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In Brief: Israel freezes further lifting of restrictions as coronavirus cases mount

Posted 10 June, 2020 in Analysis, Israel
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAMS, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Israeli government decided this week to freeze the further lifting of coronavirus restrictions and step up the enforcement of social distancing requirements and other regulations as cases in the country continued to grow. The Health Ministry announced today that a further 88 coronavirus cases…

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In Brief: Israel considers shutting schools as coronavirus rates rise again

Posted 3 June, 2020 in Analysis, Israel
Image: Avishai Teicher, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Israeli government is considering shutting middle and senior schools once again as coronavirus rates have begun to rise in recent days. More than 30 Israeli schools have been closed - sending 10,000 pupils and teachers into home quarantine - after students at them were diagnosed with the…

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In Brief: US cooling on annexation as Israel backs away from 1 July deadline

Posted 3 June, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Trump administration is believed to be seeking to slow the process of Israel annexing parts of the West Bank, according to Israeli media reports. On Monday, Benjamin Netanyahu held a conference call to discuss the implementation of the administration's peace plan - including its provisions…

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Analysis: Bibi has his day in court

Posted 28 May, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Image: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons After months of delays and legal ducking and diving, Benjamin Netanyahu finally appeared in court this week to face a raft of corruption charges. Israel’s longest-serving premier is also the first incumbent prime minister to go on trial. Sunday’s court appearance by Netanyahu was a formality in which he was…

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In Brief: Annexation plans hit bump as settler leaders protest Trump plan map

Posted 28 May, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
  Hardline leaders of Israel's settlement movement are threatening to derail Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to annex parts of the West Bank. The prime minister told his Likud party on Monday that he intended to press ahead with applying Israeli sovereignty to West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley (pictured) after 1 July. "This is an opportunity…

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In Brief: Israel planning to let 83,000 Palestinians return to work in construction

Posted 20 May, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MSMI; Dan Higgins, MAMS, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons Israel is planning to allow 83,000 Palestinians to return to work on construction sites in the country after 31 May. The move - which would provide a much-needed boost to both the Israeli and Palestinian economies - comes more than two months after tight…

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Analysis: Israel’s new government takes shape

Posted 14 May, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Image: איציק אדרי-Itzik Edri, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons The painstaking process of assembling a new Israeli government is due to culminate in its swearing-in tomorrow. Israel has had a caretaker government since late 2018 when the first of three closely fought, inconclusive elections was triggered. The third of those elections in early March eventually led to…

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LFI chair welcomes Israeli-Palestinian COVID-19 cooperation

Posted 12 May, 2020 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories
Speaking in Foreign Office questions, LFI chair Steve McCabe welcomed Israeli-Palestinian cooperation to tackle COVID-19. "I thank the Minister for his comments. Will he join me in welcoming the news that Israel has approved a $230 million advance payment to the Palestinian Authority, alongside coronavirus test kits, intensive care beds, ventilators, drugs and protective equipment? Is…

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