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Chatham House event: The Middle East’s Changing Political Landscape

Posted 14 September, 2021 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
In LFI's new pamphlet, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach , contributors explored how the Middle East is changing and what a progressive UK foreign policy response might be. In this webinar, a number of the pamphlet authors and Chatham House experts discussed the publication’s main arguments and recommendations. Prof Yossi Mekelberg (Associate Fellow, Chatham…

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In Brief: Israel-Jordan ties boosted by water and energy cooperation

Posted 8 September, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Jordan River. Image Credit: Jean Housen, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel and Jordan could be poised for an unprecedented boom in water cooperation amid technological advancement, environmental pressures and improved diplomatic ties. Water deals between Jerusalem and Amman suffered in recent years under former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose critics accused him of neglecting…

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Analysis: Israel and PA announce confidence-building measures

Posted 8 September, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The highest-level meeting between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in over a decade took place last week, and was followed by the announcement of a series of confidence-building measures. What happened Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, met the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah last…

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LFI event: The Middle East’s changing political landscape

Posted 31 August, 2021 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Join us for a discussion event on the Middle East's changing political landscape, organised in collaboration with Chatham House. You can sign up for this fascinating discussion here ahead of the event itself on Tuesday 14th September at 2pm. Over the last decade, Middle Eastern countries have experienced significant changes in their domestic political and…

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Analysis: Hamas threatens Israel as ceasefire reaches two-month anniversary

Posted 27 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Incendiary balloons from Gaza (MinoZig, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons). The terrorist group Hamas, which has governed the Gaza Strip since it seized power in 2007, has this week threatened Israel over the supply of aid into Gaza. Incendiary The threats come in the context of incendiary balloon arson attacks, a Hamas practice since 2018. Terrorists in Gaza…

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LFI director: What a genuinely progressive approach to the Middle East could look like

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. For those of us on the left who support Israel and want to see the forces of peace, progress and moderation advance in the Middle East, the last decade was without doubt a dispiriting one. Benjamin Netanyahu…

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LFI vice chair pushes FCDO to take initiative on peacebuilding

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI vice chair Cat McKinnell MP today pushed Middle East Minister James Cleverly about why the UK government isn't showing more initiative to support the creation of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, as envisioned by ALLMEP. Her question came following a written parliamentary question, in which the FCDO claimed that "US planning for the International…

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In Brief: Palestinian singer arrested by PA for performing for Israelis

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA security forces. Image credit: Stop the Wall, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Palestinian Authority security forces arrested a Palestinian singer for performing in the Israeli settlement of Ariel on Monday. The singer, a resident of Kafr ad-Dik, will be tried on charges of “promoting normalisation with Israel”, sources told the Jerusalem Post. The singer was invited to…

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In Brief: New Israeli government rejects West Bank annexation bill

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
View of Judean hills. Image credit: Anthony Baratier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The new Israeli coalition government, led by prime minister Naftali Bennett, voted against a bill which would have annexed the West Bank in the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Monday. Likud MK Miki Zohar dared Bennett’s right-wing Yamina party and their New Hope…

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Recap: Launch of The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 21 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI last week launched a major new publication examining the changing shape of the Middle East. From the growing threat posed by Iranian expansionism to diplomatic shifting sands and demographic changes, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is an important contribution to Labour’s foreign policy development. Launch event The pamphlet was launched at an online event last…

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