I took part in a debate on whether Palestine should be recognized as a state with Pro Israel Broadcaster Charlie Wolf. This came shortly after the UK Parliament voted to support recognition and the Swedish Government's decision to recognize Palestine. The Express chose to run a long article that presented only the view that …
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I was interviewed by TLV1 on 13 October 2014 prior to the UK Parliament's Palestine recognition Vote. Listen here I was also quoted in article by Ilene Prusher in TIME Magazine
President Obama addresses UN General Assembly How often have Western leaders said this about Israel's occupation of Palestine? President Obama said this again in his UN address on 24 September. Before him UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said it in March of this year. US Secretary of State John Kerry said it even …
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UK MPs asked to sign Early Day Motion 313 on Arms Exports to Israel Early Day Motions (EDMs) are formal motions submitted for debate in the House of Commons. However, very few are actually debated. EDMs allow MPs to draw attention to an event or cause. MPs register their support by signing individual motions. UK …
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9/9/2014 The Palestine Solidarity Campaign's Lobby of Parliament for Gaza took place on the 9th of September. The main speaker at the briefing was Dr Mustafa Barghouti, who gave a first hand, moving account of the situation in Gaza following Israel's terrorist attack which left over 2,000 Palestinians dead, mostly civilians. His talk can be …
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The UK bears a major historic responsibility for the predicamentd of the Palestinian People. Not only did it occupy historic Palestine between 1920 and 1948, it made the infamous Balfour Declaration in 1917. This promised Palestine to the Zionists without consultation with the Palestinians or even world wide Jewry. But 67 years after British troops …
Here is a link to my interview on the Panorama programme of Al Etejah TV shown on 5 September 2014. Click here to view.
Out of this devastation, a victoryThe rockets and bombs stopped at 16:00 hours GMT on the 26th of August 2014, marking the end of Israel's terror campaign on the Palestinian people in Gaza. There was no formal announcement from Cairo as advertised. Israel remained silent bth in print and on TV and Mahmoud Abbas held …
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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
Former Iraqi information Minister Mohammad Saeed Al-Sahhaf I watched Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (20 August) at his press conference, which he held with his Defence Minister Ya'alon. I had a flashback. I remembered the fall of Baghdad. The particular image was that of Mohammad Saeed Al-Sahhaf, Iraq's Information Minister at the time. He …
Continue reading Today, deluded Netanyahu looked like Saddam’s Information Minister Al-Sahhaf
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