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In Brief: Israel announces expansion of Gaza relief measures

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Fishing boats at Gaza port > Mahmoud Navash, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel announced a series of relief measures for the Gaza Strip yesterday, including expanding the enclave’s fishing zone and the approval of additional imports and exports in the wake of relative calm along the Israel-Gaza border. The move followed international calls for humanitarian…

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Analysis: LFI launches The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 14 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI this week launches a major new publication on the changing shape of the Middle East. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, and the growing threat posed by an expansionist Iran, The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach is designed to contribute to the evolution of Labour’s foreign policy development. What’s in it The LFI publication contains contributions from…

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LFI Lords chair: Labour must study Joe Biden’s new Israel stance carefully

Posted 13 July, 2021 in Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay. Parliamentary portrait, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel Lords chair, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Joe Biden’s campaign for the presidency, and his approach since taking office, demonstrate a progressive, pro-Israel agenda which Labour should study carefully as…

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LFI publishes The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach

Posted 13 July, 2021 in Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Click here for a PDF copy of our new pamphlet: The New Middle East Labour Friends of Israel is proud to publish The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach, a collection of essays exploring the dramatic changes in the Middle East in the last decade, and asking how Labour foreign policy should respond to these. The New Middle East explores…

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In Brief: German foreign minister confident for Iran deal ‘in coming weeks’

Posted 7 July, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Negotiations about Iranian Nuclear Program. Image credit: US State Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. German foreign minister Heiko Maas said on Monday that he was confident of reaching a deal to save the 2015 Iran nuclear accord “in the coming weeks”. “We think (the talks) can reach their goal”, he told reporters in Madrid after a…

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In Brief: COVID infections in Israel spike by 50 percent

Posted 7 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel’s health ministry recorded 501 new coronavirus cases on Monday, representing a 50 percent increase from the previous day. The figure is the highest since 30 March, when 571 tested positive for the virus. Out of the new infections, 42 percent had been vaccinated. This comes amid…

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In Brief: South Korea to receive vaccine doses rejected by Palestinians

Posted 7 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories
Israel's vaccination rollout. Image Credit: President Rivlin at a vaccination centre, CC BY-SA 3.0. Israel will send South Korea some 700,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine that are due to expire shortly in a deal signed between the two nations on Tuesday. The deal was announced by Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, who called the deal a…

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Analysis: Palestinians vs the Authority

Posted 7 July, 2021 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Palestinian Authority has been rocked by a series of protests in the past month in an outburst of frustration prompted by the death of anti-corruption activist Nizar Banat in PA custody last month. What happened Banat’s death at the hands of Palestinian officials…

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LFI event: The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach pamphlet launch

Posted 6 July, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Join us for the launch of LFI’s new publication The New Middle East: A Progressive Approach a selection of essays discussing the changing political landscape in the region.     This new essay collection seeks to challenge assumptions about the Middle East and broaden the debate on the left, which is too often disproportionately focussed on Israel. From demographic changes to diplomatic revolutions, and the…

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LFI director: Time for talking on hateful Palestinian textbooks is over

Posted 2 July, 2021 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Illustration from a Palestinian school textbook. Image: IMPACT-se. Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin has written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Time for talking on hateful Palestinian textbooks is over After multiple delays and much foot-dragging, the European Union has finally published the investigation into the Palestinian Authority curriculum it commissioned two…

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