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Analysis: Abbas prepares for the Biden administration

Posted 1 December, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Mahmoud Abbas. Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The Palestinian Authority appears to be engaged in a potentially significant repositioning exercise ahead of Joe Biden’s arrival in the White House. The moves by Ramallah are reviving hopes that, with a new administration in Washington committed to a two-state solution, the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace…

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In Brief: Nearly half of Israelis want Biden to restart talks with Palestinians

Posted 25 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
President Joe Biden. Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Nearly half of Israelis want Joe Biden to restart the stalled Middle East peace process and launch negotiations with the Palestinians when he takes office in January, a poll published this week found. The survey – carried out by the dovish Geneva Initiative – shows…

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In Brief: Covid pandemic worsens in West Bank and Gaza as cases hit record

Posted 25 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Image: Alissa Eckert, MSMI, Dan Higgins, MAMS, Public Health Image Library The West Bank saw a record increase in new coronavirus cases this week amid fears that the pandemic is spiralling out of control in the Palestinian territories. According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, the West Bank saw 1,126 new cases yesterday. The previous record, set…

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LFI vice-chair writes to Middle East minister on peace-building funding following parliamentary debate

Posted 25 November, 2020 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Catherine McKinnell. Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell has written to Middle East minister James Cleverely following last week's parliamentary debate calling for the UK to back an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Ms McKinnell's debate is part of a long-running LFI campaign to secure greater support from the…

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Analysis: LFI MPs push for International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Posted 17 November, 2020 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell led a debate in parliament today calling for the British government to support the establishment of an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The debate is part of a long-running campaign by LFI – ‘For Israel, For Palestine, For Peace’ – to back the fund, which would invest in peacebuilding projects that bring…

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In Brief: Hamas recruiting minors to carry out terror attacks, says Israel

Posted 17 November, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Hamas has been recruiting minors to carry out terrorist attacks, Israeli security forces have said. Two Palestinian minors, including a 16-year-old, were arrested last month after Hamas recruited them over the internet, Shin Bet has revealed. They have now been indicted by the Juvenile Military Court. The two minors were to be provided with weapons, ammunition, uniforms…

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In Brief: Veteran Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat dies of covid aged 65

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Saeb Erekat and Livni (Minister of Justice, State of Israel). Photo: Marc Muller,  CC BY 3.0 DE , via Wikimedia Commons Saeb Erekat, who helped negotiate the Oslo Accords, died yesterday of covid-19. He passed away at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Centre, to which he had been transferred last month after testing positive for the illness. Erekat, who was…

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Analysis: What to expect from the Biden-Harris administration

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will bring avowed friends and supporters of Israel to the White House in January. Their approach towards the Middle East is likely to be very different in both style and substance to the outgoing administration. Biden’s commitment to Israel is…

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In Brief: Mystery surrounds death of top Fatah militant as Abbas orders crackdown

Posted 3 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Mahmoud Abbas, Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Mystery surrounds the death of a top commander of the armed wing of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party who was killed on Saturday. Hatem Abu Rizek, a leading figure in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, died at the Balata refugee camp, near the West Bank city of…

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In Brief: Jerusalem court rules PA must pay family of victims of 2002 terror attack

Posted 3 November, 2020 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Tzipi and Gadi Shemesh. Photo: Courtesy of family The Palestinian Authority has been ordered by Jerusalem’s District Court to pay nearly £3m to the family of a couple who died in a 2002 terror attack. Tzipi and Gadi Shemesh (pictured) and their unborn twins were murdered in central Jerusalem’s King George Street in March 2002 when…

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