26/6/2014 Birmingham 7:30-9:00 Public meeting: Solidarity with Palestine </a The Vice President of the NUT, Philipa Harvey visited Palestine as part of the NUT delegation last year. She will be reporting on her visit to a meeting organised by the West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign and sponsored by the Birmingham Trades Council. It will be …
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Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Olmert enjoyed periods of rule during which the Palestinians, or to be more accurate Fatah and Hamas, have been divided. The divisions which started in 2007 have remained largely intact since then and through pretty turbulent times in the Middle East. Repeated attempts at reconciliation under the auspices of a number …
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Here we are again. The blame for an incident, the taking of three Israelis reportedly teenagers in the West Bank, has once again been laid on the PalestinIans alone. Netanyahu holds PA President Abbas responsible because he says this took place in the West Bank. Considering Abbas's commitment reiterated again recently, to joint security cooperation, …
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The Observer 8/6/2014 Link A group called Breaking the Silence has spent 10 years collecting accounts from Israeli soldiers who served in the Palestinian territories. To mark the milestone, 10 hours' worth of testimony was read to an audience in Tel Aviv. Here we print some extracts Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian after clashes at …
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The online Israeli news website Ynet, reported that IDF ombudsman report reveals abuse of power among commanders . It reports "A career soldier who poured bleach on another soldier's head, an officer who checked his soldiers' body wastes, a commander who forced soldiers to drink until they vomitted and an army doctor who told a …
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