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In Brief: Israel to offer work visas to persecuted LGBT Palestinians

Posted 21 June, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories
Hilton Beach at Tel Aviv Pride, Tel Aviv Israel 1640001 > Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Knesset committee for foreign workers, headed by Labor MK Ibtisam Mara’ana, has this week considered the need for work visas for LGBT Palestinians facing persecution in the West Bank and Gaza. The hearing took place after…

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Analysis: The law that broke the coalition’s back

Posted 21 June, 2022 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Israel's coalition government > Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons After weeks of speculation, Israel’s unwieldy coalition government bowed to political pressure yesterday, announcing that it would dissolve itself and call Israel’s fifth election in less than four years. What happened At a press conference on Monday evening, prime…

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Steps to a two state solution: Support the reunification of the West Bank and Gaza under PA authority

Posted 21 June, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Four: Support the reunification of the West Bank and Gaza under PA authority The reunification of the West Bank and Gaza is a crucial step in the establishment of a viable Palestinian state. It is also a key demand of the Palestinian people…

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In Brief: Biden administration leads criticism of unbalanced UN report

Posted 15 June, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
White House, public domain via Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration has joined 20 other countries in issuing a harsh rebuke on Monday to the UN Human Rights Council after a Commission of Inquiry formed to probe Israel released a report last week condemning the Jewish state. The report blamed Israel’s “persistent discrimination against Palestinians” for the 11-day…

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In Brief: Fatah: Hamas trying to take control of the West Bank

Posted 15 June, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Hamas insignia in Ramallah (Hoheit, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons). Members of the Hamas terror group planned to seize control of a Palestinian security installation near Ramallah, Palestinian sources claimed this week. The allegation coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of Hamas’s violent takeover of the Gaza Strip, which saw the Palestinian Territories split between Islamist…

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In Brief: Two dead Revolutionary Guards were reportedly arming Hezbollah

Posted 15 June, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
IRGC Parade in Tehran > YPA, CC-BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Two aerospace division officers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps who died over the weekend were involved in arming the Lebanese-based and Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group, according to reports. UK-based Iran International reported that Ali Kamani and Mohammad Abdous were “developing arms” for Hezbollah, an Iranian…

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Analysis: Tel Aviv Pride marks its twenty third birthday

Posted 15 June, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Hilton Beach at Tel Aviv Pride, Tel Aviv Israel 1640001 > Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Tel Aviv Pride celebrated its 23rd birthday on Saturday as 170,000 Israelis took to the streets of the city in a joyous celebration which saw the number of participants close to pre-pandemic levels. The parade took place amid several…

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LFI chair writes to Home Secretary over proposed deportation of Iranian dissident to Rwanda

Posted 14 June, 2022 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP has today written to Home Secretary Priti Patel to express his "deep concern" about reports that the Home Office intends to deport to Rwanda a former Iranian police commander who had to flee for refusing orders to shoot…

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Steps to a two state solution: Support a reformed UNRWA

Posted 14 June, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Three: Support a reformed UNRWA The plight of Palestinian refugees is both tragic and a recurring obstacle in the search for a two-state solution. Established in 1949, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has…

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In Brief: Fears grow that missing dissident journalist has been kidnapped by Iran

Posted 7 June, 2022 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ankara > Uğurgüler06, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A dissident journalist who lives under asylum protection in Turkey has been kidnapped by suspected Iranian agents, a news agency close to Tehran’s opposition forces has reported. Mohammad-Bagher Moradi escaped Iran nine years ago while on trial for criticising the regime and was later sentenced to five years…

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