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Middle East peace must go beyond party politics

Posted 20 November, 2018 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Joan Ryan MP has written for Jewish News about LFI's campaign in support of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. You can read the original here. The past year has seen precious little progress for those of us who wish to see peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Last week’s terrible events in Gaza are…

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Analysis: Netanyahu pulls teetering coalition back from the brink – but for how long?

Posted 20 November, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Thirty years ago this month, Yitzhak Shamir eked out a narrow win in Israel’s general election. That election marked the last occasion when an Israeli government has managed to serve out its full term. Coalition crises and prime ministers “cutting and running” in a bid to capitalise on political opportunities to win early re-election have shortened…

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Analysis: Gazans reject Hamas tactics, want deal with Israel

Posted 8 November, 2018 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Ordinary Gazans oppose the bloody, Hamas-led weekly border protests and want a ceasefire with Israel, newly released polling shows. The research – carried out among representative samples of approximately 500 randomly selected Gazans during early October by the Bethlehem-based Palestine Centre for Public Opinion and by a Ramallah-based organisation – shows the conflict-weary population of the Gaza Strip adopts…

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Analysis: Has the murder of Khashoggi scuppered Trump’s peace plan?

Posted 23 October, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Rarely has an American administration invested such hope in – or kow-towed so nakedly to – a Middle Eastern state in the manner which Donald Trump’s has done since taking office last January. The president’s entire strategy for the region appears to have been shaped by a belief that Saudi Arabia could help him achieve multiple…

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Analysis: Syrian friendly fire incident causes Israel-Russia relationship to sour

Posted 4 October, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East
Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The fragile working relationship between Israel and Russia in Syria – which gave Israel freedom of manoeuvre in Syrian skies – has come under severe strain after the downing of a Russian Ilyushin military intelligence plane, killing the 15 servicemen on board. The incident, which occurred in mid-September, saw…

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Huge turnout for LFI conference reception

Posted 26 September, 2018 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel held its biggest ever reception at Labour party conference in Liverpool this week. Over 400 delegates attended a packed event addressed by deputy leader Tom Watson, Israeli Labor MK Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin, Ambassador Mark Regev, and LFI chair Joan Ryan. In a stirring address, Mr Watson declared: "I am genuinely proud of each and…

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Over 50 Labour MPs write to DFID to express concern over Trump coexistence cuts

Posted 21 September, 2018 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Following the Trump administration’s decision to end all funding for coexistence projects in Israel-Palestine, over 50 Labour MPs have written to DFID Secretary of State Penny Mordaunt to express their serious concern and to call on the UK to help fill the void. You can view a PDF of the letter here.

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Analysis: Trump slashes funding for coexistence projects

Posted 18 September, 2018 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
The Trump administration is to end US funding to coexistence programmes that bring Israelis and Palestinians together, it has emerged. The US currently provides $10m for the projects – one quarter of the money invested globally in civil society peace and reconciliation work between Israelis and Palestinians. The American move is part of a wider policy by the…

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LFI leads calls for Corbyn to apologise over Munich terror ceremony

Posted 15 August, 2018 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Joan Ryan wrote this week to Jeremy Corbyn asking him to explain his apparent decision to honour the terrorists behind the Munich massacre during a 2014 visit to Tunisia. Ms Ryan also called upon the Labour leader to apologise to the bereaved families of the 11 Israeli athletes who were brutally murdered by the Palestinian terrorist…

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