Geographically, the EU covers the whole of Europe but scientifically and culturally it includes only one non- EU state, Israel. It plays football and other sports in Europe, sings in the Eurovision Song Contest and is now to join the UE's Horizon 2020 research programme. A signing ceremony is to take place on Sunday 8/6. …
Continue reading The European Horizon exceptionally includes Apartheid Israel, why?
Image from @ynet Pope Francis is making a historic trip to the Middle East. He was made very welcome in Jordan. He deliberately landed in Bethlehem for his trip to Palestine and at the time of writing had landed in Israel. This is a tricky trip as he manoeuvres around tricky issues including the logistics. …
As Israel marks its 'Independence Day', it remains an entity torn between its geographical location, in the Middle East, and the nations it aspires to be amongst, the US and Europe. The Zionist movement decided, and Britain colluded in planting the Zionist state in Palestine. Perhaps they thought the 'Arabs' will eventually have to accept …
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’
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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