How the case developed In our position paper and previous newsletters we drew attention to Israel’s massive and unjustified influence within the Conservative Party, of which about 80% of MPs belong to Conservative Friends of…
Several changes have become increasingly evident in recent months: • President Trump’s increasing identification with Israel and Saudi Arabia as his key allies in the Middle-East, coupled with his hostility to Iran • Saudi Arabia,…
Having succeeded in getting a motion passed at Party Conference calling for the recognition of the State of Palestine, we should continue to campaign vigorously on issues of justice and human rights and not succumb…
01 DECEMBER 2017 The Jewish writer Robert Cohen tells Huw Spanner that solidarity with Palestinians will be costly for Christians BEN BROSNAN ROBERT COHEN is developing a reputation as one of the leading Jewish dissidents in Britain.…
http://www.middleeastrising.com/85-percent-of-palestinians-killed-by-israel-were-extra-judicially-executed/ The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee, said in a report published on Sunday, that 85 percent of Palestinians who were killed by Israel since the beginning of 2015; 179 Palestinians, were killed in extrajudicial field…
I remember being present a few years ago at an introductory meeting for first-year university students. The rep from the students’ union had his five minutes to explain what they do. “We run political campaigns,”…
Despite its often turbulent dealings with Israel, Iran has one of the world's largest and longest-established Jewish communities - and it's growing. Kim Sengupta reports from Tehran on their intriguing relationship with the country's establishment
Report of Britain’s Broken Promise: Time for a New Approach
The Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine exists to fight for human rights and equality for all living in Israel and Palestine whatever their religion or ethnicity
This image should be as shocking as seeing a bloodied Bernie Sanders or Jeremy Corbyn crawling in the dirt, watched impassively by US or UK police. - See more at: http://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2017-01-
Palestinian leaders and rights groups have condemned the bill. The UN warned that the new law will “greatly diminish” the already fading hope of a future peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians. The vote came…
"Manasra is a child, but the military court system dealt with him far more harshly than it has a soldier like Azaria," she said. "When the occupier is judge and jury, there is no hope…
Versions of this warning, that Israel's colonisation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank is becoming irreversible, have been issued by Palestinians, Israelis and international diplomats and commentators for decades.
“Gaza is cloaked in desperation. You feel it the minute you cross the border. It’s like traveling to another world. Already at the crossing you see seriously ill people, mainly cancer patients, waiting in line…
Of 32 children killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, by Israeli forces and security guards in 2016, 24 were accused of committing some kind of an attack. However, in several cases, DCIP evidence…