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LFI chair Steve McCabe’s speech to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe addresses LFI's 2022 Annual Lunch   *** Check against delivery ***   Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch Tuesday 22 November 2022   Steve McCabe MP, Chair Labour Friends of Israel   Introduction Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends. It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to Labour Friends of Israel’s Annual Lunch. We wouldn’t be here today without the support of many in this…

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Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli’s speech to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli addressing LFI's 2022 Annual Lunch   ** Check against delivery ** נאום לידידי.ות ישראל בלייבור הבריטי Labour Friends of Israel  22 נובמבר 2022 Thank you, Steve, for that kind introduction. I am delighted to be with you this afternoon at LFI’s annual lunch. Can I begin by thanking LFI for your valued work: making the case for…

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In Brief: 24/7 opening pilot for Allenby border crossing launched

Posted 16 November, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Allenby Bridge > Abutoum / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Allenby Bridge border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan opened to passenger traffic for 24-hours a day last week for the first time. The extended hours pilot, which ran for almost a week, was part of an agreement the Israeli government made with US President…

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In Brief: 3 Israelis killed in Palestinian terror attack in West Bank

Posted 16 November, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons Three Israelis were killed and a further three injured in a terrorist attack near the West Bank settlement of Ariel on Tuesday morning. According to the Israeli Defence Forces, a Palestinian terrorist stabbed a security guard near the entrance to the Ariel Industrial Park. The terrorist then…

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Analysis: Netanyahu warned at home and abroad as he builds coalition

Posted 16 November, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Talks between former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and smaller right-wing and far-right parties have begun following this month’s Israeli election, which saw Netanyahu emerge as the likeliest next premier. However, growing warnings about the inclusion of the far-right have emerged…

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LFI director: Friends of Israel now face a twin challenge

Posted 14 November, 2022 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. UK and Israel flags > UK in Israel, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons For many of us, the result of Israel’s election brought back unhappy memories of Donald Trump’s upset defeat of Hillary Clinton six years ago. That’s unsurprising: both contests were…

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Analysis: Israel’s 2022 election: a review

Posted 9 November, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Talks between former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and smaller right-wing and far-right parties have begun following last week’s Israeli election, which saw Netanyahu emerge as the likeliest next premier. What happened With all the votes counted and Knesset seats apportioned by…

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Analysis: Israel awaits coalition options as election strengthens Netanyahu

Posted 2 November, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons With final numbers in the Knesset still undetermined, yesterday’s election – the fifth in three years – will likely allow former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a coalition government. Where we are  With some 86 percent of votes counted,…

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Analysis: Fifth time lucky? Israelis head to the polls (again)

Posted 26 October, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israelis will go to the polls next week for the fifth time in three years, in an election that has increasingly become a referendum on the return of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Here we go again Following the…

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LFI chair: Steps to a Two State Solution: Positive ways to restart the search for peace

Posted 26 October, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons This year saw the 30th anniversary of the election victory that brought Yitzhak Rabin to power in Israel. Three short years later, after a rare period of hope that the tragic conflict…

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