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In Brief: Anti-Israel terrorist leaders meet in Beirut

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The political bureau chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has met with Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, in the Lebanese capital Beirut this week. The two reportedly discussed the recent 11-day bout of fighting between Israel and Gaza-based terror groups led by Hamas, and…

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In Brief: Biden reasserts commitment to Israel

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East
President Biden. Image credit: White House, public domain via Wikimedia Commons US president Joe Biden assured his outgoing Israeli counterpart, Reuven Rivlin, that he would not tolerate a nuclear Iran as the two met on Monday. The meeting came amid growing apprehension regarding the Biden administration’s efforts to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal. “What I can say to…

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In Brief: Israel opens first ever embassy in UAE

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
UAE flag. Credit: Jdx, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel’s foreign minister, Yair Lapid, officially dedicated Israel’s first ever embassy in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. The ceremony in Abu Dhabi was part of the historic first visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf monarchy since Israeli-Emirati diplomatic relations were established last year. “Israel wants peace…

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Analysis: UK still funds incitement in Palestinian school curriculum

Posted 1 July, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Illustration from Palestinian textbook. Credit: IMPACT-se. UK ministers have avoided making any concrete commitments to tackle incitement to violence in the Palestinian Authority school curriculum, despite the findings of a recently published independent study. What happened In a Westminster Hall debate this morning, Foreign and International Development Office minister James Duddridge avoided any firm pledges of action,…

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In Brief: UK announces it will boycott antisemitic Durban conference

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Incitement, Israel
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Durban II. (UN Photo, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The British government confirmed this week that it will boycott the Durban IV conference in New York over “historic concerns” about antisemitism and anti-Israel hatred. The UK will join the US, Australia and Canada in refusing to attend the event in September marking the 20th anniversary of…

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In Brief: Short-lived Israeli vaccine deal rejected by Palestinians

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israel's vaccination rollout. Image Credit: President Rivlin at a vaccination centre, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Palestinian Authority announced its intention to cancel a coronavirus vaccine exchange deal with Israel on Friday, just days after an agreement was reached. It is thought that the PA cancelled the deal in part to counter the increasing popularity of the hardline…

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In Brief: Terrorists threaten Israel after incendiary balloon attacks

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. A senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group said on Saturday that Gaza-based terrorists have warned Egyptian mediators of a violent response should Israel continue to retaliate against balloon-borne incendiary devices that have burned crops and property in southern…

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Analysis: Low turnout delivers hardline win in Iran

Posted 22 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ebrahim Raisi. (Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Ebrahim Raisi – a “brutal hangman” with an ultraconservative hardline agenda – was elected president of Iran on Saturday on a low-turnout, reflecting widespread public dissatisfaction with both the rigged poll and the Islamic regime. His victory was welcomed by Russia, the Assad regime and Iranian-sponsored terror…

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LFI chair writes to Foreign Secretary on Palestinian curriculum

Posted 21 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP has today written to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab following the publication of the Georg Eckert Institute's review of Palestinian school textbooks, which found that the Palestinian Authority systematically and purposefully inserts antisemitism, hatred towards Israel, and incitement to violence in textbooks…

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LFI vice chair pushes for coexistence support at FCDO questions

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI vice chair Dame Diana Johnson LFI vice chair Dame Diana Johnson today asked a question at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Questions on Government support for the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. You can watch her question and Middle East Minister James Cleverly's reply here. The exchange was as follows: Q: Despite hosting the G7 in Cornwall…

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