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In Brief: Hamas and Fatah teams meet in Cairo to agree elections deal

Posted 9 February, 2021 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories
Mahmoud Abbas. Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Representatives of Hamas and Fatah met in Cairo this week to begin talks aimed at securing an agreement which will allow Palestinians to vote in their first elections in 15 years. Mahmoud Abbas (pictured) last month signed a decree authorising elections to the Palestinian parliament and for…

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Analysis: Biden brings Abbas in from the cold

Posted 4 February, 2021 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Mahmoud Abbas. Photo by Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration has taken the first steps towards restoring relations between the US and the Palestinian Authority, which were severed in 2017. The move came shortly after the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas (pictured), announced new elections – the first to be held in nearly…

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In brief: Palestinians begin vaccination drive with doses from Israel

Posted 3 February, 2021 in Analysis, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Palestinian Authority has confirmed that it began vaccinating its medical staff on Tuesday after the shipment of 2,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine from Israel the previous day. However, the statement by the PA Ministry of Health - which said intensive care staff…

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LFI Director: How the British left can learn from Biden and Harris

Posted 2 February, 2021 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: Adam Schulz, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Labour Friends of Israel Director Michael Rubin has written for LabourList, click here to read the original. The inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris was a tremendous day for the world. Donald Trump was a disaster, not just for America, but globally. His vile, divisive and racist politics…

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In Brief: PA expects first vaccine shipment as Israel aims for 250,000 jabs a day

Posted 19 January, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Alissa Eckert, MSMI, Dan Higgins, MAMS, Public Health Image Library The Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday that the first shipment of covid vaccines - which had been expected "within days" - had been delayed until mid-February for "technical reasons". Last week, the PA health ministry granted emergency approval for the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine. It is one of four providers with which the PA has signed…

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In Brief: Abbas announces Palestinians will vote in new elections this year

Posted 19 January, 2021 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories
Mahmoud Abbas. Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Mahmoud Abbas has fired the starting gun on presidential and parliamentary elections in the West Bank and Gaza - 15 years after Palestinians last went to the polls. The Palestinian president signed a decree on Friday scheduling parliamentary elections for 22 May. Presidential elections will follow two months later on 31 July, with a vote…

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In Brief: US bill with $250m boost to Israel-Palestine peacebuilding becomes law

Posted 13 January, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Nita Lowey. (Photo: The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, CC BY-SA 4.0  via Wikimedia Commons) The US Congress has passed a historic bill which will provide a $250m boost to coexistence work in Israel-Palestine, as well as Palestinian economic development. The legislation, which received bipartisan support, was signed after days of prevarication by Donald…

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Analysis: How Israel came to lead the global vaccination drive

Posted 13 January, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Image Source: Our World in Data, CC BY 4.0 Israel continues to lead the world in the speed of its coronavirus vaccine rollout programme. Less than one month after Benjamin Netanyahu became the first Israeli to receive the covid-19 immunisation jab, the country has vaccinated over 22 percent of its population. By the start of this week, nearly three-quarters of…

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Analysis: After Israel’s Morocco deal – what next?

Posted 16 December, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
King Mohammad. Photo: MehdiBitw98, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Morocco last week became the fourth Arab country in as many months to announce it would be normalising its relations with Israel. The announcement formalises relations between the two countries which the Moroccan foreign minister described over the weekend as “already normal”, and, given the ancient ties…

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In Brief: Ashrawi quits PLO executive in protest at PA resuming Israel links

Posted 8 December, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: Carsten Sohn, CC BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons Hanan Ashrawi, who rose to international fame when she headed the Palestinian delegation to the landmark 1991 Madrid peace talks, has reportedly resigned from the PLO’s Executive Committee. Ashrawi is thought to have quit in protest at the decision of the Palestinian Authority to resume civilian and security…

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