My interview on Israeli TLV1 Radio on 28/9

I was interviewed by TLV1 Radio on 28/9 about President Mahmoud Abbas's speech to the UN General Assembly on Friday 26/9. Here is the link

My article in Palestine News: Fear in the West Bank

Here is a copy of my article in Palestine News, which is published by the UK's Palestine Solidarity Campaign Please join Palestine Solidarity Campaign at http://www.palestinecampaign.org Twitter: @pscupdates

UK Parliament EDM 313: UK Arms Exports to Israel

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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Report about the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Lobby of Parliament

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’s Major Political Parties Failed the Palestinian People and therefore the Israeli People

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 …

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My interview on Al Etejah TV about Israel’s attack on Gaza

Here is a link to my interview on the Panorama programme of Al Etejah TV shown on 5 September 2014. Click here to view.

A Bristol film festival refuses funding from Israeli Embassy, due to the Gaza situation

The pressure on Israel to end its oppression and occupation of the Palestinians grows. I was quoted in this BBC report. "A Bristol film festival has refused funding from the Israeli Embassy to cover travel costs for Israeli filmmakers, due to the Gaza situation."

Palestinians entitled to celebrate a famous victory

 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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What next for Palestine? My prediction, with lots of health warnings

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 …

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Today, deluded Netanyahu looked like Saddam’s Information Minister Al-Sahhaf

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 …

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