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In Brief: Israel braces for escalation following stabbing attack

Posted 15 September, 2021 in Analysis, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories
Israeli police in Lod. Credit: Israel Police, CC BY-SA 3.0. Israeli security forces foiled a major attack this week, as Palestinian terror groups sought to set up violence in solidarity with six escaped prisoners, Hebrew media reported on Monday. The Shin Bet security service and police foiled a number of attacks, Channel 12 and 13 reported, without…

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Analysis: A New Vision for Gaza?

Posted 15 September, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Gaza Strip. Image Credit: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel’s foreign minister launched a major new Gaza initiative on Sunday, offering a “new vision” based on “economy for security”. Yair Lapid was speaking on the 16th anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from the coastal enclave, which has been wracked by war and a humanitarian crisis under the leadership…

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Chatham House event: The Middle East’s Changing Political Landscape

Posted 14 September, 2021 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
In LFI's new pamphlet, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach , contributors explored how the Middle East is changing and what a progressive UK foreign policy response might be. In this webinar, a number of the pamphlet authors and Chatham House experts discussed the publication’s main arguments and recommendations. Prof Yossi Mekelberg (Associate Fellow, Chatham…

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In Brief: Lisa Nandy: Labour will always support Israel’s right to self-defence

Posted 8 September, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
Lisa Nandy. Image Credit: UK Parliament, CC BY 3.0. Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy has said that Labour will “always believe that Israel has the right to defend itself” against attacks. Speaking at an event in Manchester, Nandy also voiced her opposition to a complete ban on weapons sales from the UK to Israel. She said both herself…

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Analysis: Israel and PA announce confidence-building measures

Posted 8 September, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The highest-level meeting between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in over a decade took place last week, and was followed by the announcement of a series of confidence-building measures. What happened Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, met the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah last…

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LFI event: The Middle East’s changing political landscape

Posted 31 August, 2021 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Join us for a discussion event on the Middle East's changing political landscape, organised in collaboration with Chatham House. You can sign up for this fascinating discussion here ahead of the event itself on Tuesday 14th September at 2pm. Over the last decade, Middle Eastern countries have experienced significant changes in their domestic political and…

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In Brief: Foreign minister Lapid reverses Netanyahu-era neglect of diplomacy

Posted 27 July, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics
Foreign minister Yair Lapid (Sapir Academic College, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Israel’s neglect of public advocacy and diplomacy in recent years led to a rise in antisemitism and support for Palestinian terrorist organisations, Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid said on Sunday, in a strong rebuke of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “They are doing this because…

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In Brief: New Israeli government rejects West Bank annexation bill

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
View of Judean hills. Image credit: Anthony Baratier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The new Israeli coalition government, led by prime minister Naftali Bennett, voted against a bill which would have annexed the West Bank in the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Monday. Likud MK Miki Zohar dared Bennett’s right-wing Yamina party and their New Hope…

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Recap: Launch of The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI last week launched a major new publication examining the changing shape of the Middle East. From the growing threat posed by Iranian expansionism to diplomatic shifting sands and demographic changes, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is an important contribution to Labour’s foreign policy development. Launch event The pamphlet was launched at an online event last…

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In Brief: Isaac Herzog sworn in as Israel’s eleventh president

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
President Isaac Herzog with former president Reuven Rivlin > Mark Neyman / Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Isaac Herzog was sworn in as Israel’s eleventh president on Wednesday, with a promise to “lower the flames, to calm things down”. Herzog, a former leader of Israel’s Labor party and former chairman of the Jewish…

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