“James MacMillan is the pre-eminent Scottish composer of his generation.” (Boosey & Hawkes, British classical music publisher) “…a composer so confident of his own musical language that he makes it instantly communicative to his listeners.” (The Guardian) A composer so reactionary that he makes it instantly communicative to Telegraph readers of his Telegraph blog. You had…
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Jonathan Cook On The Limits of Reporting on Israel-Palestine Probably like many other journalists, at some point in my childhood I fell in love with the idea of the crusading, fearless reporter — unafraid of bullying figures of authority and always looking out for the little guy. This image was fed by the greatest of…
Scottish Zionists alleged “anti-Semitic” cartoon outrageThe Jerusalem Centre for Public Affairs (JCPA) has published a study of those who campaign on the issue of Israel’s crimes against the people of Palestine. While accusing all and sundry of ‘anti-Semitism’, they write”The Scottish PSC (SPSC) is worth highlighting here; it is considered more extremist than its English…
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1932 is already here, by Daniel Blatman in Haaretz, 26 Dec 2010 “In the Israel of today, we can observe quite a few conditions whose presence in other societies and among other peoples led to racial separation, ethnic cleansing and even genocide. There are minority groups (Arabs and foreigners ) who are ostracized by the…
‘No such thing as justice in the Holy Land’Stuart Littlewood, Al Ahram Weekly, 23-29 Dec 2010 “Christianity in the region has been destroyed by Israel” “We need only to be protected from the crimes of the Israelis “The Israeli occupation denies freedom of religion “Christians or Muslims, we are all Palestinians “I saw Israelis drop…
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Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media ReleaseWednesday 15th December 2010 STIRLING COUNCIL TO BOYCOTT “APARTHEID” ISRAEL Stirling Council became the latest local authority to support a campaign to boycott “Apartheid” Israel on Monday, after condemning Israel’s “open aggression and disregard for International Law.” The motion by Labour Councillors Colin Finlay and John Hendry states, “Apartheid was…
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