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In Brief: Israeli FM Yair Lapid meets senior Palestinian official in Israel

Posted 27 January, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Yair Lapid > Sapir Academic College, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel’s foreign minister Yair Lapid met with senior Palestinian Authority official Hussein al-Sheikh on Sunday night, in the latest in a series of meetings between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials. “I met this evening with Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid and we discussed several political and…

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Analysis: Nuclear talks at the crossroads

Posted 27 January, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Negotiations with Iran surrounding its nuclear programme have reached a “decisive moment”, the US and European countries have warned. The warning comes amid speculation that Tehran is deliberately foot-dragging while its efforts to become a nuclear power gain speed. What happened “We are indeed at a decisive moment,”…

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Labour celebrates UK-Israel trade at Westminster Hall Debate

Posted 20 January, 2022 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour's shadow International Trade Minister Ruth Cadbury today took part in a Westminster Hall Debate on UK-Israel trade negotiations today. In her contributions, Ruth spoke about Labour's  "strong and historic links" with Israel and Labour's support for the growing UK-Israel trade relationship. She also reiterated Labour's opposition to boycotts and sanctions against Israel: "an indiscriminate measure that…

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In Brief: Gaza reconstruction needs more than $500 million, says Egypt

Posted 19 January, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Image credit: White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The reconstruction of the Gaza Strip will require more than the $500 million Egypt has provided, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said last week. “We were hoping to contribute more than this sum”, Sisi said at a panel of the World Youth Forum…

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In Brief: Fatah and Hamas play down ‘reconciliation’ talks in Algeria

Posted 19 January, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Representatives of six Palestinian factions – including Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority president Abbas, and the Hamas terror group, which governs the Gaza Strip – are expected to hold talks in Algeria this week to discuss how to achieve “national reconciliation”. The factions…

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Analysis: Hope for 2022 as Gantz and Abbas meet in Israel

Posted 12 January, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The period between Christmas and New Year witnessed the first talks between a senior Israeli official and the Palestinian president in Israel since 2010. What happened Israeli defence minister Benny Gantz hosted Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas at his home in Rosh Ha’ayin on…

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Steps to a Two State Solution: Encourage Arab states to normalise relations with Israel and deepen the Abraham Accords

Posted 11 January, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Five: Encourage Arab states to normalise relations with Israel and deepen the Abraham Accords The Abraham Accords – the 2020 agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco to establish diplomatic relations – represent a ground-breaking shift in the relationship between…

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In Brief: 2015 JCPOA no longer sufficient for 2022, IAEA warns

Posted 15 December, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has warned that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a “very blurred image” of Tehran’s program as it enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. In an interview with the Associated Press,…

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Analysis: Israel and the UAE take it to the next level

Posted 15 December, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Bennett in the UAE > WAM via Reuters, via NBC News. Naftali Bennett this week became the first Israeli prime minister to pay an official visit to the United Arab Emirates. The prime minister’s trip came just over a year after the signing of the historic Abraham Accords and highlights the increasingly close ties between Israel…

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Steps to a Two State Solution: Support the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and re-establish UK support for peace-building work 

Posted 14 December, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Four: Support the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and re-establish UK support for peace-building work Modelled on the highly successful International Fund for Ireland, an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace would allow the international community to lay the civic society foundations for…

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