Fayez Sayegh (1965)The frenzied ‘Scramble for Africa’ of the 1880s stimulated the beginnings of Zionist colonisation in Palestine. As European fortunehunters, prospective settlers, and empire builders raced for Africa, Zionist settlers and would-be state-builders rushed for Palestine…If other European nations had successfully extended themselves into Asia and Africa, and had annexed to their imperial domains…
Mahmoud Sarsak: ‘Football is my weapon of resistance’Friday 14 JuneFIFPro World – Anti-racism FIFPro – represented in the person of anti-racism spokesman and FIFPro Division Europe board member Tony Higgins – finally met Mahmoud Sarsak – the Palestinian footballer, former political detainee and hunger striker – on Tuesday night June 11th in Edinburgh. In a…
When the Israel boycott goes mainstreamBy Jonathan Freedland, in Jewish Chronicle 7 June 7 2013 “Rather than slamming him, those who wish the best for Israel should contemplate what Hawking’s move means – that unless the country changes course, ending an occupation 46 years old this week, then Hawking’s action will become the norm. The…
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Tuesday 4th June 2013 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release CONTROVERSIAL ISRAEL CHARITY FACES FUNDRAISER PROTEST Campaigners are set to protest a “charity shoot” fundraiser for the UK arm of a controversial Israeli organisation today. The Jewish National Fund (JNF) has faced increasing criticism over its ownership or control of almost all of the land…
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NO EMBARGO: Saturday 1st June 2013 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release PALESTINIAN FOOTBALLER PRESENTS HEARTS/HIBS RIVALS4CHARITY TROPHY AT TYNECASTLE AS CALLS INCREASE TO PREVENT ISRAEL HOSTING THE UEFA U21 CHAMPIONSHIPS A Palestinian national footballer who had last year been on the verge of death after a three-month hunger strike was back to fitness on…
The Almond Tree Michelle Cohen Corasanti Garnet Publishing, 2012 £7.99 I would like to be generous in my review of this book, but that’s no easy matter. Sure enough, the author gives a graphic description of the horrors visited upon a Palestinian family from 1955 onwards and culminating in a searing account of…