Representatives of six Palestinian factions – including Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority president Abbas, and the Hamas terror group, which governs the Gaza Strip – are expected to hold talks in Algeria this week to discuss how to achieve “national reconciliation”. The factions were invited by Algerian president Abdelmajid Read more…
The period between Christmas and New Year witnessed the first talks between a senior Israeli official and the Palestinian president in Israel since 2010. What happened Israeli defence minister Benny Gantz hosted Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas at his home in Rosh Ha’ayin on 28 December, marking the first time Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Five: Encourage Arab states to normalise relations with Israel and deepen the Abraham Accords The Abraham Accords – the 2020 agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco to establish diplomatic relations – represent Read more…
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has warned that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a “very blurred image” of Tehran’s program as it enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. In an interview with the Associated Press, Rafael Mariano Read more…
Naftali Bennett this week became the first Israeli prime minister to pay an official visit to the United Arab Emirates. The prime minister’s trip came just over a year after the signing of the historic Abraham Accords and highlights the increasingly close ties between Israel and the Gulf states. What Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Four: Support the establishment of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and re-establish UK support for peace-building work Modelled on the highly successful International Fund for Ireland, an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace would allow the international community Read more…
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have celebrated the Jewish festival of Hannukah and Emirati unification day together for the first time since they normalised relations via the Abraham Accords last summer. “Hannukah in the UAE was eight days of miracles”, Rabbi Elie Abadie, the Jewish Council of the Read more…
President Macron brought a rare glimmer of light to Lebanon at the weekend when he brokered a call between the country’s prime minister and the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. It is the first sign that the autumn’s diplomatic crisis between Lebanon and the Gulf states may be turning Read more…
At International Trade questions today, LFI parliamentary supporter Barry Sheerman MP pushed the government to promote, facilitate and devote resources to partnerships between British and Israeli universities, with a special focus on research, development and innovation. You can watch Barry’s question and the minister’s answer here.
A spokesman for Iran’s armed forces, brigadier-general Abolfazl Shekarchi, called for the destruction of Israel in an interview with a regime-friendly media outlet at the weekend. “We will not back off from the annihilation of Israel, even one millimetre. We want to destroy Zionism in the world”, Shekarchi told the Read more…
Israeli defence minister Benny Gantz has said that Israel hopes for its renewed ties with Morocco to develop into a deep and robust relationship with longer staying power. Speaking after a two-day visit to Rabat, where he signed an extensive memorandum of understanding with Morocco, Gantz noted that his trip Read more…
Regional tensions in the Middle East have risen in recent days as a seventh round of talks over the resurrection of the Iran nuclear deal, first negotiated in 2015, have begun in Vienna. What’s happening Negotiations resumed on Monday following a five-month hiatus, hoping to breathe new life into the deal following Read more…