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In Brief: Israel approves Palestinian housing and 4G coverage plans

Posted 12 July, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories
Construction in Jenin > Guillaume Paumier, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel will advance a long-delayed plan to approve the construction of some 1,000 new Palestinian homes and make a number of other confidence-building measures towards the Palestinian Authority. The moves come ahead of President Biden's visit to the region this week, according to reports. The move to…

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Steps to a two state solution: End incitement in the Palestinian school curriculum

Posted 11 July, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Six: End incitement in the Palestinian school curriculum In 2017, the Palestinian Authority introduced a new school curriculum which teaches the virtues of martyrdom, describes terrorists as “heroes” and repeats antisemitic tropes. The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se)…

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Steps to a two state solution: Support Palestinian economic independence

Posted 28 June, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Five: Support Palestinian economic independence As previous international initiatives have recognised, efforts to strengthen and grow the Palestinian economy are closely tied to both the peace process and the future viability, prosperity and stability of a Palestinian state.  Currently, economic relations between Israel…

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Labour shadow Middle East minister writes to FCDO on coexistence support

Posted 22 June, 2022 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour's shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP has today written to Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East Amanda Milling calling on the government to provide "meaningful support to peacebuilding projects that can bring together Israelis and Palestinians". The letter specifically calls on the UK to use the forthcoming G7 summit in Munich…

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Labour parliamentarians sign cross-party letter calling for coexistence funding

Posted 22 June, 2022 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Seven Labour parliamentarians have today signed a cross-party letter to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss urging the UK government to give “urgent, meaningful support to peacebuilding projects that can bring together Israelis and Palestinians, most especially the youngest citizens.” The letter continues: “There has been a failure by the international community to properly invest in long-term, stable…

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In Brief: Israel to offer work visas to persecuted LGBT Palestinians

Posted 21 June, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories
Hilton Beach at Tel Aviv Pride, Tel Aviv Israel 1640001 > Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Knesset committee for foreign workers, headed by Labor MK Ibtisam Mara’ana, has this week considered the need for work visas for LGBT Palestinians facing persecution in the West Bank and Gaza. The hearing took place after…

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Analysis: The law that broke the coalition’s back

Posted 21 June, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Israel's coalition government > Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons After weeks of speculation, Israel’s unwieldy coalition government bowed to political pressure yesterday, announcing that it would dissolve itself and call Israel’s fifth election in less than four years. What happened At a press conference on Monday evening, prime…

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Steps to a two state solution: Support the reunification of the West Bank and Gaza under PA authority

Posted 21 June, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Four: Support the reunification of the West Bank and Gaza under PA authority The reunification of the West Bank and Gaza is a crucial step in the establishment of a viable Palestinian state. It is also a key demand of the Palestinian people…

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In Brief: Biden administration leads criticism of unbalanced UN report

Posted 15 June, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
White House, public domain via Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration has joined 20 other countries in issuing a harsh rebuke on Monday to the UN Human Rights Council after a Commission of Inquiry formed to probe Israel released a report last week condemning the Jewish state. The report blamed Israel’s “persistent discrimination against Palestinians” for the 11-day…

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In Brief: Fatah: Hamas trying to take control of the West Bank

Posted 15 June, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Hamas insignia in Ramallah (Hoheit, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons). Members of the Hamas terror group planned to seize control of a Palestinian security installation near Ramallah, Palestinian sources claimed this week. The allegation coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of Hamas’s violent takeover of the Gaza Strip, which saw the Palestinian Territories split between Islamist…

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