The Human Cost of the Conflict in charts
https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/charts/ A very useful resource with charts and statisitcs Israel-Palestine Timeline Last updated July 16, 2019. Charts may take several seconds to load. Hover over the bars to see exact numbers for each year. Deaths 2019…
Palestinians instantly reject Trump’s $50 billion economic peace plan: ‘Palestine is not for sale’
Within hours of US president’s ‘Peace to Prosperity” plan being unveiled, Palestinian leadership and commentators across the Arab world said it was doomed to fail Donald Trump’s long-awaited economic peace plan he hopes will resolve the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was…
Conquer and Divide
For over fifty years Israel has wielded direct or indirect control over the entire West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. Under its rule, millions of Palestinians have had no political rights nor…
Grapes of wrath: how wine could bottle the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
The labelling of Israeli settlement wine brings the battle over land in the West Bank to Europe, writes Bel Trew Just a half an hour drive north of Jerusalem, atop a rocked-rippled hill in the West Bank, a…
A Jerusalem hospital where Palestinian babies die alone
h Israeli blockade on Gaza means parents are separated from critically ill children Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza Thu 20 Jun 2019 05.00 BSTLast modified on Fri 21 Jun 2019 13.00 BST At first glance, nothing appeared out…
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Netanyahu Tells European Leaders Concern for Palestinian Rights Is “Crazy”
https://theintercept.com/2017/07/19/netanyahu-tells-european-leaders-concern-palestinian-rights-crazy/? THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, Benjamin Netanyahu, was caught on tape on Wednesday urging four European leaders to help him undermine a provision of a European Union trade agreement that imposes an obligation on Israel to respect the rights of the millions of Palestinians…
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UN, France Condemn Israel’s Demolition of Homes in Palestinian-controlled East Jerusalem Area
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-un-france-slam-israeli-demolition-of-homes-in-palestinian-controlled-neighborhood-1.7563343? Palestinian prime minister calls demolition a ‘war crime and a crime against humanity,’ says he will file a complaint to the…
Economic Band-Aids Won’t Bring Peace to the Middle East
European leaders should not lend support to a Trump administration…
Palestinian boy loses leg after Israeli soldier shot him as he retrieved football
A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was forced to undergo a leg…
IDF Gunfire Left This Gaza Fisherman Blind. Israel Won’t Let Him Get Treatment
Dressed in an old white undershirt, fisherman Khader al-Saaidy sits…
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Questions to the Prospective Party leaders
In response to questions posed to both Ed Davey and Jo Swinson by LDFP, we received the following reply from ED: Q.…
‘The truth is simple, but unwelcome’
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/1-december/features/features/the-truth-is-simple-but-unwelcome# ‘The truth is simple, but unwelcome’ 01 DECEMBER 2017…
We need to teach our kids to think critically about the Israel/Palestine conflict
https://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/hirsh-on-israel-palestine-and-zionism-1.449530 I remember being present a few years ago at…
Elor Azaria case: ‘No hope of equality before the law’
"Manasra is a child, but the military court system dealt…
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Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine Statement
At a time when there are many accusations of racism, and especially antisemitism, being made, we have taken time out to carefully look at our own social media policy in order to ensure that we firmly uphold the ideals of human rights, social justice, equality,…
Pro-Israeli elements move to kill Al Jazeera documentary on the US Lobby
One may gauge the gravity of this problem from an article by Clayton Swisher, the Head of Al Jazeera’s investigative unit which produced the two documentaries along with many other award-winning programmes on diverse topics of worldwide interest. Swisher writes with justifiable pride about the…
The ‘Priti Patel’ case shows a pro-Israeli lobby behaving unaccountably and arbitrarily in the UK
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 Israel. In this article we revisit the case of Priti…