First published by the Middle East Eye on 2/12/2019 Israel knows it has a strong ally in the Conservative Party, while Labour positions its policy firmly in support of justice and international law A protester ties the Palestine flag to a lamppost opposite Downing Street on 5 September (Reuters) With days to go until the …
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First published by the Arab Weekly on 2710/2019 It is perhaps surprising that US administration officials are silent about these attacks but quick to condemn violence by Palestinians. Scorched-earth policy. A Palestinian tries to extinguish a fire in an olive grove near the Palestinian village of Burin in the northern West Bank after an attack …
Continue reading Palestinians’ olive oil harvest threatened by settler violence
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 21/9/2019 John Bercow, the speaker of the UK’s House of Commons, will be standing down soon. He has been an animated figure, whose gesticulations and dressing downs of MPs have left a mark with viewers all over the world. At the height of the continuing Brexit saga, …
Continue reading The Palestinian voice will be heard at the Labour conference
First published by TRT World on 12/9/2019 The Israeli right led by Benjamin Netanyahu is having to grab increasingly more land from neighbours in order to shore up support at home. Next week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces his second election of the year, having failed to form a coalition government in his first …
Continue reading Israeli elections are being fought by annexing Palestinian land
First published by the Middle East Eye on 2/8/2019 The global community must take action to remind Israel and its US backers of the vital importance of international law One wine in question is made by Shiloh Winery, based in a West Bank settlement (AFP) In what is one of their darkest hours, Palestinians are …
Continue reading Canada’s move to label settlement wines is a positive step. Much more is needed
First published by the Middle East Eye on 18/3/2019 To understand Israel’s land grab in Palestine, imagine the backlash if similar circumstances unfolded in the UK Palestinians demonstrate by the Israeli settlement of Modiin Illit in 2015 (AFP) The UN Human Rights Council this month delayed publication of a promised database of companies complicit in Israel’s illegal …
Continue reading Nightmare neighbours: What if a religious settler project took over Britain?
Translated from Middle East Eye on 18/2/2019 ترجمة وكالة وطن كتب كامل حواش- ترجمة خاصة وطن - آلاء راضي: لم تتخلّ بريطانيا عن الفلسطينيين فقط في مواجهة "الإرهاب الصهيوني" منذ عام 1948، بل استمرت في إنشاء علاقات صداقة مع الدولة التي تضطهدهم. لقد ترك الاستعمار البريطاني في الماضي بصماته في أجزاء كثيرة من العالم، لكن معظم الشعوب …
Continue reading لدى بريطانيا الكثير لتعتذر عنه عندما يتعلق الأمر بالشعب الفلسطيني
First published by TRT World on 17/2/2019 The Middle East’s tectonic plates shifted in Warsaw and the aftershocks could be felt for decades to come. The American Administration summoned representatives of 60 states to the Polish capital of Warsaw dubbed strangely ‘Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East’. However, …
Continue reading In Warsaw Arab nations crowned Netanyahu as the king of the Middle East
First published by TRT World on 29/1/2019 Malaysia has been stripped of holding a sporting event because it would not allow Israel to participate in the competition. Is the decision fair - and is Israel held to the same standard? The World Para-Swimming Championships were due to open in Malaysia on the 29th of July. …
Continue reading Palestinians aren’t spared the horrors of occupation for the sake of sport
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 17/1/2019 Muslims arrive at Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound to perform the Friday prayer in Jerusalem on 26 October 2018 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency] When Muslims first prayed, they faced Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem rather than Mecca. When Prophet Mohammed (Peace be Upon Him) ascended to heaven, he did so …
Continue reading Al-Aqsa under threat as Israeli elections loom
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