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LFI chair: Lives lost in the Middle East must be honoured by redoubling efforts for peace

Posted 18 May, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. Lives lost in the Middle East must be honoured by redoubling efforts for peace The explosion of armed conflict and violence we have seen over the past week…

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In Brief: Biden endorses Arab normalisation with Israel

Posted 5 May, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Joe Biden. Credit: White House, public domain US president Joe Biden has expressed his support for the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Arab countries and Israel that has developed out of last year’s Abraham Accords. In a phone call with the UAE’s crown prince Mohamad bin Zayed Al Nahyen on Tuesday, Biden “underlined the strategic importance of…

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Analysis: First Palestinian elections since 2006 postponed once again

Posted 5 May, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Mahmoud Abbas. Credits: World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0 Elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council and presidency, respectively scheduled for 22 May and 31 July, have been postponed indefinitely – and effectively cancelled. What happened Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas announced on Thursday that the elections, which would have been the first to take place since 2006,…

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In Brief: Largest ever Israel-UAE commercial deal agreed

Posted 29 April, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Noa natural gas field. Image credit: Uri Kfir, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli energy company Delek Drilling has signed an agreement to sell its 22 percent share in the offshore Tamar natural gas field to Abu Dhabi’s Mubdala Petroleum Company for $1.1 billion. The deal represents the largest and most significant commercial agreement between Israel…

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Analysis: Weekend of violence and rockets amid election uncertainty

Posted 29 April, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Following several nights of rocket fire from Gaza, Israel has warned Hamas that it will face major retaliation should the attacks continue. Gaza-based armed factions launched more than 40 rockets into Israel over the weekend, against a background of continued unrest in Jerusalem…

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In Brief: Sudan ends 63-year Israeli boycott law

Posted 20 April, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Sudanese flag, public domain. The Sudanese government voted to annul its so-called Israel boycott law on Monday, in the latest development in the two countries’ diplomatic normalisation process. The decision to scrap the law, dating from 1958, was confirmed earlier this month by the Sudanese prime minister’s office, which also affirmed Sudan’s support for a two-state solution…

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Rosie Cooper pushes FCDO on International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Posted 20 April, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Rosie Cooper LFI vice-chair Rosie Cooper today pushed Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa James Cleverly on potential UK membership of the international board of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. "It is now five months since the US Congress passed a $250 million Act to create the international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace,…

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In Brief: US defence secretary visits Israel

Posted 15 April, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Peace process
Lloyd Austin. U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain. US defence secretary Lloyd Austin met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, forming part of a two-day visit to Israel. Austin tweeted that the US is committed to working closely with Israel, particularly on security and “threats posed by Iran”. He did not mention Iran or its nuclear…

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In Brief: Biden to reverse Trump’s Palestinian aid cut

Posted 15 April, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
President Joe Biden. White House, Public domain. The Biden administration has announced plans to restore $235m (£171m) of aid to Palestinians, in a reversal of a cut made by Donald Trump. UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, will receive two-thirds of the aid. UNRWA experienced a sharp financial crisis when the Trump administration slashed $360m in US…

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In Brief: Labour and Conservative Friends chairs call for international peace fund

Posted 30 March, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe and Conservative Friends of Israel chair Stephen Crabb have written a joint op-ed in today’s Times Red Box, calling on the government to “seize the moment” at the G7 summit in Cornwall later this year by committing…

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