First published by the Arab Weekly on 20 November 2016 The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States seems to have emboldened Israeli politicians, who clearly feel their strongest ally will provide them with the chance to end any hope of freedom or independence for the Palestinians. Soon after Trump’s win, the …
Continue reading Israel welcomes Trump’s win with new anti-Palestinian laws
I write on the eve of the burial of a war criminal. Shimon Peres, former Israeli Prime Minister and President died on the 28th of September at the age of 93. I mourn the fact that he never faced justice to answer for his crimes against Palestinian and Lebanese innocent civilians. I also mourn the truly nauseating …
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
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 …
The Middle East Eye published this on 2/3/2016 Palestinians don't attack Israeli soldiers in pursuit of 'economic peace' Following France's stuttering attempt to restart the peace process, US Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman. This could lead to a meeting between Israel and the PA possibly in …
Continue reading Palestinians don’t attack Israeli soldiers in pursuit of ‘economic peace’
I was interviewed about the deteriorating situation in Gaza by Press TV on 4/2/2016 Find link here
I was interviewed by RT UK about the Co-op Bank's decision to close the Palestine Solidarity Campaign's bank account without explanation. Link to the interview here. Statement from the PSC here.
شاركت في نقاش عن حملة مقاطعة إسرائيل على تلفزيون العربي بتاريخ ١٣/٨/٢٠١٥ I joined a discussion (in Arabic) about the BDS movement which covered France, the UK and Morocco. Link here
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his settler-led Government miscalculated badly when they thought the eyes of the World were on Syria and the Iran deal and that they had a free hand in Palestine. They forgot that they were dealing with a most resilient and fearless people, the indigenous Palestinians. The first and second …
Continue reading Netanyahu miscalculated and is to blame for the escalating clashes
While friends and supporters of Palestine were outside the Zurich Venue of FIFAs Congress, holding placards and Palestinian flags, the Palestine Football Association was inside working out a deal to pull the motion to ban the Israeli Football Federation (IFA). Instead of forcing the Congress to consider the motion which sets out why the …
Continue reading Should Palestinian supporters book their tickets to the ICC?
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