The following is the official translation of the full text of Pope Francis’ speech at the Palestinian president palace beside Mahmoud Abbas Sunday morning. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FNdnhsZng&feature=share @ 1:07:38 Mr President, Dear Friends, I thank President Mahmoud…
How can founding ICC members such as the UK and France support the work of the court while opposing Palestinian membership, asks Clive Baldwin? The British government has said many times that it is a…
Professor Mary C. Grey will be giving a talk , “From Galilean shores to Israeli checkpoints : the witness of non-violent resistance & a spirituality of steadfastness in the conflict situation of Israel/Palestine”. Mary Grey…
UK government awards ‘special mission’ status to head-off would-be arrest warrant sought for alleged war crimes in Gaza. The British government has granted temporary diplomatic immunity to a prominent Israeli politician ahead of a visit…
Netanyahu and Obama at the United Nations, 2011. (Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) For most of Obama’s time in office, Netanyahu and the Israel lobby tied him down like Gulliver. After initially confronting Netanyahu on settlements, Obama retreated…
The increasing animosity between Netanyahu and Obama put an end to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations way before they reached their end on April 29, 2014. What I am about to present here is a theory. I have…
18th May 2014 An easy 5 mile walk from central Bristol to Ashton Court Estate and return via the Suspension Bridge and Clifton to the harbour. To get your sponsorship form electronically or by…
Cinema programme: May 16-18 The World is With Us opens with a weekend of screen events at London’s Barbican Cinema. The programme spans a diverse body of iconoclastic film – from early experiments by Palestinian militants…
PM proposes rare change to basic law in response to ‘constant and increasing assault’ on aspects of Israel’s legitimacy Binyamin Netanyahu, centre, at the weekly meeting of his cabinet. Photograph: Oliver Weiken/AFP/Getty Images Binyamin Netanyahu…
With friends like John Kerry, who retracted his true and well-meaning warning under pressure from the U.S. Jewish lobby, Israel doesn’t need enemies. Is Israel at risk of becoming an apartheid state, as John Kerry…
This is all over the wires, and it might be historic. John Kerry, Secretary of State, blamed the Israelis for the breakdown of peace talks during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday. Israel failed…
This cynical and useless game, whose only purpose is to prove again that the occupied ones are to blame, will end in bloodshed. Occasionally the chutzpah of the Americans, and even of the Israelis, believe…
The decline of Hamas may result in a new wave of chaos ARE the tables turning in Gaza? Whenever Egypt wanted to stop Israel and the Palestinian enclave fighting in the past, they would call…
Member of a trade union? You may be interested in this! The Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organising a conference for delegates from trade unions, sponsored by the TUC, on Saturday 5 April. It will hear…
I am writing today to express grave concern about a wave of legislative measures in the United States aimed at punishing and intimidating those who speak their conscience and challenge…