I was interviewed by TLV1 Radio on 28/9 about President Mahmoud Abbas's speech to the UN General Assembly on Friday 26/9. Here is the link
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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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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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To cease or not to cease fire, that is the question
The current question everyone is asking is about a ceasefire. Surely everyone wants it and the casualties would stop. I am for an immediate ceasefire but one that ends this periodic rise in tensions and the horrific deaths that accompany it. I believe that Israel was wholly to blame for the events that led to …
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Social media is great but can be problematic
There is no doubt that social media has made a difference In the current Israeli aggression on Gaza. There is no hiding information. If it isn't on Facebook, it is on twitter or other platforms. When a story breaks timelines are flooded with tweets and retweets. Replies from supporters support and from trolls trash. But …
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