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The crimes of Western governments are sowing dragon’s teeth in the whole Arab world

February 2006 It is impertinent of Western governments and pundits to criticise the democratic decision by the people of Palestine to evict the governing party and replace it with Hamas. Those same powers who have financed and suppported Israel as it dismembered the living body of Palestine, should recall the bitter words of the great…

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Outrage as protesters monitored

May 2006 CONTROVERSY OVER a new police unit designed to prevent extremists recruiting in Dundee has intensified after officers monitored a pro-Palestinian demonstration in the city centre on Saturday.Police have now been accused of “bizarre heavy-handedness” by grassroots organisation Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (SACC) after its decision to make their Special Branch Community Contact Unit…

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Edinburgh International Film Festival Returns Israeli Money in response to Boycott Plans

August 2006 The organisers of the Edinburgh International Film Festival have cancelled an official Israeli Embassy sponsorship of their programme and returned the Israeli cheque following a huge public outcry over Israeli Embassy involvement. Shane Danielsen, the Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival wrote to all those who complained that he had “almost had…

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Protests cause Israel cricket match in Glasgow to be cancelled

2 August 2006Press Release from Muslim Association of Britain   Antiwar campaigners have been informed by police that tomorrow’s scheduled cricket match involving Israel in Glasgow has been cancelled. The organisers were unable to find a venue large enough for the planned protests. However, the matches on Saturday and Sunday are still on, though antiwar groups…

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