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In Brief: Peace with Saudis on the horizon, claims Israeli lawmaker

Posted 15 December, 2022 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Last week, Likud Knesset member Danny Danon told an international Abraham Accords forum that he expects to “see an agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia in the coming year.” Diplomats, business leaders and high ranking academics gathered in Rome at the Abraham Accords Global…

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Gaza: Reconstruction, Revitalisation and Reality

Posted 14 December, 2022 in Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
View a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: Gaza Reconstruction Revitalisation and Reality Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish our third policy pamphlet of the year: Gaza: Reconstruction, Revitalisation and Reality.  This publication explores the causes of the present political and humanitarian crises in Gaza, and what steps might help to resolve them.   With…

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In Brief: Netanyahu insists he “wont accept” harm to LGBT rights in new govt

Posted 7 December, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Hilton Beach at Tel Aviv Pride, Tel Aviv Israel 1640001 > Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel's likely next prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has insisted that he would not allow any restrictions on LGBT rights in Israel, amid growing concerns over his coalition deals with far-right partners, including the homophobic Noam party. As per…

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In Brief: West Bank violence showing no sign of coming to an end

Posted 7 December, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons The escalating situation in the West Bank is likely to only get worse in the coming year as current tensions should not simply view this as a ‘wave of terror’ according to several Israeli officials. Brig. Gen. Amit Saar said that Iran will be the most…

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Analysis: Israeli president visits the UAE and Bahrain for the first time

Posted 7 December, 2022 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Israeli president Isaac Herzog > Elad Brami, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Isaac Herzog this week returned to Israel after a two-day visit to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. The Israeli President’s visit underlined the changed relationship between the two Gulf states and the Jewish state following the Abraham Accords, while also highlighting some…

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In Brief: Labor’s Michaeli points to link between far right and recent violence

Posted 29 November, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics
Merav Michaeli > Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s outgoing transportation minister and leader of the Israeli Labor party, Merav Michaeli, on Monday set out her view that recent violence in Israel was directly linked to violence in the West Bank and the political rise of the far right. “A straight line connects the…

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In Brief: Female soldier seriously hurt in latest car ramming terror attack

Posted 29 November, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons An Israeli woman was seriously wounded on Tuesday following a car ramming attack in the West Bank. Surveillance footage of the attack near the West Bank settlement of Migron, north of Jerusalem, showed a black SUV turning to drive into a female soldier. The vehicle rammed into…

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In Brief: Israeli coalition negotiations drag on amid tensions

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Photo: Crown Copyright, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Religious Zionism, the alliance of far-right parties widely expected to partner with former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form Israel's next government, have declared that negotiations were "back at square one" after talks collapsed on Tuesday. The bone of contention has reportedly been the allocation of ministerial roles to party leaders, with…

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In Brief: Jerusalem rocked by double bus attack as teenager kidnapped

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons 19 people have been injured, with one confirmed casualty, following two explosions in West Jerusalem this morning in what is thought to be a double terror attack. A third bomb was defused last night on the light rail track near Jerusalem's central bus station. The first victim…

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