This press release follows the UK Government's announcement that it would ban local authorities and other publicly financed bodies from boycotts, including those of illegal Israeli settlement goods. 22/2/2016 Richard Burden MP blasts Ministers for ducking Parliamentary Scrutiny of “Anti –Boycott rules” Richard Burden MP, Chair of Britain-Palestine All-Party Group has today accused Cabinet Office …
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Abbas commits to more negotiations while violence escalates
The Middle East Monitor publiched my article on 15/1/2016 Abbas commits to more negotiations while violence escalates Image from the Middle East Monitor In his first speech of 2016, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas reviewed the situation facing the Palestinians and set out his approach for the forthcoming year. He started with the …
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TV interview regarding the Co-op Bank’s closure of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign bank account
I was interviewed by RT UK about the Co-op Bank's decision to close the Palestine Solidarity Campaign's bank account without explanation. Link to the interview here. Statement from the PSC here.
TV Interview on the Palestinian bid to the ICC
I was interviewed by Press TV about Palestinians supplying evidence to the International Criminal Court at the Hague on Gaza, settlements and prisoners. Watch here
2014, a year of Israeli thuggery and Palestinian diplomacy
As 2014 draws to an end, it will be remembered as the year when Palestinians regained the initiative in the Palestine / Israel injustice, through a wave of Parliamentary recognitions and a change in strategy at the UN. Israel's year will be remembered as one in which its extremist settler Government, led by the arrogant …
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Alan Duncan MP tackles illegal Israeli settlements and their supporters
Following the UK Parliament overwhelming vote to recognise Palestine as a state, Sir Alan Duncan MP makes an astonishing speech to the Royal United Services Institute entitled: ‘Middle East Peace- The Principles behind the Process’. He says defenders of illegal settlements should be viewed as extremists. The speech can be viewed here Here is an …
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Interviews on the Jeremy Vine Radio Show
I was interviewed about the developing situation in Palestine/Israel on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2. This was on behalf of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Funeral of Mohammed Abu Khdaira in Alquds, Jerusalem (Wattan TV) 4/7/2014 4/7/2014 from 30 minutes on 1/7/2014 from 1:45
TV interviews on EU guidance to business and the US blocking of UNSC resolution
24/6/2014 US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power US refuses to entertain UN Security Council resolution mentioning or criticising Israel for murdering Palestinians 27/6/2014 EU warns against business with Israeli settlements
The European Horizon exceptionally includes Apartheid Israel, why?
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. …
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