First published by the Middle East Eye on 11/8/2016 The troubles of the Middle East have followed the Olympic flame to Rio de Janeiro for the Brazilian games. An early controversy erupted even before the teams reached the Maracana Stadium. The Lebanese and Israeli delegations clashed when the organisers planned for the two teams to …
Continue reading Hey Israel, give Palestinians a sporting chance
first published by the Middle East Monitor on 10 August 2016 Israel’s recent decision to form a taskforce to target Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists for deportation is in stark contrast to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent claim that BDS had been defeated. Speaking at a special session of the State Control Committee …
Continue reading Faced with a choice of peace and BDS, Israel chooses BDS
Published by the Middle East Monitor 6/8/2016 Image from Middle East Monitor The Balfour Declaration is a letter from the then British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Walter Rothschild, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. The critical part of this short letter said: “His Majesty’s government view with favour the …
Continue reading Britain should apologise for the Balfour Declaration, not ‘celebrate’ it
شاركت بمقابلة على قناة الميادين الفضائية عن تصعيد الإضرابات عن الطعام داخل السجون الإسرائيلية إحتجاجاً على مساندة لأسرى اضربوا عن الطعام لاعتقادهم إدارياً. كانت النقابلة ببداية نشرة الأخبار. ٣١/٧/٢٠١٦ https://youtu.be/Tpkl5v2Cer8
Interview by Paolo Zeriali on 8/7/2016 at protest opposite Downing Street, London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hSMhHH27qc
I was interviewed by Press TV on 24/7/2016 Watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mlil0GgAlg Report here
First published by the Middle East Eye 25/7/2016 Israel and its supporters often accuse supporters of Palestinian rights for unfairly singling Israel out for criticism. They suggest that with so many abusers of human rights around the world, the focus should be on them, with some suggesting that once all the other abusers have been …
Continue reading Who singles out Israel, its critics or its apologists?
First published by the Middle East Monitor 15/7/2016 The situation for Palestinians pursuing freedom, independence and the right of return continues to worsen. The occupation continues unabated, Jerusalem is being Judaised at an alarming rate, the siege on Gaza is as tight as ever and the refugees continue to languish in camps and those in …
لمشاهدة هذه الحلقة اضغط هنا http://youtu.be/GJDO654wG94
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