Palestinian activists and human rights organisations have called on Hamas and other terror groups to stop storing weapons in residential areas of Gaza following an explosion on Thursday.
The explosion, which killed 1 person and injured 14 others, took place …
The terrorist group Hamas, which has governed the Gaza Strip since it seized power in 2007, has this week threatened Israel over the supply of aid into Gaza.
Incendiary
The threats come in the context of incendiary balloon arson attacks…
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original.
For those of us on the left who support Israel and want to see the forces of peace, progress and …
LFI vice chair Cat McKinnell MP today pushed Middle East Minister James Cleverly about why the UK government isn’t showing more initiative to support the creation of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, as envisioned by ALLMEP.
Her question came …
Palestinian Authority security forces arrested a Palestinian singer for performing in the Israeli settlement of Ariel on Monday.
The singer, a resident of Kafr ad-Dik, will be tried on charges of “promoting normalisation with Israel”, sources told the Jerusalem Post…
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 …
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 …
Labour Friends of Israel chair, Steve McCabe MP, has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original.
The obsession with Israel-Palestine means my party has neglected other vital issues
The past decade has seen
The Palestinian Authority minister of labour, Nasri Abu Jaish, has been expelled by his party after refusing to resign in protest at the death of anti-corruption activist Nizar Banat last month.
The left-wing Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) announced two weeks …
Israel announced a series of relief measures for the Gaza Strip yesterday, including expanding the enclave’s fishing zone and the approval of additional imports and exports in the wake of relative calm along the Israel-Gaza border.
The move followed international …
LFI this week launches a major new publication on the changing shape of the Middle East. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, and the growing threat posed by an expansionist Iran, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is designed …
Labour Friends of Israel Lords chair, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original.
Joe Biden’s campaign for the presidency, and his approach since taking office, demonstrate a progressive, pro-Israel …