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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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In Brief: Ayatollah tightens grip on Iranian elections as polling day looms

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iran’s next presidential election on Friday is set to be dominated by hardline candidates close to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Popular frustrations over economic problems and restrictions on freedom are expected to keep many pro-reform Iranians away from the ballot box. In a carefully vetted field, the front runner is Ebrahaim Raisi, a hardline judge seen…

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In Brief: Israel waves goodbye to its Covid indoor mask mandate

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Masks in Israel. Image Credit: President Rivlin at a vaccination centre, CC BY-SA 3.0. Israelis are no longer required to wear masks indoors, more than a year after the public was instructed to do so as the coronavirus pandemic began. Health Ministry director-general Professor Chezy Levy signed an amendment to the public health order on Monday evening to abolish the…

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In Brief: LFI director criticises Hamas threats against UNRWA

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Labour Friends of Israel director Michael Rubin last week condemned the “shocking” threats made by Hamas against staff working in Gaza for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Rubin’s comments came as it emerged that staff, including UNRWA’s director of operations Matthias Schamale,…

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Analysis: A new government for Israel 

Posted 15 June, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
The "change" bloc. Raanan Cohen, Public Domain. Israel’s 36th government was sworn in this week as Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12 years in power came to an end. Netanyahu’s departure followed the new “change government” – an ideologically eclectic administration united by its desire to displace the long-serving former prime minister – winning a vital Knesset confidence vote on…

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LFI officers participate in Westminster Hall Debate

Posted 14 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe. Chair of the Petitions Committee and LFI vice chair Cat McKinnell. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and LFI vice chair Cat McKinnell MP both took part in a Westminster Hall Debate on Israel/Palestine today. The debate was organised to consider two e-petitions; one calling for unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood, and another calling for…

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LFI chair: World leaders meeting at G7 must back initiatives promoting coexistence

Posted 11 June, 2021 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe MP and Conservative Friends of Israel chair Stephen Crabb MP have written the below article for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. The chairs of Labour and Conservative Friends of Israel, Steve McCabe and Stephen Crabb, appeal to…

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In Brief: Blinken claims Iran far from nuclear compliance

Posted 8 June, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel
Secretary of state Anthony Blinken. US Embassy Nigeria, Public Domain, via Flickr. US secretary of state Anthony Blinken said this week that Iran has not given indications of its willingness to return to compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. In a hearing at the House foreign affairs committee, Blinken said that the negotiating sides are “not even at the stage…

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In Brief: Thousands march at first Jerusalem Pride in two years

Posted 8 June, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Hebrew gay pride poster. Danny-w, CC BY-SA 3.0. Some 8,000 people marched, sang and danced through Jerusalem last week as the city marked its first Pride parade since coronavirus restrictions were relaxed. Participants held flags, balloons and banners as they celebrated in a city that has seen some hostility against LGBT+ people in recent years, especially compared with liberal and secular…

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