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Analysis: Jordan rocked by royal family feuding

Posted 7 April, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East
King Abdullah II of Jordan. European Parliament, CC BY-4.0. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan experienced an uncharacteristic episode of instability over the weekend, as a public rift between King Abdullah II and his younger half-brother, Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, became public. What happened In videos passed to the BBC on Saturday, Prince Hamzah claimed to have been placed “under…

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In Brief: Internationally led vaccine progress in the Palestinian Territories

Posted 30 March, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The rollout of covid-19 vaccinations in the West Bank and Gaza received a boost on Monday as the Palestinian Authority received 100,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from the Chinese government. The elderly, frontline medical staff and at-risk groups will be proritised, the PA…

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In Brief: Labour and Conservative Friends chairs call for international peace fund

Posted 30 March, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe and Conservative Friends of Israel chair Stephen Crabb have written a joint op-ed in today’s Times Red Box, calling on the government to “seize the moment” at the G7 summit in Cornwall later this year by committing…

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In Brief: Post-election coalition building ongoing as fifth election looms

Posted 30 March, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party
PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A week after Israel’s fourth election in two years, negotiations to build a coalition government have begun. Of the 13 parties represented in the new Knesset, all have previously ruled out coalitions with at least one other party. Should all keep their promises, it will be…

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In Brief: Vaccination progress in Israel and the Palestinian Territories

Posted 26 March, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s success in rolling out covid-19 vaccinations has continued this week, with more than 100,000 West Bank Palestinians who work in Israel receiving their first dose so far in March. All Palestinians in East Jerusalem are likewise entitled to be vaccinated by Israel, while a…

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In Brief: Keir Starmer holds call with Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli

Posted 26 March, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party
Merav Michaeli. Photo: Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons UK Labour leader Keir Starmer held a phone call with Merav Michaeli, leader of Israel’s Labor Party, last weekend. Days before Israelis went to the polls for the fourth time in two years, Starmer wished Michaeli – elected to lead Labour in January 2021 – luck…

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Analysis: Netanyahu faces further post-election deadlock

Posted 26 March, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party
Photo: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Benjamin Netanyahu’s future as prime minister hangs in the balance after Israeli voters delivered another deadlocked election this week. Analysts predict that the country may be returning to the polls – for the fifth time since April 2019 – later this summer. What happened Overall, 57 percent of Israelis voted for…

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LFI vice-chair: Labor’s ‘pink-collar revolution’ offers a vision for feminist politics in the 2020s

Posted 23 March, 2021 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
Merav Michaeli. Photo: Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair Rosie Cooper MP has written for LabourList. Click here to read the original. UK Labour can learn from the example of Merav Michaeli, new leader of Israel's Labor Party The challenges facing Israel’s Labor Party will sound all too familiar to all of…

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In brief: UAE and Israel announce $10bn investment fund to boost regional cooperation

Posted 16 March, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East
Photo: Wadiia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel and the United Arab Emirates have announced the establishment of a new $10bn investment fund aimed at boosting regional economic cooperation between the two countries. The fund builds on last summer’s Abraham Accords, which saw the Jewish state establish diplomatic relations with the UAE and Bahrain for…

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Analysis: Could “Bibi fatigue” topple Netanyahu next week?

Posted 16 March, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Merav Michaeli. Photo: Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Campaigning in Israel’s general election is entering its final week, with polls indicating there will be no end to the deadlock which has paralysed the country’s politics for the past two years. Nonetheless, with “Bibi fatigue” apparently affecting some sections of the electorate, Benjamin Netanyahu’s…

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