Truss’s UN speech and her promise to consider moving the British Embassy to Jerusalem

First published by Middle East Monitor on 22/9/2022 British Prime Minister Liz Truss departs 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons to announce her government's plan to cap household energy bills and provide subsidies for small and medium-sized businesses to ease the cost of living crisis amid soaring gas and electricity prices in London, …

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Israel’s Flagrant Disregard for Palestinians, Dead or Alive

First published by Inside Arabia on 17/11/2021 Israeli Apartheid policies extend from the Palestinians alive to the Palestinians dead and whose remains are being removed to make way for Israeli development projects. <img src="https://insidearabia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Israeli-soldiers-demolished-a-wall-at-an-Islamic-cemetery-in-Jerusalem-on-14-December-2020-Mostafa-Alkharouf-Anadolu-Agency-1199x640.jpg&quot; alt="Israel’s Flagrant Disregard for Palestinians, Dead or Alive<br><span style='color:#808080;font-size:20px;'>Opinion Israeli soldiers demolished a wall at an Islamic cemetery in Jerusalem on …

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Israel’s defamation of Palestinian NGOs isn’t a first and won’t be the last

First published by TRT World on 26/10/2021 Who next will Israel label as “antisemitic” or “terrorist” in its attempts to silence its critics and to impede the work of human rights in the territory it controls? Israel’s ongoing attempts to label its critics as either “antisemities” or “terrorists” took a new turn when its Defence …

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Palestinians aren’t spared the horrors of occupation for the sake of sport

First published by TRT World on 29/1/2019 Malaysia has been stripped of holding a sporting event because it would not allow Israel to participate in the competition. Is the decision fair - and is Israel held to the same standard? The World Para-Swimming Championships were due to open in Malaysia on the 29th of July. …

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TV Interview: Will Palestinians Ever Receive Justice?

I was interviewed by Press TV on 23/12/2018 https://www.facebook.com/100976976914141/videos/761580020846016/?__tn__=kC-R0.g&eid=ARDGSLgM6rzRpuVCtVA7Gi6lyifcBpls32AOK7ix2VHbctmIdHZRJKjU1VcC5qgi3nY3yepULFxCYaYZ&hc_ref=ARRiijbj981NHMoGHMorGFZvY7delKVGUkakWan5JDuXy5d1OwypPqhO24ebrl_FRvc&fref=nf&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDfsroAaZ--wYdwl83Zn5RzJCL0wEVmnpmeN_uvN_tctUoJ7tDd7NnLrtfxPlC38YLKiVBMLuHEzkM8ishlJSI3rXZS8id9WebeU1Ig9GJbtagbi92aLVLH5bL913kVskaMMpMhsl49pVtcGY9ftJlIivDubLWLDNqRCETPZKHabvrYdlA657cL8mzSaKkcdzYAs6pK3AptJENuTM2Tz6Uo1vtTxeX8Alc2eQV9ippz1vNs162lmtoOIK8MIOTH7x5URPPnUnFVFoAR2tIAtd7HXLuP1-9ihRATcc7Xb3qAJAMchPGnhbXOlRMloUzSYVEVpVXD5uA4Waaq

While Arab states normalise relations with Israel, British voters lobby MPs for Palestine

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 3/12/2018 November was an extraordinary month for normalisation between Arab states and Israel. You would think that Israel had settled its disputes with its neighbours — perhaps accepting and implementing the Arab peace initiative, for example, — and that a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital was …

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Ahed Tamimi vows to continue anti occupation struggle after release from Israeli jail

I was interviewed by Press TV on 29/7/2018 https://youtu.be/gZbrvXHO5SI

Israel’s royal reward for discriminating against Palestinians

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 25/6/2018 UK Prince Williams arrives at the Marka International Airport to hold official visits in Amman, Jordan on 24 June 2018 [Shadi Nsoor/Anadolu Agency] As Britain’s Prince William arrives in Israel for a royal visit that will also see him visit the Occupied Palestinian Territories, does he …

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The PNC meeting was ‘much ado about nothing’

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 7/5/2018   Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd L) makes a speech during the 23rd session of the Palestinian National Council in Ramallah, West Bank on 30 April 2018 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency] After a 22-year lull, the highest Palestinian legislative authority of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the …

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Interview: Update Gaza return marches

I was interviewed by Shafiq Morton for drive time on Voice of the Cape Radio, South Africa on 4/5/2018 You can listen below