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Analysis: Israel seeks to head off PIJ terror threat

Posted 10 August, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israel's prime minister, Yair Lapid: "Our fight is not with the people of Gaza. Islamic Jihad is an Iranian proxy that wants to destroy the State of Israel and kill innocent Israelis." Three days of fighting between Israel and an Iranian-backed terror group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, ended late on Sunday evening. A ceasefire, negotiated by the…

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Steps to a two state solution: Allocate territory in Area C for Palestinian economic development

Posted 9 August, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Thirty: Allocate territory in Area C for Palestinian economic development In Step 22, we proposed to expand the Palestinian autonomous zones of the West Bank (Areas A and B, in which more than 90 percent of the Palestinian population lives) by the phased transfer of some…

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Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy visits Israel with LFI

Posted 29 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
David Lammy laying a wreath on behalf of the Labour Party at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy was joined by LFI director Michael Rubin on a visit to Israel last week, as part of a three-day fact-finding mission in which he also visited Jordan and the Palestinian Territories. During the visit, David visited…

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Steps to a two state solution: Action by international donors to improve Palestinian governance

Posted 26 July, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Eight: Action by international donors to improve Palestinian governance A viable, democratic Palestinian state rests on the strength, transparency and accountability of the institutions of Palestinian governance. This is vital for the Palestinian people. And it is vital if Israel is to be…

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In Brief: Putin visits Iran as regime boasts of nuclear capacity

Posted 19 July, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Russian president Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran on Tuesday as part of a visit intended to deepen ties with regional powers in the context of efforts to undermine the United States and Europe following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The visit followed boasting from Kamal Kharazi, head of…

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Analysis: Biden visits Israel

Posted 19 July, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Joe Biden visited Israel last week, declaring on his arrival: “You need not be a Jew to be a Zionist”. Shortly before departing, he visited Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, where he once again restated his support for a two-state solution. What happened Kicking off his visit on Wednesday, Biden received a warm welcome from…

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Young Labour activist Kira Lewis: Labour cannot drift back into equivocating on Israel’s existence

Posted 17 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Young Labour activist Kira Lewis has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Joining last month’s delegation of Young Labour activists, which allowed me to see all of Israel and travel into the West Bank, has reaffirmed my understanding of the complexity of the tragic conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The…

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In Brief: Saudi normalisation will be a “long process”, White House cautions

Posted 12 July, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration warned on Monday that the normalisation of diplomatic ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a "long process" despite being a presidential priority. Biden is set to arrive in Israel on Wednesday for a visit that will include Israel…

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Shadow Minister: Labour “seriously concerned” by Iranian threat to Israel

Posted 1 July, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
At a Backbench Business Debate co-sponsored by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP yesterday, shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP laid out Labour's "serious concern" about "the threats that Iran has made against Israel". He also made clear Labour's view that "there is an imperative" to move the issues of Tehran's ballistic missile programme, its support…

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LFI chair speaks in backbench business debate on Iran and the JCPOA

Posted 1 July, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP spoke in today's Backbench Business Debate on Iran and the JCPOA, which he co-sponsored alongside Robert Jenrick MP. He called for a "clear-sighted and comprehensive strategy" to tackle the Iranian regime's many malign activities. Discussing Tehran's ballistic missile programme, he  also reminded colleagues that "the destruction of the State of Israel is…

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