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In Brief: Israeli Labor takes a stand against settlement growth

Posted 10 November, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Merav Michaeli. Photo: Ron Kedmi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Merav Michaeli, Israel’s transport minister and leader of the Israeli Labor party, has joined other left-wing MKs in announcing that her party will oppose plans to build new settlements in the West Bank. During the weekly Labor caucus meeting, Michaeli said: “We will oppose any initiative…

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In Brief: Hamas condemns six Gazans to death for cooperating with Israel

Posted 3 November, 2021 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Israel
Hamas insignia in Ramallah (Hoheit, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons). Hamas, the Islamist terror group which governs Gaza, condemned six people to death last week for cooperating with Israel. The military judiciary in the Gaza Strip also announced additional sentences ranging from hard labour to life imprisonment. Two of those sentenced, a 58-year-old Gazan and a…

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In Brief: Israel approves plans for 1,303 Palestinian West Bank homes

Posted 3 November, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Construction in Jenin > Guillaume Paumier, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel has advanced plans for 1,303 new homes for Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank on Monday. This was the first authorisation of its kind under the new coalition government came to power in June, and the first since the Biden administration was…

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In Brief: Israeli left criticises approval of West Bank settlements

Posted 3 November, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israeli settlements in the West Bank > TrickyH, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The approval of some 3,000 housing units for Israeli settlers in the West Bank has drawn criticism from left-wing voices in the Israeli government, as well as the Biden administration. 1,804 housing units received final approval for construction last week, while a…

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Analysis: Israel commits to lead climate revolution as COP26 convenes

Posted 3 November, 2021 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
COP26 > Casa Rosada, CC BY 2.5 AR, via Wikimedia Commons. As the world gathers in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference, Israel has featured prominently so far - for both positive and unexpected reasons. A recap COP26 is a UN conference bringing together more than 200 world leaders to move forward global efforts against climate change. …

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In Brief: Israel ends travel warning to Morocco following normalisation

Posted 27 October, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakech > Marcin Sochanki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s National Security Council ended a travel warning for Morocco that has been in effect for over a decade. In a statement, the council said the decision was made following an assessment that the threat level to Israelis in Morocco had decreased following diplomatic normalisation…

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In Brief: IAEA monitoring of Iran’s nuclear program “no longer intact”

Posted 27 October, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi has admitted that his organisation’s monitoring of Iran’s nuclear program is “no longer intact”. Speaking in an interview with NBC News, Grossi said that Iran’s continued refusal to grant access to camera at the key nuclear facility of Karaj meant…

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In Brief: Israel welcomes Lebanese workers amid economic turmoil

Posted 27 October, 2021 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hezbollah, Israel, Middle East
Olives > PROPOLI87, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel announced on Monday that it was opening its border with Lebanon – with which it is technically at war – in order to allow agricultural workers to pick olives. “In light of the economic situation in Lebanon, and as a gesture of goodwill to the Lebanese people,…

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Analysis: The tyrant who came in from the cold

Posted 27 October, 2021 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Bashar al-Assad > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Bashar al-Assad’s international isolation appears to be coming to an end as Arab capitals make moves to bring the Syrian dictator in from the diplomatic cold. Political, strategic and economic imperatives have caused governments in the region – including some which previously aided the rebels attempting to…

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