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Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy visits Israel with LFI

Posted 29 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
David Lammy laying a wreath on behalf of the Labour Party at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy was joined by LFI director Michael Rubin on a visit to Israel last week, as part of a three-day fact-finding mission in which he also visited Jordan and the Palestinian Territories. During the visit, David visited…

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Steps to a two state solution: Action by international donors to improve Palestinian governance

Posted 26 July, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Eight: Action by international donors to improve Palestinian governance A viable, democratic Palestinian state rests on the strength, transparency and accountability of the institutions of Palestinian governance. This is vital for the Palestinian people. And it is vital if Israel is to be…

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LFI hosts conversation between UK and Israeli Young Labour activists

Posted 20 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
LFI was delighted to today host a conversation between Young Labour activists and their counterparts in our sister Israeli Labor party, Noar Havoda. The activists, aged between 14-20, discussed the many shared issues facing young people in the UK and Israel, including mental health provision and extending LGBT+ rights. The virtual discussion follows on from a delegation…

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In Brief: Starmer commits to “new effort” to tackle antisemitic hate

Posted 19 July, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Labour Party
Keir Starmer > UK Parliament, CC BY 3.0 Labour leader Keir Starmer has pledged that a future Labour government would work directly with the Community Security Trust (CST) in a concerted effort to “break the levels” of violent threats, antisemitism and hate crime in the UK. Speaking during his visit to Berlin last week, where he met…

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In Brief: Putin visits Iran as regime boasts of nuclear capacity

Posted 19 July, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Russian president Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran on Tuesday as part of a visit intended to deepen ties with regional powers in the context of efforts to undermine the United States and Europe following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The visit followed boasting from Kamal Kharazi, head of…

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In Brief: Merav Michaeli re-elected as leader of Israeli Labor Party

Posted 19 July, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Merav Michaeli > Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Merav Michaeli, Israel’s transport minister, won the Israeli Labor party’s leadership primary on Monday. The result made her the first chair in Labor party chair history to retain her post in consecutive elections since the start of primaries in 1992. Michaeli won 82 percent of the votes, with her challenger, secretary-general…

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Analysis: Biden visits Israel

Posted 19 July, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Joe Biden visited Israel last week, declaring on his arrival: “You need not be a Jew to be a Zionist”. Shortly before departing, he visited Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, where he once again restated his support for a two-state solution. What happened Kicking off his visit on Wednesday, Biden received a warm welcome from…

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Steps to a two state solution: Increase exit permits to allow Gaza residents to study abroad

Posted 18 July, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Seven: Increase exit permits to allow Gaza residents to study abroad After Hamas’ 2007 coup in Gaza, and its use of the coastal enclave as a base from which to launch terror attacks into Israel, restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt made the movement…

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Young Labour activist Kira Lewis: Labour cannot drift back into equivocating on Israel’s existence

Posted 17 July, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Young Labour activist Kira Lewis has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Joining last month’s delegation of Young Labour activists, which allowed me to see all of Israel and travel into the West Bank, has reaffirmed my understanding of the complexity of the tragic conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The…

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In Brief: Saudi normalisation will be a “long process”, White House cautions

Posted 12 July, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration warned on Monday that the normalisation of diplomatic ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a "long process" despite being a presidential priority. Biden is set to arrive in Israel on Wednesday for a visit that will include Israel…

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