What’s happening in Israel and Palestine?
John Kelly writes about the threat to annex the West Bank by Israel.
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F22: Centenary of the Balfour Declaration
The big policy change is that the motion calls for the British government to immediately recognise the state of Palestine, with no conditions, but with the expectation that free and fair elections will be held…
Where does the buck stop in the South Hebron Hills?
Jonathan Coulter, Bromley, UK, February 2016 Introduction I visited the South Hebron Hills in the first week of February, 2016. The acute conflict in this area developed after 1967, and more specifically after…
Netanyahu condemns Trump’s anti-Muslim policy, despite already practicing it
The comments of the far-right candidate for the Republican Party Presidential nomination, Donald Trump, claiming he would ban all Muslims from entering the United States has been met with widespread condemnation, even from surprising sources…
Why The Israeli Ambassador To The US Cannot Shirk The Blame For The Current Violence
Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador to the US, is a man in denial. This is typical of so many of those who devote themselves to spreading Israel’s propaganda. He made a speech yesterday (17th October)…
Israel have attacked Gaza 700 times since 2014 ceasefire
The British Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Conservative MP, Tobias Ellwood, has told parliament that the Israeli military have attacked the Gaza Strip on “at least 696 occasions”…
Israeli Defence Minister says he wants justice for Duma fire victims
Much of the world was shocked by the reports of the arson attack in the West Bank village of Duma in July, which saw 18-month old Ali Dawabsheh burn to death, his mother Reham and…
The Palestinian face of the Syrian Refugee Crisis
The British public may be forgiven for assuming that all of the approx. 4 million refugees fleeing violence in Syria were Syrian, however there is also a sizeable Palestinian element to the refugee crisis. We,…
Wales v Israel, And The Politicisation Of Sport
Sunday’s European Championship qualifier between Wales and Israel saw protests prior to the match from people who were there to protest against Israel’s involvement in the game, mainly due to Israeli government policy towards Palestine.…
Israeli restrictions on mosque will ‘lead to religious war’ warns Palestinian foreign minister
Riyad Al-Maliki, the Palestinian Foreign Minister, warned on Thursday (3rd August) that Israel’s plans to subject the Al-Aqsa mosque to temporal and spatial divisions will spark a religious war in the region. Al-Aqsa mosque is…
United Nations: Gaza Could Be Uninhabitable Within 5 Years
The UN Conference On Trade And Development released a report yesterday (Tuesday 1st September) stating that Gaza could become “uninhabitable” by 2020 at the current rate. The report points to eight years of economic blockade,…
Israeli Minister States Soldiers Should Have Opened Fire At Unarmed Women And Children Preventing A 12-Year-Old Boy’s Arrest
Miri Regev, Israel’s minister for Culture and Sports, took to social media today (30th August) to condemn the women and children who tried to prevent an IDF soldier from arresting a 12-year-old boy who had…
Israel Lobbyist Made A Lord By Cameron As 90,000 British Call For Netanyahu’s Arrest
The director of Conservative Friends Of Israel, Stuart Polak, has been elevated to the House Of Lords by Prime Minister David Cameron this week. Mr Polak is, as reported by The Sunday Times, also a…
Palestinian Women And Children Defend A 12-Year-Old Boy From Arrest By Israeli Soldier
Footage has emerged online appearing to show a group of Palestinian women and children fighting with an IDF soldier. Gill Cohen of Haaretz reports that the events took place in the West Bank village of…
LDFP Fringe Event at the Autumn Conference – Should Britain and the EU recognise Palestine now?
Hannah Weisfeld, Executive Director of Jewish organisation Yachad, and Sir Vincent Fean, former UK Consul General in Jerusalem and Ramallah, will discuss the prospects for Peace and how international pressure might help to bring that…