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Category: War crimes
UK Parliament EDM 313: UK Arms Exports to Israel
UK MPs asked to sign Early Day Motion 313 on Arms Exports to Israel Early Day Motions (EDMs) are formal motions submitted for debate in the House of Commons. However, very few are actually debated. EDMs allow MPs to draw attention to an event or cause. MPs register their support by signing individual motions. UK …
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Report about the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Lobby of Parliament
9/9/2014 The Palestine Solidarity Campaign's Lobby of Parliament for Gaza took place on the 9th of September. The main speaker at the briefing was Dr Mustafa Barghouti, who gave a first hand, moving account of the situation in Gaza following Israel's terrorist attack which left over 2,000 Palestinians dead, mostly civilians. His talk can be …
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My interview on Al Etejah TV about Israel’s attack on Gaza
Here is a link to my interview on the Panorama programme of Al Etejah TV shown on 5 September 2014. Click here to view.
Palestinians entitled to celebrate a famous victory
Out of this devastation, a victoryThe rockets and bombs stopped at 16:00 hours GMT on the 26th of August 2014, marking the end of Israel's terror campaign on the Palestinian people in Gaza. There was no formal announcement from Cairo as advertised. Israel remained silent bth in print and on TV and Mahmoud Abbas held …
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What next for Palestine? My prediction, with lots of health warnings
Throughout the Israeli terrorist attack on Gaza, the question I have been asked repeatedly has been "What next for Palestine"? I have resisted committing to an answer or at least to expressing a view because it is a very complicated situation to understand, analyse and then gaze through a crystal ball and see beyond the …
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Today, deluded Netanyahu looked like Saddam’s Information Minister Al-Sahhaf
Former Iraqi information Minister Mohammad Saeed Al-Sahhaf I watched Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (20 August) at his press conference, which he held with his Defence Minister Ya'alon. I had a flashback. I remembered the fall of Baghdad. The particular image was that of Mohammad Saeed Al-Sahhaf, Iraq's Information Minister at the time. He …
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Reflections from Jerusalem during Israel’s attack on Gaza
I arrived in Jerusalem a few days ago, at the hight of Israel's murderous, in humane attack on Gaza. I had the usual 'security check' at Tel Aviv, which was intrusive but bearable. The airport was distinctly devoid of the usual number of passengers. I picked up a rent a car and made my way …
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Israelis are in a ‘moral coma’, Urgent help needed for all our sakes
Berieved parents following attack on children at Shati camp This is not an attack to stop rocket fire from Gaza. That may have been the pretext but what we see is a war on the Palestinian civilian population to force it to surrender. Israel has targeted civilians, especially children, homes, hospitals, universities, sewage treatment works, …
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Open letter in the Lancet by Doctors and Scientists for the people of Gaza
Great letter of solidarity in the Lancet on 23/7/2016 Paola Manduca, Iain Chalmers, Derek Summerfield, Mads Gilbert, Swee Ang, on behalf of 24 signatories We are doctors and scientists, who spend our lives developing means to care and protect health and lives. We are also informed people; we teach the ethics of our professions, together …
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