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Analysis: A New Vision for Gaza?

Posted 15 September, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Gaza Strip. Image Credit: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel’s foreign minister launched a major new Gaza initiative on Sunday, offering a “new vision” based on “economy for security”. Yair Lapid was speaking on the 16th anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from the coastal enclave, which has been wracked by war and a humanitarian crisis under the leadership…

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Chatham House event: The Middle East’s Changing Political Landscape

Posted 14 September, 2021 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
In LFI's new pamphlet, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach , contributors explored how the Middle East is changing and what a progressive UK foreign policy response might be. In this webinar, a number of the pamphlet authors and Chatham House experts discussed the publication’s main arguments and recommendations. Prof Yossi Mekelberg (Associate Fellow, Chatham…

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In Brief: Israel-Jordan ties boosted by water and energy cooperation

Posted 8 September, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Jordan River. Image Credit: Jean Housen, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel and Jordan could be poised for an unprecedented boom in water cooperation amid technological advancement, environmental pressures and improved diplomatic ties. Water deals between Jerusalem and Amman suffered in recent years under former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose critics accused him of neglecting…

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In Brief: Iran sends fuel to Hezbollah to reinforce regional influence

Posted 8 September, 2021 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi. Image Credit: Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Iran has embarked on a campaign to establish itself as Lebanon’s primary fuel supplier, in order to empower its local proxy: the terrorist group Hezbollah. A recent report by Iran’s state Tasnim media, titled ‘The Iranian ships, the triangle of resistance that shattered…

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In Brief: Lisa Nandy: Labour will always support Israel’s right to self-defence

Posted 8 September, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, News
Lisa Nandy. Image Credit: UK Parliament, CC BY 3.0. Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy has said that Labour will “always believe that Israel has the right to defend itself” against attacks. Speaking at an event in Manchester, Nandy also voiced her opposition to a complete ban on weapons sales from the UK to Israel. She said both herself…

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Analysis: Israel and PA announce confidence-building measures

Posted 8 September, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The highest-level meeting between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in over a decade took place last week, and was followed by the announcement of a series of confidence-building measures. What happened Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, met the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah last…

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LFI event: The Middle East’s changing political landscape

Posted 31 August, 2021 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Join us for a discussion event on the Middle East's changing political landscape, organised in collaboration with Chatham House. You can sign up for this fascinating discussion here ahead of the event itself on Tuesday 14th September at 2pm. Over the last decade, Middle Eastern countries have experienced significant changes in their domestic political and…

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In Brief: Anti-government protests spread to Tehran

Posted 27 July, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Protests in Iran have entered their third week, with reports of widespread arrests of protestors and the deadly use of force. The protests began on 15 July in response to the ongoing severe drought and water crisis in the Ahwazi region of Khuzestan. Protestors have said that water represented…

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In Brief: Foreign minister Lapid reverses Netanyahu-era neglect of diplomacy

Posted 27 July, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics
Foreign minister Yair Lapid (Sapir Academic College, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Israel’s neglect of public advocacy and diplomacy in recent years led to a rise in antisemitism and support for Palestinian terrorist organisations, Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid said on Sunday, in a strong rebuke of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “They are doing this because…

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In Brief: Hamas accused of storing weapons in residential areas

Posted 27 July, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Hamas insignia in Ramallah (Hoheit, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons). Palestinian activists and human rights organisations have called on Hamas and other terror groups to stop storing weapons in residential areas of Gaza following an explosion on Thursday. The explosion, which killed 1 person and injured 14 others, took place in a warehouse used by…

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