Middle East peace talks may seem impossible – but we cannot afford another ‘next time’
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This moment – the worst for Israelis and Palestinians in living memory – has been reached because when Middle East peace talks became too difficult, or were sabotaged, the world walked away, leaving it to “next time”. This is why Keir Starmer’s commitment to establishing an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and convening an “inaugural meeting in London, to support civil society in the region” is so significant. Drawing together the investments of the US, UK, EU and the Commonwealth countries, it went on to become what Blair’s chief negotiator Jonathan Powell – serving today as Keir Starmer’s national security advisor – once called the “great unsung hero of the Good Friday Agreement”, itself the most historic and lasting and legacy of Labour’s last period in government. Starmer’s announcement that the foreign secretary will host an inaugural meeting in London to support peacebuilders is a vital first step – very much in line with David Lammy’s “progressive realism”.
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