Press statement on Gaza and the comments of David Ward MP
The Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine utterly condemn the Israeli assault on Gaza as indiscriminate and disproportionate. It is state terrorism. Gaza remains Israeli occupied territory in international law and this will be the case…
Netanyahu finally speaks his mind
At his Friday press conference, the prime minister ruled out full Palestinian sovereignty, derided the US approach to Israeli security, and set out his Middle East overview with unprecedented candor. His remarks were not widely…
Recognise Palestine “immediately”, government urged
Peers have called on the government to formally recognise the state of Palestine. The recent reconciliation deal announced between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas offered the perfect opportunity fort the UK to help Israel…
Economic pressure is all that will end apartheid, Tutu says in calling on Presbyterians to divest
Desmond Tutu speaking at the German Evangelical Church in 2007. (Photo: Elke Wetzig/Wikimedia Commons) The Presbyterian church’s biennial general assembly is taking place this week in Detroit. Desmond Tutu, the retired Anglican bishop who was active…
Jerusalem’s Gate Keepers: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian Bedouin Communities in the Eastern Jerusalem Governorate
The heart of the E1 Settlement Plan In the overall context of Israel’s aim to annex vast areas of the Occupied State of Palestine to Israel, through its settlement enterprise and accompanying policies of colonization,…
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Israel using flechette shells in Gaza
Palestinian human rights group accuses Israel military of using shells that spray out thousand of tiny and potentially lethal darts. The Israeli…
Report: Hamas offers Israel 10 conditions for a 10 year truce
Hamas is offering Israel a 10-year truce if it accepts…
British Deputy PM: Israel’s Gaza response ‘collective punishment’
Israel’s retaliatory air strikes on Gaza have been “deliberately disproportionate”…
Israel/Palestine: Unlawful Israeli Airstrikes Kill Civilians
Bombings of Civilian Structures Suggest Illegal Policy (Gaza) – Israeli…
Voices
An open letter for the people in Gaza
Paola Manduca, Iain Chalmers, Derek Summerfield, Mads Gilbert, Swee Ang, on behalf of 24 signatories We are doctors and scientists, who spend…
Expel Palestinians, populate Gaza with Jews, says Knesset deputy speaker
A relative carries the body of four-year-old Qassim Elwan during…
Besieged and Blockaded: What Gaza is fighting Back Against
Ed. note: When war breaks out there is a tendency…
What's on: Events and Campaigns
Wednesday 4th June 2014 – “From Galilean shores to Israeli checkpoints “
Professor Mary C. Grey will be giving a talk , “From Galilean shores to Israeli checkpoints : the witness of non-violent resistance…
WEDNESDAY 21 MAY – 6.15pm – ‘Palestine-Israel: Eye-witness accounts’ at The University of Bath
A public talk about the current Palestine-Israel situation is being…
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What does Hamas really want?
Read the list of conditions published in the name of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and judge honestly whether there is one unjust demand among them. After we’ve said everything there is to say about Hamas: that it’s fundamentalist; that it’s undemocratic; that it’s cruel; that…
We Single Israel Out Because We in the West Are Shamefully Complicit in Its Crimes
The assault on Gaza has been a humanitarian disaster, yet the west’s staunch support for Israel continues. Seventeen members of a single family wiped out in a missile strike. A centre for disabled people bombed. Schools and mosques attacked. Operation Protective Edge has been a…