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Analysis: Trump’s peace plan: the ultimate deal?

Posted 16 March, 2018 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
  President Trump’s long-awaited Middle East plan is close to completion, according to reports in the US media last weekend. The timing of its release is not yet confirmed and details of its contents are highly guarded. However, the president’s enthusiasm for negotiating the "ultimate deal" – a peace agreement which brings an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – seemingly…

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Pledge to end Gaza crisis offers a solution, not a soundbite

Posted 8 March, 2018 in Hamas, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
This op-ed by Joan Ryan first appeared in the JewishNews, click here to read it.  The humanitarian situation in Gaza is desperate and deeply concerning. Electricity supplies are highly restricted; water and sewage facilities are under strain; rising unemployment has hit 40 percent, with an estimated six in 10 young people out of work. For many people…

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LFI launches Pledge for Gaza

Posted 8 March, 2018 in Hamas, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI today launches our new Pledge for Gaza campaign - part of our long-standing work to encourage the economic revitalisation of the coastal enclave. We will be inviting Labour parliamentarians to sign the five-point plan. It seeks to provide a multifaceted response to the challenges facing Gaza. The pledge recognises the plight of the people of Gaza and the dire humanitarian…

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Government offers support for International Fund

Posted 23 February, 2018 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
The government this week said it supported the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. Asked by LFI parliamentary supporter Luciana Berger at Foreign Office questions to "pledge the UK’s diplomatic support", Middle East minister Alistair Burt announced: "The UK supports the concept of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.” He continued: “We’re following the concept…

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Analysis: Gabbay sets out his stall for peace

Posted 14 December, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Peace process
Avi Gabbay's recent appearance at the Saban Forum – an annual US gathering on Middle East policy – provided his most comprehensive statement on the peace process since becoming leader of the Labor party in July. In his remarks, Gabbay reiterated his support for a two-state solution, said it was time to end the "blame game" between the two sides…

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LFI chair writes to Kate Osamor over BDS statement

Posted 13 December, 2017 in Antisemitism, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Joan Ryan has written to the shadow international development secretary, Kate Osamor, asking her to clarify Tweets she made over the weekend supporting the BDS movement. Below the words "BDS movement # freedom # Justice # Equality", Ms Osamor added a link to the Middle East Institute for Understanding and an explanation of the…

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Analysis: Jerusalem recognition makes peace harder to achieve

Posted 8 December, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Donald Trump announced this week that the United States would be formally recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, upending decades of US policy. In a brief White House address, the American president declared that formal recognition was “a recognition of reality” and the “right thing to do”. He was immediately praised by Israeli prime minister…

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LFI Statement on Jerusalem

Posted 6 December, 2017 in Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
An LFI spokesperson said: “LFI’s position is unchanged. Unilateral international moves – such as those by President Trump today – do not advance the peace process. It is important that formal recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is part of a reinvigorated and renewed peace process in pursuit of two states for two peoples, with…

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Analysis: Thornberry lays out Labour’s Israel agenda

Posted 30 November, 2017 in Analysis, Israel, Labour Party, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
The next Labour government will challenge antisemitic incitement by the Palestinian Authority, support the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and continue to oppose the BDS movement, the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, told this week’s annual LFI lunch. Ms Thornberry also repeated Labour’s pledge to recognise a Palestinian state and made clear it…

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Ambassador Mark Regev’s Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 2017

Posted 30 November, 2017 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** HMA Mark Regev, Israeli Ambassador, speech to Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch 2017  Chief Rabbi, Lords and Ladies, Members of Parliament, Distinguished guests, It is a real pleasure to be back here at Central Hall for LFI’s Annual Lunch. I would like to begin by thanking your Parliamentary Chair, Joan Ryan, and the entire LFI…

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