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URGENT: MEPs to discuss Goldstone Report on 10 March – please email your MEPs

From PSC URGENT: MEPs to discuss Goldstone Report on 10 March – please email your Members of European Parliament The European Parliament is due to vote on its attitude to the Goldstone Report on March 10.  Please URGENTLY email your MEPs – if possible by the end of today. Use www.writetothem.com to email all your MEPs directly. Remind them of…

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By all means kill a Palestinian using our passports. Can I come to your house-warming?

Despite ongoing controversy over Israel’s alleged role in the killing of a Hamas commander, we hear that David Miliband is to attend a housewarming reception at the recently refurbished Israeli embassy at the end of the month, reports the UK’s Independent daily… After two weeks of diplomatic wrangling, it appears that the temporary impasse between the Foreign…

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B’Tselem statistics – Fatalities 29.9.2000-26.12.2008

Original Database: http://www.btselem.org/english/Statistics/Casualties.asp Fatalities Click on the numbers for a list of individual names and details about the circumstances of their death.   29.9.2000-26.12.2008 Occupied Territories Israel Gaza Strip West Bank Total Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces 3000 1791 4791 69 Palestinians killed by Israeli civilians 4 41 45 2 Israeli civilians killed by…

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Charged with hunting unicorns and harassing Israeli ‘nationals’

To face charges of harassing individuals on the basis of their ‘Israeli nationality’ is akin to being charged with hunting unicorns, robbing a tooth-fairy, or disturbing the Loch Ness Monster. (Note to Edinburgh PF: all four of the above are non-existent.)Five Palestine solidarity campaigners appeared again to face ‘racism’ charges in Edinburgh Sheriff Court on January…

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