Lichfield is holding a conference entitled Holding Palestine in the Light 7-9 October. This promises to be an excellent event and I am privileged to be contributing to it. Details here
Category: Israel
If Israel wants to be treated like a normal state, it should act like one
This article first appeared on the Middle East Monitor on 29/8/2016 Image from the Mddle East Monitor Israel is not a normal state, but has craved to be treated as such ever since its creation in historic Palestine, against the will of the indigenous Palestinian people, in 1948. It sometimes claims its legitimacy from the …
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Tv interview: Israel kills Palestinian father of three children
I was interviewed by Press TV on 26/8/2016 https://youtu.be/q2a1rThlxd4 Update 27/8/2016 Israeli forces now say the dead man posed no threat. Can they bring him back?
TV interview about house demolitions near Hebron
I was interviewed by Press Tv on 16/8/2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iax8PEeso8M
Interview about Israel’s plan to entrench the occupation of East Jerusalem
I was interviewed by Press TV on 11/8/2016 Israel planning to build 5 police stations and to deploy 1200 additional policemen in the villages of East Jerusalem https://youtu.be/gg2hPWr2oGo
Hey Israel, give Palestinians a sporting chance
First published by the Middle East Eye on 11/8/2016 The troubles of the Middle East have followed the Olympic flame to Rio de Janeiro for the Brazilian games. An early controversy erupted even before the teams reached the Maracana Stadium. The Lebanese and Israeli delegations clashed when the organisers planned for the two teams to …
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Faced with a choice of peace and BDS, Israel chooses BDS
first published by the Middle East Monitor on 10 August 2016 Israel’s recent decision to form a taskforce to target Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists for deportation is in stark contrast to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent claim that BDS had been defeated. Speaking at a special session of the State Control Committee …
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Britain should apologise for the Balfour Declaration, not ‘celebrate’ it
Published by the Middle East Monitor 6/8/2016 Image from Middle East Monitor The Balfour Declaration is a letter from the then British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Walter Rothschild, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. The critical part of this short letter said: “His Majesty’s government view with favour the …
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مقابلة تلفزيونية عن إضرابات المساجين الفلسطينيين عن الطعام في السجون الإسرائيلية
شاركت بمقابلة على قناة الميادين الفضائية عن تصعيد الإضرابات عن الطعام داخل السجون الإسرائيلية إحتجاجاً على مساندة لأسرى اضربوا عن الطعام لاعتقادهم إدارياً. كانت النقابلة ببداية نشرة الأخبار. ٣١/٧/٢٠١٦ https://youtu.be/Tpkl5v2Cer8
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