With the UK parliamentary elections only a month away, Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (PPCs) are feeling the heat on a number of issues. This time though Palestine is one of them. A well organised campaign led by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has made it easy for voters to require PPCs to answer five questions. I urge the …
Continue reading Voters ensure UK Parliamentary candidates see Palestine as a key election issue
EditMy remarks at West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign event "Dismantling Racism and Colonialsm and BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions)" on Sunday on 1 March 2015 can be viewed here.
Watch my interview on Press TV commenting on Oxfam's report on the lack of reconstruction in Gaza.
Mohammed Bouazizi Four years after Mohammed Bouazizi set fire to himself, triggering the Arab Spring, Islamic State set fire to Jordanian pilot Muath Alkasasba confirming that it had turned into the Arab nightmare. Jordanian pilot Muath Alkasasba Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, took his own life on 17 December 2010 in in protest at confiscation …
Continue reading From Bouazizi to Alkasasba, the Arab Uprising from Spring to Nightmare
I was quoted in this article in Sputnik News. War, Peace and a Two-State Solution: UK View on Israel and Palestine 31/1/2015 "The decision to apply for ICC membership has been criticised by Israel and the US as being detrimental to negotiations, however Kamel Hawwash, vice chair of the UK-based Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, told Sputnik …
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My comments on #Israel's reaction to the ICC considering an investigation into war crimes against Palestine including the Gaza war in 2014 and illegal settlements. On Russia Today, watch here On Press TV, Watch here Barrel bombs used by Israel in war on Gaza in 2014
This is the story of the path to an appearance on the popular Arab show 'Arabs Got Talent' of a five member group of Muslim, Christian, boy girl child musicians. They ignited Arabs Got Talent and I have not heard from anyone who watched that was not in tears. Each judge can award a direct …
The murderous attack on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine took place on the 7th of January, my birthday. I happened to be on a day trip to France for a meeting for work. I had to go through Paris on my way to Orleans and back. It was a surreal feeling to be …
Continue reading My heart is with the French people, but I am sorry, I am not Charlie
As 2014 draws to an end, it will be remembered as the year when Palestinians regained the initiative in the Palestine / Israel injustice, through a wave of Parliamentary recognitions and a change in strategy at the UN. Israel's year will be remembered as one in which its extremist settler Government, led by the arrogant …
Continue reading 2014, a year of Israeli thuggery and Palestinian diplomacy
My comments on Jerusalem synagogue attack on 18/11/2014 on 5 live Drive. Listen here from 2:14
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