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TV interviews on EU guidance to business and the US blocking of UNSC resolution
24/6/2014 US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power US refuses to entertain UN Security Council resolution mentioning or criticising Israel for murdering Palestinians 27/6/2014 EU warns against business with Israeli settlements
No dates with Apartheid this Ramadan please
The holy month of Ramadan starts this weekend. Muslims all over the World will be breaking their fast with a glass of water and an odd number of dates, following in the steps of Prophet Muhammed, peace be upon him. The search will be on for the best dates and Israel will be busy marketing …
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Devastating Pictures from Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus, Syria
Images from the Middle East Monitor 24/6/2014 I feel for everyone that has suffered from the violence in Syria. But Palestinian refugees have nowhere to go. The whole World bears responsibility for their plight, especially the Zionist entity Israel. It was the ethnic cleansing conducted by Zionist terrorist gangs that morphed into the Israeli Defence …
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Swedish Foreign Minister promises more clarity on economic relations with the ‘illegal Israeli settlements’
In an exchange of tweets, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt promised more 'clarity' in EU economic relations with Israel's illegal settlements. This follows my challenge to him following this tweet on the Ukraine. This kind of swift action here and indeed when Iraq occupied Kuwait, but not against Israel's illegal occupation that raises Palestinian accusations …
The PA should note, Authority comes from the People, not from the name
I am not sure of how long it took for the name of the Palestinian Authority to be conceived and then born after Oslo, but I would love to know what the alternatives were. What is beyond doubt is the fact that the PA now has little credibility amongst the People it supposedly has authority …
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The more Abbas appeals to the Israeli public, the more Netanyahu belittles him
You have to take your hat off to Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinain Authority and Chairman of both the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Fatah. That is if you live long enough to recover from repeated heart attacks and strokes his unbelievable comments can give you. The man is a master of causing Palestinain jaws …
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Palestine Solidarity Meetings in Birmingham and Wolverhampton
26/6/2014 Birmingham 7:30-9:00 Public meeting: Solidarity with Palestine </a The Vice President of the NUT, Philipa Harvey visited Palestine as part of the NUT delegation last year. She will be reporting on her visit to a meeting organised by the West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign and sponsored by the Birmingham Trades Council. It will be …
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Is Netanyahu’s divide and rule strategy unravelling?
Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Olmert enjoyed periods of rule during which the Palestinians, or to be more accurate Fatah and Hamas, have been divided. The divisions which started in 2007 have remained largely intact since then and through pretty turbulent times in the Middle East. Repeated attempts at reconciliation under the auspices of a number …
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When will Israelis get it? It’s the occupation stupid.
Here we are again. The blame for an incident, the taking of three Israelis reportedly teenagers in the West Bank, has once again been laid on the PalestinIans alone. Netanyahu holds PA President Abbas responsible because he says this took place in the West Bank. Considering Abbas's commitment reiterated again recently, to joint security cooperation, …
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