, and his approach since taking office, demonstrate a progressive, pro-Israel agenda which Labour should study carefully as…

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