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Bantustans and the unilateral declaration of statehoodVirginia Tilley, Electronic Intifada, 19 November 2009 “Every major media opinion page and academic blog has been saying that the two-state solution is dead and Israel will imminently face an anti-apartheid struggle that will inevitably destroy Jewish statehood. So a unilateral declaration by the PA that creates a two-state…

Demonising the Fly-in: Welcome to Palestine, Unwelcome to IsraelLes Levidow20 July 2011 The ‘Welcome to Palestine’ initiative aimed to challenge Israel’s blockade on Palestinians receiving foreign visitors. They have been effectively barred from Palestine unless pretending to be tourists or Christian pilgrims. Even prisoners have some rights to receive visitors, but the Israeli prison known…

Villages of Popular Resistance meet to discuss way forward Palestine Solidarity Project 21st July, 2011 In March, 2011, a group of representatives from popular committees from the Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah and Nablus districts came together with one idea: to create a conference that highlighted to coordinated popular resistance in Palestine. All active communities, including Beit…

Murdoch’s ambitions in the Middle EastDahr JamailAAl Jazeera 20th July 2011″My own perspective is simple”, Murdoch told the Anti-Defamation League on December 13, 2010. “We live in a world where there is an ongoing war against the Jews…Some believe that if America wants to gain credibility in the Muslim world and advance the cause of…

Water cooler company Eden Springs profits from Israel’s illegal occupation of the Syrian Golan. Find out how Eden Springs is directly complicit in violations of international and human rights law. Hear directly from the Occupied Territories and from Glasgow’s twin city of Bethlehem on why we should not reward Eden Springs with contracts here in…