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Jan 20 2017

Conservative MPs attend CFI briefing with Dr Azriel Bermant

January 20 2017, 15:12

This week, Conservative MPs attended a CFI Parliamentary briefing with Dr Azriel Bermant, author of the new book 'Margaret Thatcher and the Middle East'. Among MPs to attend the briefing... Read more

Jan 20 2017

UK Ambassador to UN strongly condemns Palestinian terrorism and incitement against Israel

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January 20 2017, 15:11

Ambassador Matthew Rycroft CBE, the UK's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, this week strongly condemned violence against Israelis in recent terror attacks, and well as deploring the "unending cycle... Read more

Jan 20 2017

Hamas and Fatah announce deal to form Palestinian unity government

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January 20 2017, 15:10

Following three days of reconciliation talks in Moscow, rival Palestinian political parties Fatah and Hamas have announced a deal to form a national unity government before holding elections. Senior Fatah... Read more

Jan 20 2017

Scottish Conservatives attend cross-party ‘Building Bridges with Israel’ meeting

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January 20 2017, 15:08

Conservative Members of the Scottish Parliament this week attended a packed inaugural meeting of the Israel Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament, ‘Building Bridges with Israel’. The MSPs focused... Read more

Jan 17 2017

Report: UK blocked EU statement adopting Paris conference conclusions

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January 17 2017, 14:23

According to reports, the UK Government prevented on Monday afternoon the EU Foreign Affairs Council adopting the closing statement of Sunday's peace conference in Paris. The reported move came a day after... Read more

Jan 16 2017

UK refuses to sign Paris communique, raises “reservations” about international conference

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January 16 2017, 13:08

The UK refused to sign a joint statement at the Paris Middle East peace conference yesterday - diverging from the 73 other countries - after attending as an observer. A... Read more

Jan 12 2017

Former UN chief “very concerned” Iran violated arms embargo by supplying weapons to Hezbollah

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January 12 2017, 17:12

Before leaving office last month, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reportedly expressed concern to the UN Security Council that Iran’s supplying of weapons to the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah violates... Read more

Jan 12 2017

PM Netanyahu: Israel not bound by “rigged” Paris conference

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January 12 2017, 17:00

The upcoming international peace conference in Paris is a “rigged” effort intended to hurt Israel and its hopes of reaching peace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, adding that... Read more

Jan 12 2017

International Development Secretary confirms Government funding for Israeli-Palestinian coexistence programmes

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January 12 2017, 16:28

International Development Secretary, Rt. Hon. Priti Patel MP, confirmed in DfID Questions in the House of Commons yesterday that the Government is committed to "working on a range of coexistence... Read more