A first-hand report on current conditions in the Holy Land from Ed Abington, a former U.S. Consul-General in JerusalemApr 11, 2008I got back Saturday morning from ten days in Jerusalem and Ramallah where I met with many Palestinians and Israelis. I came back convinced more than ever that the two-state solution is dead as a…
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A Scottish PSC banner joins international group getting ready to leave from Cairo for Gaza We were mainly Europeans protesting in Cairo against European-Israeli strangulation of Gaza Scottish PSC members were among those interviewed by Egyptian TV channels… …as were Greeks… …and Austrians. Egyptian authorities stoppped the delegation bus at a police checkpoint, so…
Thursday, 03 April 2008 On March 31, 2008, an international delegation with some 30 participants from the Basque country, Austria, Scotland, Norway, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, France, Spain, Greece, USA, Turkey, Palestine, Jordan and India was determined to reach Rafah, in order to bring relief to the besieged Palestinian people in Gaza and to extend our…
End the siege of Gaza and world complicity in Israeli occupation and crimes! A group of international participants decided to act against our countries’ complicity to the inhumane and devastating siege of the Gaza Strip. We left Cairo on Monday morning (march 31st, 2008) from the Egyptian Bar Association The delegation included participants from the…
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UN expert stands by Nazi comments Tim Franks, BBC Middle East correspondent The next UN investigator into Israeli conduct in the occupied territories compares Israeli actions in Gaza to those of the Nazis. Professor Falk is scheduled to take up his post for the UN Human Rights Council later in the year. Professor Falk said…
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An organisation which discriminates against non-Jews is having a ‘charitable’ dinner at Windsor Castle Tony Greenstein On April 7, Prince Philip will be hosting a dinner at Windsor Castle organised by the Jewish National Fund. They will be marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Israeli state. However this is not a private…
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