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Analysis: Starmer: tackling antisemitism a “moral imperative”

Posted 8 April, 2020 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Labour Party
Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Sir Keir Starmer has underlined his determination to begin the process of ridding the Labour party of antisemitism with a series of moves in his first days as leader. Sir Keir’s actions were welcomed by the new chair of Labour Friends of Israel, Steve McCabe. In an opinion piece…

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LFI chair: With Starmer, Labour can return to being a balanced voice on the Middle East

Posted 7 April, 2020 in Labour Party, News
Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written in the Jewish Chronicle following Keir Starmer's election as Labour leader, you can read the original here.  The election of Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader last weekend offers the opportunity to begin rebuilding the relationship between the party and the…

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Analysis: Israel rocked by constitutional crisis

Posted 25 March, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Photo: James Emery, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Israel is engulfed in a constitutional crisis following an effort by the speaker of the Knesset to effectively shutter the country’s parliament and prevent a vote on his replacement. Yuli Edelstein, a member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, has defied a ruling by the Supreme Court which ordered…

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Analysis: Gantz gets first shot at becoming PM

Posted 17 March, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
ראובן קפוצ'ינסקי, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Opposition leader Benny Gantz was officially charged yesterday with the task of forming Israel’s next government after a roller-coaster weekend of political manoeuvring. It came against the backdrop of the country in a virtual lockdown as dramatic measures to counter the coronavirus were taken by Benjamin Netanyahu’s caretaker…

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LFI chair attacks government in debate on PA curriculum

Posted 11 March, 2020 in Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI chair Steve McCabe attacked the government's handling of the Palestinian Authority's controversial school curriculum in a parliamentary debate on Tuesday. Independent reports have detailed how the curriculum, which the PA began to roll out in 2016, glorifies terrorists, teaches the virtues of martyrdom and contains a series of antisemitic tropes. UK international development aid pays the…

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Analysis: Gantz moves to oust Netanyahu

Posted 10 March, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
ראובן קפוצ'ינסקי, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s opposition leader, Benny Gantz, has seized the political initiative and is attempting to form a minority government within two weeks to oust Benjamin Netanyahu from power and end the country’s year-long political stalemate. The former IDF chief’s move follows a dramatic week in the wake of last Monday’s inconclusive general…

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Analysis: Netanyahu stages a comeback – but will it be enough?

Posted 9 March, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have pulled off a spectacular comeback in Israel’s general election, but one that has seemingly left his right-wing and ultra-Orthodox bloc still short of a majority in the Knesset. The results of the election – the third since last April – aimed to break the…

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