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Steps to a Two State Solution: Increase work permits for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

Posted 18 January, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Six: Increase work permits for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Around 120,000 Palestinians travel to Israel each day to work, with some 87,000 holding work permits and an estimated further 30,000 to 40,000 regularly crossing illegally to seek employment. In August 2021,…

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In Brief: Palestinians go to the polls in rare municipal elections

Posted 12 January, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Palestinian elections > Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Palestinians took part in rare municipal elections across the West Bank in December, following months of growing discontent towards the Palestinian Authority after the cancellation of long-awaited parliamentary and presidential elections in spring 2021. Some 400,000 Palestinians were eligible to vote to elect representatives for 154 village…

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In Brief: Iran boasts of support for Palestinian terror groups

Posted 12 January, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Palestinian Territories
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iranian media has marked the anniversary of the 2020 assassination of general Qasem Soleimani by revealing new details about Iran’s support for Palestinian terror groups. An article from the Tasnim News branch in Damascus, Syria, reveals how the Islamic Republic ran guns and technology to Palestinian groups under…

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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: Poll finds corruption the biggest challenge for Palestinians

Posted 15 December, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA security forces. Image credit: Stop the Wall, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A majority of Palestinians believe that corruption in Palestinian Authority institutions has increased in 2021, according to a public opinion poll published this week. The poll, conducted by the Coalition for Integrity and Accountability at the start of October, also found that many…

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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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In Brief: Incitement linked to rise in Palestinian terror attacks

Posted 8 December, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israeli flags being burnt in Gaza > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A wave of terror attacks by Palestinians against Israelis in Jerusalem and the West Bank have been linked to an increase in incitement against Israel by Palestinian terror groups. Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and other Gaza-based groups have all called for…

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In Brief: Hamas threatens ‘escalation’ against Israel and Egypt

Posted 8 December, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Hamas insignia in Ramallah (Hoheit, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons). Hamas sources said on Monday that the terror group was considering a return to violence against Israel, while also criticising Egypt for its role in brokering a ceasefire to end the conflict in May this year. “We are considering options for an escalation with Israel…

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Steps to a Two State Solution: End the Palestinian Authority’s payment of salaries to convicted terrorists and the payment of rewards to the families of “martyrs” 

Posted 7 December, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Three: Demand an end to the Palestinian Authority’s payment of salaries to convicted terrorists and the payment of rewards to the families of “martyrs” The Palestinian Authority’s policy of paying “salaries” to those convicted of terrorist offences and to the families of deceased terrorist “martyrs”…

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