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In Brief: Israel starts jabs for East Jerusalem Palestinians as Gaza drive begins

Posted 23 February, 2021 in Analysis, Israel
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli Magen David Adom paramedics today began vaccinating Palestinians in East Jerusalem. Those targetted for the covid jabs - which are being carried out at the Qalandiya crossing - are residents of Israel but live beyond the security barrier which cuts through the eastern…

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In brief: Pull out of race or you’ll help Bibi, ex-army commanders urge Gantz

Posted 23 February, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
A group of 130 former army commanders and senior officials in the secret services and intelligence community publicly called for Benny Gantz to pull out of next month's general election - or risk helping Benjamin Netanyahu remain in power. Gantz, a former IDF commander, currently serves as defence minister in a unity government formed with…

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In Brief: Fatah dissidents set to break away and run against Abbas in PA vote

Posted 23 February, 2021 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories
Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party looks set to split into two - or possibly three - rival slates in this summer's planned parliamentary elections, the Haaretz newspaper reported this week. Nasser al-Kidwa, the nephew of Yasser Arafat and a former PLO ambassador to the United Nations, confirmed publicly that…

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Analysis: Labour vows to challenge government on PA curriculum

Posted 17 February, 2021 in Analysis, Labour Party, Palestinian Territories
Wayne David. Photo: Richard Townshend, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; The Labour frontbench is to press the government on Britain’s funding of the Palestinian Authority’s school curriculum – a curriculum which glorifies terrorists, incites violence and is riddled with antisemitic and anti-Israeli content. The announcement by shadow Middle East minister Wayne David (pictured) is a…

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In Brief: Public approval of covid response rises but anti-Bibi bloc ekes out majority

Posted 17 February, 2021 in Analysis, Israeli Politics
Merav Michaeli. Photo: Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons A left-right coalition of parties opposed to Benjamin Netanyahu remaining as prime minister has eked out a narrow one-seat majority in the latest Channel 12 poll. The survey also showed voter approval of the government's handling of the covid pandemic rising as over four million Israelis received at least one shot of the vaccine.…

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In Brief: Israeli natural gas plan offers chance to alleviate Gaza humanitarian crisis

Posted 17 February, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Gaza port. Photo: Ramez Habboub, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Gaza's humanitarian crisis could be eased by the announcement last weekend of a major deal between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli energy company Delek to supply natural gas to the coastal enclave's sole power plant. The agreement was announced by Qatar's envoy to Gaza…

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In Brief: Hamas restocks arsenal to 2014 levels and further restricts women’s rights

Posted 17 February, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Photo: Orthuberra, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hamas has restocked its deadly arsenal since the 2014 Gaza war, a senior Israeli military commander said last week. The news came as an Islamic court in the coastal enclave further tightened restrictions on women, saying they needed the permission of a male guardian to travel. The Gaza-based terror…

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LFI Chair: We must suspend aid that finances hate-filled curriculum

Posted 17 February, 2021 in Coexistence, Incitement, News, Palestinian Territories
Image: IMPACT-se Labour Friends of Israel Chair Steve McCabe MP has written for Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Britain is a long-standing advocate of  a two-state solution, but its funding for these lessons in hate undermines this. We should support efforts to bring about peace, reconciliation and coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians. Instead, UK aid…

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Upcoming Webinar – Israel’s fourth election in two years: A discussion with David Horovitz

Posted 16 February, 2021 in Israel, Israeli Politics, News
  Labour Friends of Israel are delighted to be hosting a webinar on the upcoming Israeli election with David Horovitz, founding editor of the Times of Israel, on Wednesday 10 March 7:00-8:00pm. On March 23 Israelis will head to the polls for their fourth general election in less than two years. With big issues from the pandemic to…

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