Jewish Voice for Peace and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign have kindly animated parts of my letter to the Guardian published on May entitled "A Palestinian view on the antisemitism row".Watch here
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Israeli society and its leaders are hastening its complete isolation
Israeli society and its leaders are hastening its complete isolation First published by the Middle East Monitor on 30 May 2016 The news that the Israeli cabinet has confirmed the appointment of extremist settler and former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman as Defence Minister is troubling to Palestinians and their supporters. The leader of Yisrael Beiteinu …
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Interview on Voice of the Cape radio
23 May 2016 I was interviewed by Voice of the Cape radio about my my article in the Middle East Eye 'It just ain't cricket: how Israel transfers Palestinian land to settlers' Here is the link to the interview
UK chief rabbi owes us Palestinians an apology
UK chief rabbi owes us Palestinians an apology First appeared in the Electronic Intifada on 5/5/2016 For Palestinians, Zionism has meant war, forced displacement and diaspora. Abed Rahim KhatibAPA images The chief rabbi of the United Kingdom has weighed in on the row over alleged anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. Writing in The Telegraph this …
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British Palestinians want anti-Semitism eradicated and sanctions on Israel
British Palestinians want anti-Semitism eradicated and sanctions on Israel First appeared on the Middle East Monitor on 3 May 2016 The current debate about alleged anti-Semitism in the Labour Party and the ensuing clamour for eradicating this scourge from British politics is one that British Palestinians have followed with great interest; there has also been some …
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مناقشة تهمة معاداة السامية وحزب العمال البريطاني
مناقشة تهمة معاداة السامية وحزب العمال البريطاني في برنامج وراء الحدث على قناة الغد العربي بتاريخ ٢٩/٤/٢٠١٦ شاهد اللقاء هنا
Q&A on antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and BDS
Q&A on antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and BDS Produced by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) 29, April 2016 We are being contacted by members and supporters concerned with the misrepresentation of the campaign for Palestinian human rights by media and public figures. In the past few weeks and months there has been increasing discussion of antisemitism. It …
Israel can’t use archaeology to justify colonialism and dispossession
The Middle East Eye published this article on 30 March, 2016 Israel can't use archaeology to justify colonialism and dispossession Ever since the Zionist project succeeded in its endeavour to create a homeland for Jews in Palestine, the Palestinians have faced daily attempts by Israel to deny their rights and belonging to the land. …
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The Arabs have handed Israel a dream start to the 21st century but it still wants more
This article was first published by the Middle East Monitor on 8/3/2016 The Arabs have handed Israel a dream start to the 21st century but it still wants more To Palestinians, the creation of Israel in their homeland in 1948 was a catastrophe known as the Nakba. Not only were they dispossessed of their land but …
Interview on RT UK about the UK Government’s plan to ban public bodies from observing the BDS call from Palestinians
I was interviewed by RT UK on 15/2/2016 about the UK Government's plan to shield Israel from BDS and to interfere in their application of their own ethical policies. Link here