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In Brief: Thousands protest judicial reforms at Ben Gurion airport

Posted 4 July, 2023 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu > World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 A huge protest by thousands of Israelis opposing the Netanyahu government’s judicial reforms took place across Ben Gurion airport on Monday. Chants of ‘democracy’ and ‘this government is criminal’ rang through the arrivals hall, while passengers arriving into Israel greeted by the deafening sound of…

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In Brief: Seven hurt in car ramming Palestinian terror attack in Tel Aviv

Posted 4 July, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons Israeli medics are responding to reports of a car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday afternoon. The attack took place on Pinkhas Rosen Street in the northeast of the city, in the residential neighbourhood of Neve Dan. Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency ambulance service, said its medics…

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Analysis: Israel launches largest West Bank counter-terror operation in two decades

Posted 4 July, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israeli troops Jenin in 2002 > IDF Spokesperson's Unit / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli forces launched the largest counter-terror operation in the West Bank in twenty years yesterday as they seek to counter terrorist activity in Jenin. What happened Starting on Monday, the IDF is targeting armed groups in the city of Jenin in…

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LFI parliamentarians take part in urgent question on West Bank violence

Posted 4 July, 2023 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
A number of LFI parliamentarians have today taken part in an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on recent violence in the West Bank. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons LFI chair Steve McCabe MP said: "I share the distress of others at the loss of civilian life. Islamic Jihad has already claimed…

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LFI chair makes case for “focused” anti-BDS legislation in Commons debate

Posted 3 July, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons This evening, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP set out his opposition to the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel while critiquing the government's drafted Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill. Read Steve's full speech below: "I had been looking forward to this legislation. As…

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Labour sets out opposition to BDS in Commons debate

Posted 3 July, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy MP In today's second reading of the government's Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, Labour reaffirmed its opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement which seeks to delegitimise Israel, the world's only Jewish state. In her role as shadow Levelling Up Secretary, Lisa Nandy MP reiterated Labour's…

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LFI chair: UK Government must act before Iran missile ban lapses

Posted 29 June, 2023 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written the below article for the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the original. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Iran possesses the largest and potentially most diverse ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East. Yet incredibly, in October, Britain and our European allies are set to end all sanctions…

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Lisa Nandy reaffirms Labour’s opposition to BDS

Posted 28 June, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy MP In an interview with Jewish News last week, Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy laid out how Labour “absolutely shares” the government’s belief that boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel can be adopted in this country to “whip up hostility against the Jewish community”. Confirming her own long-held…

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LFI chair writes to Foreign Secretary on “massive boost” for Iran’s missiles

Posted 27 June, 2023 in Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Letter from LFI chair Steve McCabe to the Foreign Secretary Click here for a PDF copy of the above: Letter to Rt Hon James Cleverly M.P Today, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has written to the Foreign Secretary raising questions and concerns around the government's strategy towards Iran, and particularly the expiry of sanctions regarding Tehran's ballistic…

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In Brief: Israel “very optimistic” on normalisation with Saudis, says FM

Posted 26 June, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s foreign minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday that there was a relatively short “window of opportunity” for Israel to normalise ties with Saudi Arabia in the coming months, adding that Jerusalem was optimistic about the likelihood of a deal. “We are very…

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