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Analysis: Who could replace Netanyahu?

Posted 1 March, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
The formal decision by Israel’s national police chief, Roni Alsheikh, to recommend indicting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a range of corruption charges has many on the left heralding the end of the Likud leader. Opposition leader Avi Gabbay proclaimed “The Netanyahu era is over”. Such pronouncements may be premature. The crucial decision on whether or…

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Analysis: Gabbay sets out his stall for peace

Posted 14 December, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Peace process
Avi Gabbay's recent appearance at the Saban Forum – an annual US gathering on Middle East policy – provided his most comprehensive statement on the peace process since becoming leader of the Labor party in July. In his remarks, Gabbay reiterated his support for a two-state solution, said it was time to end the "blame game" between the two sides…

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Ambassador Mark Regev’s Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2017

Posted 30 November, 2017 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** HMA Mark Regev, Israeli Ambassador, speech to Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch 2017  Chief Rabbi, Lords and Ladies, Members of Parliament, Distinguished guests, It is a real pleasure to be back here at Central Hall for LFI’s Annual Lunch. I would like to begin by thanking your Parliamentary Chair, Joan Ryan, and the entire LFI…

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Stand by your friends, Israeli MK urges at LFI reception

Posted 28 September, 2017 in Antisemitism, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Peace process
Labour should stand by its friends on the Israeli left, Labor MK Stav Shaffir told a packed LFI reception on Tuesday night. Ms Shaffir, a rising star in the Israeli Labor party, was in Brighton for the Labour party’s annual conference. “When sister-parties turn their backs at the progressive camp, they don’t help Israel, they don’t help…

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Analysis: The end of the road for Bibi?

Posted 10 August, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu’s long domination of Israeli politics may finally be drawing to a close as a series of corruption scandals threaten to consume his premiership. The peril facing the prime minister mounted last week as police revealed that he is a suspect in two bribery and breach of trust investigations. Netanyahu has been under investigation for…

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Analysis: new Labor, new Macron?

Posted 13 July, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Avi Gabbay, a political outsider, was elected leader of the Israeli Labor party on Monday. His upset victory – in the second round of the primary election, Gabbay convincingly defeated Amir Peretz, a one-time party leader and cabinet minister – brought immediate comparisons with the rise of Emmanuel Macron in France. Once Israel’s dominant political force, Labor has…

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Analysis: Bibi the politician versus Bibi the statesman

Posted 14 June, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu and the leader of the Israeli  Labor party, Isaac Herzog, secretly flew to Cairo last April to engage in clandestine talks with Arab leaders aimed at restarting the Middle East peace process. The meeting between Netanyahu, Herzog and Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was revealed on Monday in the Israeli  media. The Labor leader later confirmed the…

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Analysis: Trump’s new “special relationship”

Posted 25 May, 2017 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Peace process
There are few better examples of the yawning gap between Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric and governing reality than his approach towards Israel . After eight years of Barack Obama’s alleged cool indifference, the Israeli  right were led to believe they would have a “true friend” in the White House once again: one who would stop nagging them about…

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