Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

LFI MPs push FCDO to support peacebuilding fund

Posted 26 April, 2022 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
At FCDO Orals today, LFI parliamentary supporters Wayne David MP and Mary Glindon MP both challenged the Foreign Secretary on the government's lack of action to ensure a place for the UK on the board of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. Both Wayne and Mary expressed their frustration at the UK's lack of progress while…

more

0Comments 0Likes 23Views

Analysis: Israel attempts to soothe Temple Mount tensions

Posted 26 April, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Jerusalem is quiet but tense after further clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Temple Mount/ Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Friday. The tensions – a frequent feature of Ramadan in the city, exacerbated this year by the confluence of Passover and Easter – have been long anticipated, but…

more

0Comments 0Likes 22Views

In Brief: Biden tells Bennett he will visit Israel in the coming months

Posted 26 April, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Joe Biden will visit Israel in the coming months, the White House and the Prime Minister’s Office announced in a statement on Sunday. The statement was issued following a call between the president and Naftali Bennett in which they discussed Iran, regional issues and the tensions in Jerusalem. The prime minister…

more

0Comments 0Likes 11Views

In Brief: PA spends 33 times more on terrorist “salaries” than health

Posted 26 April, 2022 in Analysis, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories
World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Palestinian Authority paid out 33 times more on “salaries” to terrorists and their families than it spends on healthcare for the Palestinian people, according to new research. The analysis by Palestinian Media Watch also found that, under the PA’s “pay for slay” policy, President Mahmoud Abbas’…

more

0Comments 0Likes 15Views

In Brief: Michaeli expresses hope “change government” will survive 

Posted 26 April, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons The leader of the Israeli Labor party has expressed hope the ideologically diffuse “change government” which came to power last summer will survive, despite losing its Knesset majority earlier this month. Speaking on Monday, Merav Michael said the parties – which range from prime minister Naftali Bennett’s right-wing…

more

0Comments 0Likes 14Views

Steps to a two state solution: International action to curb Iran’s malign activities

Posted 19 April, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Seventeen: International action to curb Iran's malign activities While the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) aimed to rollback Iran’s nuclear programme, it did nothing to address Tehran’s destabilising activities in the region: its expansionist aims, support for terrorism, and its ballistic missile…

more

0Comments 0Likes 19Views

Israel is not an apartheid state, says Keir Starmer

Posted 7 April, 2022 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, News
Labour leader Keir Starmer has made clear that Labour does not believe that Israel is an apartheid state, in an interview with Jewish Chronicle editor Jake Wallis Simons. When asked whether he agreed with an Amnesty UK report, published earlier this year, which smeared Israel as an apartheid state, Starmer replied decisively: "No. I’ve been very…

more

0Comments 0Likes 34Views

In Brief: Iran willing to finalise, but not negotiate, new nuclear deal

Posted 5 April, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. An Iranian foreign ministry spokesman claimed on Monday that Iran would only re-engage with ongoing talks in Vienna to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal in order to “finalise the agreement”, not “for new negotiations”. Despite this, the spokesman added that there were still issues that were outstanding. “At the…

more

0Comments 0Likes 19Views

In Brief: EU committee criticises Palestinian Authority for antisemitic textbooks

Posted 5 April, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Image: IMPACT-se The European Parliament’s budgetary control committee has passed a motion condemning the Palestinian Authority for printing new school textbooks containing violent and hateful anti-Israel material using European funding. The EU funds the salaries of the Palestinian Authority-employed civil servants who write and produce the textbooks. The motion effectively freezes EU funding to the PA while deliberations…

more

0Comments 0Likes 25Views