Interview on British Muslim TV

My interview with Muhammad Shafique on British Muslim TV on 31/1/2024 Please click on link below https://www.facebook.com/share/v/MPCYmgo7w9TUpLrJ/?mibextid=KsPBc6&startTimeMs=9000

New UK anti-boycott bill shields Israel from accountability

First published by the Middle East Eye on 26/6/2023 Protesters gather in London in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights (undated; credit: Palestine Solidarity Campaign) If proof were needed that Britain continually throws Palestinians under the bus, it came hot on the heels of the UK-Israel "Bilateral Relations Roadmap" when the pro-Israel Secretary …

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Palestinian leadership: Now the people must decide

First published in the Middle East Eye on 13/10/2022 A true change in leadership cannot be achieved by simply replacing the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with one of his cronies The wrong question to ask now is who should succeed President Mahmoud Abbas, pictured in Ankara on 23 August 2022 (AFP) The question of succession …

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Opinion: The Biden-Bennett battle of wills on the US Consulate in East Jerusalem

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 11/11/2021 US President Joe Biden (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office at the White House on 27 August 2021 in Washington, DC [Sarahbeth Maney-Pool/Getty Images] Any hopes that the removal of Benjamin Netanyahu from power would bring us closer to a …

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Watch: Palestine-Israel tensions as Israel rejects the reopening of the US Consulate in East Jerusalem

I joined the Edge A news Turkey TV on 9/11/2021 Segment starts 30 minutes in. https://fb.watch/9asdK0q9k5/

What are the Palestinians to do to secure their rights now that they are not entitled to self-defence?

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 15/5/2021 Israeli police use tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse Palestinians who were standing at Al-Aqsa Mosque's gates to prevent raids by extremist Jews, in East Jerusalem on May 10, 2021 [Eyad Tawil / Anadolu Agency] Over the past few days, our TV screens …

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Voices from Palestine on Nakba day

A meeting moderated by Mary Louise McDonald President of Sinn Fein and leader of the opposition in Ireland, on 15/5/2021 https://youtu.be/U2QzGJRcJcQ

Nakba: Seven decades on, Israel has united not defeated Palestinians

First published by the Middle East Eye on 14/5/2021 From Jerusalem to Haifa, Gaza, Beirut, Damascus and beyond, we are one people with a right to self-determination in our homeland. The current uprising proves it A mural reads 'Palestine will remain, from the river to the sea' in Tripoli, Lebanon, on 13 May 2021 (AFP) …

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If Israel has committed no war crimes, then why does it refuse the ICC probe?

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 9/4/2021 A picture taken on March 4, 2021 shows the so-called Italian complex in Gaza City which was severely damaged by Israeli airstrikes during the 2014 war. [MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images] On 5 February, Palestinians saw a long tunnel open and a light flicker in the …

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US Senate Bill on Arab-Israel Normalisation

I was interviewed in Scope on Indus News on 3/4/2021 My interview starts 23 minutes un https://youtu.be/0Ab5yXCTKmc