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Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli’s speech to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israeli Labor leader Merav Michaeli addressing LFI's 2022 Annual Lunch   ** Check against delivery ** נאום לידידי.ות ישראל בלייבור הבריטי Labour Friends of Israel  22 נובמבר 2022 Thank you, Steve, for that kind introduction. I am delighted to be with you this afternoon at LFI’s annual lunch. Can I begin by thanking LFI for your valued work: making the case for…

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Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch

Posted 23 November, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow Chancellor and LFI vice-chair Rachel Reeves addresses LFI's 2022 Annual Lunch Rachel Reeves MP Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 18/11/2022   ** Check against delivery **   Thank you, Steve. Chief Rabbi, Ambassador, friends. It’s such a pleasure to be here with you at LFI’s annual lunch. And I’m especially grateful to Merav for making the journey from Israel to be with us today. As…

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In Brief: 24/7 opening pilot for Allenby border crossing launched

Posted 16 November, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Allenby Bridge > Abutoum / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Allenby Bridge border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan opened to passenger traffic for 24-hours a day last week for the first time. The extended hours pilot, which ran for almost a week, was part of an agreement the Israeli government made with US President…

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In Brief: 3 Israelis killed in Palestinian terror attack in West Bank

Posted 16 November, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons Three Israelis were killed and a further three injured in a terrorist attack near the West Bank settlement of Ariel on Tuesday morning. According to the Israeli Defence Forces, a Palestinian terrorist stabbed a security guard near the entrance to the Ariel Industrial Park. The terrorist then…

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Analysis: Netanyahu warned at home and abroad as he builds coalition

Posted 16 November, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Talks between former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and smaller right-wing and far-right parties have begun following this month’s Israeli election, which saw Netanyahu emerge as the likeliest next premier. However, growing warnings about the inclusion of the far-right have emerged…

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LFI MPs attend ELNET briefing on Palestinian Authority corruption and authoritarianism

Posted 16 November, 2022 in Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This afternoon, a number of LFI parliamentary supporters attended an ELNET briefing from the Jewish Chronicle's David Rose on the Palestinian Authority’s increasing authoritarianism and corruption, co-hosted. Democratic reform in the PA is a vital prerequisite to making a two-state solution a reality. The briefing was also addressed by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP about LFI's…

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LFI director: Friends of Israel now face a twin challenge

Posted 14 November, 2022 in Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News, Peace process
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. UK and Israel flags > UK in Israel, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons For many of us, the result of Israel’s election brought back unhappy memories of Donald Trump’s upset defeat of Hillary Clinton six years ago. That’s unsurprising: both contests were…

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In Brief: Israel and Jordan agree clean energy-for-water deal at COP27

Posted 9 November, 2022 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
President Isaac Herzog and King Abdullah > Haim Zach / Government Press Office, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel and its eastern neighbour Jordan have agreed to advance a joint green energy and water deal at the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt this week. The agreement, brokered by the United States and UAE, involves…

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LFI chair and shadow Middle East Minister meet Palestinian start-up delegation

Posted 27 October, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This morning, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP met with a UK-Palestinian Tech Hub delegation of Palestinian start-ups to discuss the opportunities and challenges in Palestinian economic development, a vital aspect of working towards the creation of a Palestinian state. They heard about the impact of the unresolved…

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Analysis: Fifth time lucky? Israelis head to the polls (again)

Posted 26 October, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Ballots papers of Israeli legislative election, 2019 > Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israelis will go to the polls next week for the fifth time in three years, in an election that has increasingly become a referendum on the return of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Here we go again Following the…

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