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Items by Vyara Gylsen
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Israel bans activists in order to hide its crimes from public view, it’s nothing new
Last Sunday, the chair of Britain’s Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and advocate of the boycott of Israel over its occupation of Palestine was denied entry at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Hugh Lanning was deported back to London early on Monday morning. “The organisation Mr Lanning heads is one...
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In welcoming Netanyahu to Downing Street, May showed contempt for international law
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his British counterpart Theresa May in London on Monday, despite rumours of tension between the two countries over Britain’s role in drafting and backing a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to illegal settlement-building in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Netanyahu...
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Two weeks until the Women's Boat to Gaza sets sail
The Women’s Boat to Gaza (WBG) is due to set sail on September 14, 2016 to reach the shores of Gaza by early October. It will be sailed entirely by an all-women crew and will carry aboard noteworthy participants from around the world such as Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead MacGuire...