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Foreign Secretary: Hamas must be thoroughly disarmed

Posted 28 October, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP At today's Foreign Office Questions session, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper set out the government's position on the need for Hamas to be thoroughly disarmed in the Gaza Strip and for the bodies of the remaining hostages to be freed. She said: "We will all have seen the incredibly moving scenes of…

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Luke Akehurst MP: With a ceasefire in place, it’s time for a reset of UK-Israeli relations

Posted 21 October, 2025 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Peace process
North Durham MP Luke Akehurst has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. North Durham MP Luke Akehurst The tragic conflict between Israel and Hamas has put the relationship between Britain and the Jewish state under great strain. The ceasefire deal agreed offers an opportunity for a reset – not simply…

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Building the infrastructure of peace  

Posted 21 October, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Peacebuilding, News, Peace process, Voices for Change
Building the infrastructure of peace   by Meredith Rothbart   Peace between Israelis and Palestinians seems more elusive than ever. Yet rather than simply giving up, we need to ask: has a holistic, coordinated effort to build a sustainable and more peaceful reality ever truly been attempted?  At Amal-Tikva, we believe it hasn't. For decades, efforts…

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Prime Minister: Hamas disarmament must be non-negotiable

Posted 14 October, 2025 in Hamas, Israel, Labour Party, News, Peace process
Prime Minister Keir Starmer At today's statement on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out the government's position that the disarmament of Hamas is "non-negotiable". He said: "Disarmament must be non-negotiable, and that is why it is written into the 20-point plan, and it is why we are now…

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Labour MPs urge support for peacebuilding following ceasefire

Posted 14 October, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Peace process
Danny Beales MP and Jonathan Davies MP At today's statement from the Prime Minister on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Labour MPs pushed the government for greater support for peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians to ensure future peace. Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP Danny Beales asked: "I welcome the Prime Minister’s statement, which we all…

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Sowing regional seeds of hope

Posted 10 October, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process, Regional Peacebuilding, Voices for Change
Sowing regional seeds of hope Eli Bar-On, Dr Najah Al Otaibi and Ghanem Nuseiben In May, at the historic Château d’Ermenonville outside Paris, something remarkable happened. Dozens of leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa – Israelis, Palestinians, Moroccans, Egyptians, Bahrainis, Jordanians and many others – gathered not to debate borders or assign…

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Pursuing equality and democracy for all Israel’s citizens 

Posted 6 October, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Peace process, Shared Society, Uncategorized, Voices for Change
Pursuing equality and democracy for all Israel’s citizens  By Shahira Shalabi The concept of democracy faces a profound challenge in today's Israel. The definition of the state as both "Jewish and democratic" creates an inherent tension in relation to its Palestinian citizens. Also referred to, especially internationally, as Arab citizens of Israel, this population,…

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Dame Louise Ellman: Isolating Israel strengthens its current government via siege mentality

Posted 25 September, 2025 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, News, Peace process, Voices for Change
Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman Nearly two years on from the 7 October 2023 atrocities and in the midst of a seemingly endless war, 48 hostages remain in captivity and only around 20 are thought to be alive.…

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