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Analysis: Trump plan’s threat to Arab Israelis

Posted 12 February, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: Moataz1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Among the many flaws of Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” – although one which has received little intentional attention – was its seeming proposal that thousands of Arab Israelis should be effectively stripped of their citizenship and transferred to a future Palestinian state. The US plan proposes that…

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LFI Focus: ‘Deal of the century’ or joke of the century?

Posted 5 February, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, LFI Focus, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI Focus provides a periodic analysis on Israel-Palestine, providing an in-depth view of the issues that affect the region. Image: Shealah Craighead Official White House Photo, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons This edition focuses on the release of the US Middle East plan. You can read it here. To view other editions of LFI Focus, please click here.

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Analysis: Trump prepares to roll out “peace plan”

Posted 27 January, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s prime minister and opposition leader met with Donald Trump today as the US administration began to roll out its controversial Middle East peace plan. Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz had separate White House meetings with the president, with the US reportedly not planning to announce full details…

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Analysis: Only 14% of Britons back BDS, says poll

Posted 11 December, 2019 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Image: Dr. Zachi Evenor, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Less than one in five Britons support boycotts of Israel and most view the Jewish state as the UK’s most important Middle Eastern ally in the fight against terrorism, according to polling released last week by BICOM. The annual poll also found an increase in the number…

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Analysis: Israel under rocket attack after terror chief killed

Posted 13 November, 2019 in Analysis, Israel, Palestinian Territories
More than 250 rockets have been launched at Israeli towns and cities by terrorist groups in Gaza over the past two day. The attacks followed an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday morning which targeted and killed the military commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Baha Abu al-Atta, Israel says, was responsible for multiple rocket and border attacks…

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Analysis: PA and Hamas human rights crackdown under fire

Posted 29 October, 2019 in Analysis, Palestinian Territories
Image: Futurhit12, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Hamas security forces arrested dozens of Palestinian activists last week in a bid to prevent anti-government protests similar to those which have rocked Lebanon. The arrests – believed to have targeted left-wing and moderate opponents of Gaza’s Islamist rulers – came as a court in the West Bank ordered…

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LFI Delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Territories – July 2019

Posted 14 August, 2019 in Coexistence, Israel, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Labour Friends of Israel took a group of centre-left parliamentarians on delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Territories at the end of July. The group was led by LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman MP, and included LFI honorary president Joan Ryan MP, Rosie Cooper MP, Steve McCabe MP, and Phil Wilson MP. The group began their…

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Analysis: Palestinian childrens’ summer camps named after terrorists

Posted 18 July, 2019 in Analysis, Incitement, Palestinian Territories
The issue of incitement to violence aimed at Palestinian children and young people is under the spotlight again with the emergence of new evidence of the naming of summer camps after terrorists. In recent days, images have emerged of two West Bank summer camps named after Dalal Mughrabi. Mughrabi is responsible for the most lethal terror…

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Analysis: Trump’s economic plan for Palestine falls flat

Posted 25 June, 2019 in Analysis, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Image: The White House, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons The first part of Donald Trump’s much-delayed plan to secure “the ultimate deal” – peace between Israel and the Palestinians – was published on Saturday. The document, entitled Peace To Prosperity, outlines a $50bn investment plan ahead of an “economic workshop” in Bahrain this week. The Palestinian Authority, which…

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Analysis: What does Tehran’s terror army in Gaza want?

Posted 15 May, 2019 in Analysis, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Israelis and Palestinians have already paid a high price for the mounting tensions between Iran and the United States. According to The Times this week, “a key meeting” was recently held in Beirut between Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s Al-Quds Brigade, and Ziyad al-Nakhalah, leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The apparent result: last weekend’s barrage of…

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