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LFI chair urges UK government to take action on PA curriculum

Posted 22 September, 2020 in News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons LFI's chair, Steve McCabe, has written an op-ed for this week's Jewish News in which he urges the government to take action on the Palestinian Authority's school curriculum. The curriculum, introduced in 2017, incites violence and glorifies terrorists. Through the Department for International Development, UK taxpayers’ aid…

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In Brief: Bulgarian court sentences two to life for 2012 Hezbollah terror attack

Posted 22 September, 2020 in Analysis, Hezbollah
Burgas Airport. Photo: Christian Rasmussen, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons A Bulgarian court this week sentenced two men to life imprisonment for a 2012 bus bombing in which five Israeli tourists were murdered and more than 35 injured. The driver of the bus also died in the attack. The two men, both of Lebanese origin,…

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In Brief: US and Europe tangle over reimposition over Iran sanctions

Posted 22 September, 2020 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äusseres, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The United States and European countries, including Britain, are at loggerheads over efforts by the Trump administration to reimpose all sanctions on Iran lifted after the 2015 nuclear deal. The so-called “snapback” clause in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was triggered when the…

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In Brief: Israeli cabinet reviews new restrictions as covid-19 lockdown starts

Posted 22 September, 2020 in Analysis, Israel
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Israeli cabinet is to consider a raft of new restrictions to dampen the country's sharp rise in covid-19 cases. The meeting comes just days after Israel became the first country in the world to impose a second national lockdown. As the three-week lockdown…

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In Brief: Report reveals Corbyn tried to save Livingstone

Posted 16 September, 2020 in Antisemitism, Labour Party
Photo by Annette Boutellier, CC BY-SA 2.0, Via Wikipedia Commons Jeremy Corbyn directed aides to get Ken Livingstone back into Labour, reports the Jewish Chronicle. In a special enquiry by Panama journalist John Ware, sources revealed two senior leaders’ staff were tasked with organising the former Mayor of London’s re-admittance into the party, coming after his…

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In Brief: Iran executes champion wrestler

Posted 16 September, 2020 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Image: The Post Millennial, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Amnesty International described Iran’s execution of wrestler Navid Afkari as a "travesty of justice". The 27-year-old was sentenced to death over a security guard murder that occurred during a 2018 wave of anti-government protests. Afkari alleged his confession was secured by torture, stating in audio released…

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In Brief: Israeli cabinet approves full national lockdown

Posted 16 September, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Photo: Israel Police, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Knesset’s coronavirus cabinet has agreed to a three-week national lockdown in Israel as cases continue to spike. The decision came ahead of the Jewish high holy days while Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya is said to be overwhelmed and turning away new covid-19 patients. On Sunday,…

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Analysis: Israel and Bahrain normalise relations as historic UAE agreement is signed

Posted 16 September, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo courtesy Tel Aviv Municipality In the third announcement of its kind in as many weeks, the Israeli and Bahraini Governments announced the normalising of relations. This follows a similar agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and two Balkan states.  Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu traveled to Washington DC for a four day trip to…

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LFI chair: The left’s fixation on Israel has stifled fresh analysis about long-term stability in the Middle East

Posted 10 September, 2020 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons LFI chair Steve McCabe has written for The House, click here to read the original. Relations in the Middle East are shifting. Labour Friends of Israel will help craft a new internationalist approach to the region, while standing up to anti-Semitism in our party Labour Friends of Israel this…

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In brief: Police clashes as anti-Bibi protests enter eleventh week

Posted 10 September, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
  Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Last Saturday, about 20,000 protesters gathered outside Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem. With parallel gatherings held outside Netanyahu's private residence in Caesarea and at over 300 bridges and major intersections nationwide, the demonstrations are in their eleventh consecutive week. Activists are calling on the prime minister to…

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