In a very revealing article, Nahum Barnea Inside the talks' failure: US officials open up presents what he considers an official US analysis of why the talks failed. In essence blame is squarely laid at Israel and Netanyahu's door. [update 5/5/2014 According to Dr Daoud Kuttab (Twitter @daoudkuttab), the unnamed US Official is believed to …
Continue reading US officials say Israel is to blame for talks failure but impose no sanction on it
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 …
Continue reading Birmingham vigil in support of Palestinian Hunger Strikers 3 May 2014
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 …
Continue reading Administrative Detention, a cowardly policy
An important question arises in relation to yesterday's reconciliation agreement reached in Gaza between Fatah and Hamas. Why now? It seems that a combination of factors both internal and external contributed to this. The change of regime in Egypt, coupled with its withdrawal from Syria saw Hamas isolated and facing a financial crisis. Things were …
I had a most inspiring experience this morning when I addressed the National Union of Teachers (NUT) conference in Brighton. The Largest teachers' Union in the UK allocated an hour for an international session and specifically to hear a report back from its delegation to Palestine last October. The diverse, eleven member delegation,organised by the …
Continue reading UK National Union of Teachers puts Palestine Centre Stage at National Conference
Secretary's Kerry's efforts to deliver a peace agreement between the 63 year old Zionist state of Israel and the PLO was doomed from day zero. The basis for starting the talks was for Kerry to promise enough behind closed doors just to get the two sides to meet without a clear framework. The framework he …
Secretary's Kerry's efforts to deliver a peace agreement between the 63 year old Zionist state of Israel and the PLO was doomed from day zero. The basis for starting the talks was for Kerry to promise enough behind closed doors just to get the two sides to meet without a clear framework. The framework he …
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