TV Interview: Jordanians protest natural gas deal with Israel

I was interviewed by Press TV on 14/10/2016 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4xjjv0_jordanian-protest-natural-gas-deal-with-israel_news

Israel trumps Arab and Muslim world’s influence on US presidential candidates

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 10 October 2016 image from the Middle East Monitor showing Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton, the two US presidential candidates. As the United States’ presidential race enters its final stage, with elections due on 8 November, the two candidates have been making their final pitches to woo …

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TV interview: Israel arrests over 50 Palestinians in the West Bank following attack in Jerusalem

I was interviewed by Press TV on 10 October 2016. I tried to explain that the illegal occupation is to blame for the continuing violence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovg1TaKDr2A

East Jerusalem is occupied but the hearts and minds of the children are not

This column first appeared in the Middle East Eye on 6/10/2016 Jerusalem has a special place in the hearts of people all over the world. I was fortunate to visit it again recently, or rather “return”, as my parents were both born in this great city. My first sighting of the Dome of the Rock …

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TV interview: US condemns Israel’s new settlement plan

I was interviewed by Press TV on 6/10/2016 about US unhappiness with the announcement of anew Israeli settlement despite 'understandings' with Netanyahu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWgebQCtRAs

TV interview: American intellectuals call for Iarai settle the boycott 

I was interviewed by Press Tv on 26/9/2016 https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=TgNXi38hITc

Israel’s attack on democracy for non-Jews form the river to the sea

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 26/9/2016 Member of the Knesset Haneen Zoabi If Israel is not lauding its army, the Israeli Defence Force, as the self-proclaimed “most moral army in the world”, it is claiming to be the “only democracy in the Middle East”. The IDF’s oppressive treatment of Palestinians in the …

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Israel’s ‘apartheid wall’ inspires more violence than it deters

This first appeared on the Middle East Eye on 12/9/2016 For more than a decade, Israel has been building a wall which it claims provides security for its citizens. The wall, which the Israeli cabinet decided to build in 2002 with the declared objective of "regulating the entry of Palestinians from the West Bank into …

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Conference: Holding Palestine in the light

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

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