I led the UK’s largest Palestine protest. Two years later, still no real government action

First published by the New Arab on 3/6/2025 Limited UK government sympathy for Gaza is meaningless without action. Unless pushed by the public, it will always choose to do nothing, says Kamel Hawwash. While some government policies have shifted, it’s insufficient. Without public pressure, even these limited changes wouldn’t have occurred, writes Professor Kamel Hawwash …

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ما البدائل أمام أوروبا لتعويض غياب الغاز الروسي؟

نشرة أخبار قناة TEN المصرية بتاريخ ١/١/٢٠٢٥ https://youtu.be/buAw510FOTA?si=l-Y7TqlGYSYfg9gl

The UK situation following Black Lives Matter protests and historic monuments issues

I took part in the Drive programme on Voice of the Cape radio on 15/6/2020

Settlement construction intensifies with Trump’s ‘vision for peace’

First published by the Arab Weekly on 1/3/2020 Trump’s “vision for peace” is turning into Netanyahu’s reality of “grand theft auto of Palestinian land.” Beyond creeping. Israel’s controversial concrete barrier separating the Jewish settlement of Pisgat Zeev in the northern part of east Jerusalem and the Palestinian area of Al-Ram in the occupied West Bank. …

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Nikki Haley’s swansong at the UN was an embarrassment

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 10/12/2018 US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency] The 6 December was the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and that he would move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city. …

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US Envoy wants Israel to keep Golan forever

I was interviewed by Press TV on 6/9/2018 https://youtu.be/JUsZvHFZHNY

Interview: Palestine recalls ambassador to US

I was interviewed by Press TV about the recall of the Palestinian Ambassador to the US, Dr Husam Zomlot, to Ramallah for 'consultations' on 1/1/2018 https://youtu.be/GUwyI8Y3P8w

Professor Kamel Hawwash speech at Birmingham protest against Trump‘s recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel

Protest took place in Birmingham, UK on 23/12/2017 https://youtu.be/TnI8_l5u_gY

Mahmoud Abbas has led the Palestinians to a dead end. He must go 

First published by the Middle East Eye on 29/6/2017 The president has hit a new low, cutting the salaries and electricity of Palestinians in Gaza. The next intifada will be against the Palestinian National Authority and this should worry Israel and Abbas Photo: A photo of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from 2016 (AFP) The embattled …

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No, it is not unfair to criticise Israel 

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 13/5/2017 Israeli security forces break up Palestinian protests organised to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, in Ramallah, West Bank on April 23, 2017 [Issam Rimawi / Anadolu Agency] As Palestinians mark a number of key, painful anniversaries in 2017, Israel is busy with not …

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