Just what is Tony Blair up to? He only resigned as the Quartet Peace Envoy last month, but not known for hanging around, he has a new role, which allegedly does not pay. As David Cronin characterised it "Tony Blair recruited by cheerleader for Israel’s crimes". He is to work for the the …
Continue reading Blair enters the fray to help Israel fight BDS via ‘anti Semitism’
Gaza after Israeli knock on the door 2014 has been a highly tense and significant year in the quest for a solution to the Palestinian / Israeli problem. It started with the then ongoing 'peace talks'. They ended in failure because Israel had no intention of concluding a deal. The summer months saw deaths in …
Throughout the Israeli terrorist attack on Gaza, the question I have been asked repeatedly has been "What next for Palestine"? I have resisted committing to an answer or at least to expressing a view because it is a very complicated situation to understand, analyse and then gaze through a crystal ball and see beyond the …
Continue reading What next for Palestine? My prediction, with lots of health warnings
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
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 …
Geographically, the EU covers the whole of Europe but scientifically and culturally it includes only one non- EU state, Israel. It plays football and other sports in Europe, sings in the Eurovision Song Contest and is now to join the UE's Horizon 2020 research programme. A signing ceremony is to take place on Sunday 8/6. …
Continue reading The European Horizon exceptionally includes Apartheid Israel, why?
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