Category Archives: Israel/Palestine

Jeremy Corbyn calls Hamas his friends when the Israeli’s give him so many ideas.

Posted on July 29, 2016 by

Imagine spending years building a house and then moving in and calling it your home and then having somebody move in and tell you, you can’t live there any more. This is what Israel does to Palestinians. This is also … Continue reading →

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Why I support Palestine

Posted on April 4, 2016 by

Last week the Israeli navy opened fire on Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast [1]. Also last week, Israeli forces tore down a children’s playground in Silwan [2], the latest demolition in occupied East Jerusalem. Neither of these incidents made … Continue reading →

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Britain has turned its back on the Palestinian people

Posted on March 1, 2016 by

Just over a year since the UK Parliament voted to recognise Palestinian statehood it is now welcoming a man who lives on a colonial outpost illegal settlement built on stolen Palestinian land. The British Inter-Parliamentary Union has invited the Speaker of … Continue reading →

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Boycott Ban Negates Democracy

Posted on February 19, 2016 by

When it comes to Israel and Palestine I do not support BDS. One reason is that sanctions are likely to affect the poorest and most vulnerable in society. Though I must confess that I wouldn’t knowingly buy goods made in … Continue reading →

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Israel will lose friends if no peace made with Palestinians:

Posted on January 24, 2016 by

Former British foreign secretary, William Hague. calls for greater pressure from the US towards resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. From here During a press conference held at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research in the Capital, Hague highlighted that … Continue reading →

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The Christian family refusing to give up its Bethlehem hill farm

Posted on January 13, 2016 by

The BBC reports here about a Palestinian Christian family that preaches non-violence from a farm in the West Bank fighting to hold on to land it has owned for 98 years, that is now surrounded by Israeli colonial outposts illegal … Continue reading →

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Israel/Palestine

Posted on October 25, 2015 by

Thousands of Israelis participated in a protest march in central Tel Aviv Saturday night against the Netanyahu government’s policies in the West Bank and the continuing violence. The demonstrators, many of them from Peace Now — which organized the event … Continue reading →

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