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In Brief: US cooling on annexation as Israel backs away from 1 July deadline

Posted 3 June, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Trump administration is believed to be seeking to slow the process of Israel annexing parts of the West Bank, according to Israeli media reports. On Monday, Benjamin Netanyahu held a conference call to discuss the implementation of the administration's peace plan - including its provisions…

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In Brief: Coronavirus could plunge Palestinian economy into slump, says World Bank

Posted 3 June, 2020 in Palestinian Territories
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAMS, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons The economic fallout from the coronavirus could see the Palestinian economy slump by as much as 11 percent, the World Bank warned in a report on Monday. The bank also forecast that falling tax revenues and increased health spending could leave the Palestinian Authority…

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In Brief: PA refuses to accept aid from UAE after it arrives on historic flight to Israel

Posted 28 May, 2020 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
  The Palestinian Authority is refusing to accept tonnes of coronavirus aid from the United Arab Emirates because it arrived on the first ever direct flight (pictured) from the Gulf state to Israel. The aid was being held at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport while United Nations officials seek ways to distribute it. The UAE, like…

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In Brief: Annexation plans hit bump as settler leaders protest Trump plan map

Posted 28 May, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
  Hardline leaders of Israel's settlement movement are threatening to derail Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to annex parts of the West Bank. The prime minister told his Likud party on Monday that he intended to press ahead with applying Israeli sovereignty to West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley (pictured) after 1 July. "This is an opportunity…

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In Brief: Israel planning to let 83,000 Palestinians return to work in construction

Posted 20 May, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MSMI; Dan Higgins, MAMS, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons Israel is planning to allow 83,000 Palestinians to return to work on construction sites in the country after 31 May. The move - which would provide a much-needed boost to both the Israeli and Palestinian economies - comes more than two months after tight…

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In Brief: Doubts raised over Abbas’ claim PA is ditching Oslo over annexation

Posted 20 May, 2020 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons President Mahmoud Abbas announced yesterday that the Palestinian Authority has effectively pulled out of the 1993 Oslo Agreements and said Israel would now have to assume responsibility for the civilian Palestinian population of the West Bank. The president, who has threatened such a move on a number of occasions…

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LFI chair welcomes Israeli-Palestinian COVID-19 cooperation

Posted 12 May, 2020 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories
Speaking in Foreign Office questions, LFI chair Steve McCabe welcomed Israeli-Palestinian cooperation to tackle COVID-19. "I thank the Minister for his comments. Will he join me in welcoming the news that Israel has approved a $230 million advance payment to the Palestinian Authority, alongside coronavirus test kits, intensive care beds, ventilators, drugs and protective equipment? Is…

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Analysis: Annexation, the opposition

Posted 29 April, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Image: Kryptozh, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The release of Donald Trump’s much-delayed Middle East peace plan in January was a nakedly political bid to boost Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of re-election. After the conclusion of a “unity government” agreement last week, Netanyahu is guaranteed at least another 18 months as Israel’s prime minister. In that period, he appears…

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LFI chair attacks government in debate on PA curriculum

Posted 11 March, 2020 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI chair Steve McCabe attacked the government's handling of the Palestinian Authority's controversial school curriculum in a parliamentary debate on Tuesday. Independent reports have detailed how the curriculum, which the PA began to roll out in 2016, glorifies terrorists, teaches the virtues of martyrdom and contains a series of antisemitic tropes. UK international development aid pays the…

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