18/7/2017 Middle East Eye FR La défense de la mosquée al-Aqsa, chérie par 1,6 milliard de musulmans de par le monde, a été laissée aux 300 000 Palestiniens de Jérusalem, qui font face à un occupant particulièrement brutal et impitoyable Les implications de l’incident mortel de vendredi dernier à Al-Aqsa vont bien au-delà du …
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First published by the Middle East Eye on 17/7/2017 With a weak response from Arab and Muslim countries to unprecedented restrictions at the Al-Aqsa mosque, Palestinians are left alone to defend the holy site from Israel's incursions The implications of the deadly incident last Friday at Al-Aqsa go way beyond the right to prayer. Five …
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First published by the Arab Weekly on 16/7/2017 It is quite hypocritical for Israel to reject BDS while boycotting others for taking legal and moral positions in support of the Palestinians. Peaceful expression. An Egyptian man shouts anti-Israeli slogans in front of banners with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) logo at the Journalists’ Syndicate …
Continue reading Israel’s double standards about boycotts do not advance peace
تغطية قناة الجزيرة مباشر لمعرض فلسطين اكسبو ٩/٧/٢٠١٧ على مدى يومي ٨ و ٩ /٧/٢.١٧ شهد مركز الملكة إليزابيث في وستمنستر معرض فلسطين اكسبو واللذي نقل الثقافة والتراث الفلسطيني والأكل الفلسطيني للبريطانيين. كما شمل البرنامج عدداً كبيراً من الندوات عن قضايا عديدة متعلقة بفلسطين من بلفور للإعلام. وكان اللوبي الإسرائيلي هاجم المؤتمر متهمه بأنه حدث …
4/7/2017 Following an outrageous speech by Israel's representative to UNESCO which cynically abused the memory of the Holocaust, he forced a minute's silence without permission from the Chair. He did not expect the representative of Cuba to intervene calling his action out of order and asking the meeting to stand for a minute's silence for …
Continue reading Cuba stands with the Palestinian people at UNESCO
Interview by Muslim Press on 3/7/2017 Muslim Press has conducted an interview with British Palestinian academic and writer on Middle East Affairs Kamel Hawwash about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the role Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is playing in this regard. “It seems Abbas has led the Palestinians to a dead end. Gaza is still …
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First published by the Arab Weekly on 2/7/2017 British Prime Minister Theresa May There are questions with regards to what effects the snap elections have on British foreign policy towards Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Theresa May, won 318 seats in parliament but that was eight seats …
Continue reading Pro-Israel positions likely to continue with new British landscape
First published by the Middle East Eye on 29/6/2017 The president has hit a new low, cutting the salaries and electricity of Palestinians in Gaza. The next intifada will be against the Palestinian National Authority and this should worry Israel and Abbas Photo: A photo of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from 2016 (AFP) The embattled …
Continue reading Mahmoud Abbas has led the Palestinians to a dead end. He must go
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 23/6/2017 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Jared Kushner (3rd L) in Jerusalem on 21 June 2017 [Handout / Amos Ben Gershom / GPO] Throughout his first trip abroad as US president, during which he visited Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, Donald Trump expressed …
22/6/2017 Press Release by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Government suffers defeat in court by Palestine campaigners over boycott, divestment and sanctions. The Government has acted unlawfully by attempting to restrict local councils from pursuing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against the state of Israel through their pension schemes. Palestine campaigners hailed the triumph the …
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