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Analysis: Hamas rockets reach Tel Aviv as tensions reach boiling point

Posted 12 May, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
 Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The past week has seen a major escalation of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, as confrontations and violence in Jerusalem have been followed by more than 1,000 rockets being fired indiscriminately into Israel by Gaza-based terror groups. Israel has responded with strikes…

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In Brief: Biden endorses Arab normalisation with Israel

Posted 5 May, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Joe Biden. Credit: White House, public domain US president Joe Biden has expressed his support for the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Arab countries and Israel that has developed out of last year’s Abraham Accords. In a phone call with the UAE’s crown prince Mohamad bin Zayed Al Nahyen on Tuesday, Biden “underlined the strategic importance of…

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In Brief: Netanyahu’s government formation mandate expires

Posted 5 May, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu. Credit: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Benjamin Netanyahu’s mandate to form a coalition government following Israel’s March general election expired on Tuesday night. After 28 days of negotiations, Netanyahu announced that he had failed to persuade enough other parties to join a government led by his Likud party. Netanyahu’s efforts ultimately failed when Bezalel Smotrich, leader…

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In Brief: Israel mourns its worst ever civilian disaster with 45 dead

Posted 5 May, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Police deployment at Mount Meron. Credit: Israel Police, CC BY-SA 3.0 Israel experienced its worst ever civilian disaster last week, when a stampede at Mount Meron in the northern Galilee led to the deaths of at least 45 people. More than 100,000 people, mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews, gathered at the annual Lag B’Omer celebrations, which include visits…

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In Brief: Covid progress in Israel as Gaza sees surge in cases

Posted 29 April, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Israel saw zero coronavirus deaths on 22 April, the first day in 10 months without a single death due to the virus. With a total death toll of over 6,000, Israel’s daily death toll has been decreasing since January, when daily deaths averaged at about…

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In Brief: Largest ever Israel-UAE commercial deal agreed

Posted 29 April, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Noa natural gas field. Image credit: Uri Kfir, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli energy company Delek Drilling has signed an agreement to sell its 22 percent share in the offshore Tamar natural gas field to Abu Dhabi’s Mubdala Petroleum Company for $1.1 billion. The deal represents the largest and most significant commercial agreement between Israel…

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Analysis: Weekend of violence and rockets amid election uncertainty

Posted 29 April, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Following several nights of rocket fire from Gaza, Israel has warned Hamas that it will face major retaliation should the attacks continue. Gaza-based armed factions launched more than 40 rockets into Israel over the weekend, against a background of continued unrest in Jerusalem…

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LFI Focus: Fourth time lucky? Israel’s March election

Posted 23 April, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, LFI Focus
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.           Photo: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Introduction In May 2019, the Israeli Knesset dissolved itself barely one month after voters had been to the polls. That political stalemate marked the first time in the state’s seven-decade history that an election has not resulted in the formation of a government. Few then, however, could have…

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Sadiq Khan speaks about partnership with Tel Aviv mayor

Posted 21 April, 2021 in Israel, Labour Party, News
Sadiq Khan. LFI screenshot. Labour candidate and incumbent London mayoral Sadiq Khan spoke about his friendship and partnership with Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai this week, at a London mayoral Jewish community hustings organised by the Jewish London Forum, Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies. He talked about how he had worked with Huldai on…

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