Birmingham city centre stood in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, particularly 200 Administrative detainees on hunger strike since the 24th of April. The month of May is particularly poignant when one considers that 66 years ago, Zionist terrorists were busy ethnically cleansing 500 Palestinian towns and villages, forcing 800,000 native Palestinians into exile. The West Midlands …
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Over 200 Palestinian prisoners started an open-ended hunger strike a week ago to protest their administrative detentions by the Israeli occupying forces without any guilt or charges leveled against them. The West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign (WMPSC) will hold a vigil as part of the May Day event outside Waterstones, on Sat 3rd May 12pm …
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The 'A' word, Apartheid has become inextricably linked to the 'I' word, Israel. The latest warning by the weary US Secretary of State, John Kerry, that Israel risks becoming an Apartheid state if the two state solution expires is not the first time the link has been established. In fact past Israeli Prime Ministers Barak …
Continue reading For Israel’s leaders, the writing is on the ‘Apartheid Wall’
Israel is a state that has tried to pass itself off as a western style democracy ever since it was created by force in Palestine, against the will of the native inhabitants, the Palestinians. Of course for as long as it continues to occupy the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza without giving them …
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