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Analysis: LFI MPs push for International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Posted 17 November, 2020 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell led a debate in parliament today calling for the British government to support the establishment of an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The debate is part of a long-running campaign by LFI – ‘For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace’ – to back the fund, which would invest in peacebuilding projects that bring…

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In Brief: Hamas recruiting minors to carry out terror attacks, says Israel

Posted 17 November, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Hamas has been recruiting minors to carry out terrorist attacks, Israeli security forces have said. Two Palestinian minors, including a 16-year-old, were arrested last month after Hamas recruited them over the internet, Shin Bet has revealed. They have now been indicted by the Juvenile Military Court. The two minors were to be provided with weapons, ammunition, uniforms…

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In Brief: Rifts in Blue and White party deepen as budget crisis nears

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Rifts within Benny Gantz's Blue and White party appear to be deepening as the crisis over Israel's budget deepens and new elections loom. If no budget is passed by late December the government will automatically dissolve. Benjamin Netanyahu is widely suspected to be stalling on the budget in order to call snap elections. In the coalition…

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In Brief: Veteran Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat dies of covid aged 65

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Saeb Erekat and Livni (Minister of Justice, State of Israel). Photo: Marc Muller,  CC BY 3.0 DE , via Wikimedia Commons Saeb Erekat, who helped negotiate the Oslo Accords, died yesterday of covid-19. He passed away at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Centre, to which he had been transferred last month after testing positive for the illness. Erekat, who was…

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In Brief: Israeli politicians line up to welcome Biden election victory

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Reuven Rivlin. Photo: Michał Józefaciuk , CC BY-SA 3.0 PL, via Wikimedia Commons Reuven Rivlin led the congratulations on Joe Biden's victory, and invited the president-elect to visit Jerusalem. In an English-language video, the Israeli president wrote: "Mr President-elect, I was pleased to welcome you to Jerusalem as vice president and I look forward to welcoming…

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Analysis: What to expect from the Biden-Harris administration

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will bring avowed friends and supporters of Israel to the White House in January. Their approach towards the Middle East is likely to be very different in both style and substance to the outgoing administration. Biden’s commitment to Israel is…

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Analysis: After the EHRC: Labour must tackle anti-Zionist antisemitism

Posted 3 November, 2020 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party
Sir Keir Starmer. Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Keir Starmer’s response to last week’s report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission represents an important and major step forward in the challenge of rooting out the scourge of antisemitism from the Labour party. The findings of the EHRC’s investigation were both clear and…

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In Brief: Mystery surrounds death of top Fatah militant as Abbas orders crackdown

Posted 3 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Mahmoud Abbas, Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Mystery surrounds the death of a top commander of the armed wing of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party who was killed on Saturday. Hatem Abu Rizek, a leading figure in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, died at the Balata refugee camp, near the West Bank city of…

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In Brief: Gantz’s Blue and White party weighs leaving Netanyahu coalition

Posted 3 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benny Gantz. Photo: ראובן קפוצ'ינסקי, CC BY-SA 3.0  via Wikimedia Commons Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party are reportedly considering leaving Israel’s coalition government, a move that would trigger new elections. The centrist party came to an agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this year after three inconclusive general elections in which it fought Likud to a…

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