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January 28, 2014

BBC accused of bias over Israel-Palestine

The BBC is well-used to accusations of bias from many quarters, not least on its coverage of the Israel-Palestine issue, where it appears unable to please anyone. More than...

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January 28, 2014

Serious questions about the Abu Dhabi investments that saved Barclays

The 2008 financial crash brought down most of the UK’s banks, which were forced to turn to the government for huge cash hand-outs to avoid pulling the rest of...

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January 28, 2014

It is unfair to compare the Turkish government to the discredited dictators

The protests in Turkey have dominated international media coverage for several weeks now. Starting with a local protest over plans to bulldoze a park to make way for a...

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January 28, 2014

EU ban of grants to settlements ruffles a few feathers

In July, plans to block European Union money from reaching Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian territory became official. The ban will make institutions and entities in the settlements –...

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January 28, 2014

Stronger EU measures are needed to halt human rights abuses in Egypt

When Mohammed Morsi was deposed by the Egyptian military on 3 July, the international community was unsure how to react. The US held back from referring to events as...

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January 28, 2014

Britain's strongest statement on settlements yet

Israel’s settlements – civilian communities built on land occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War – are widely accepted to be illegal under international law. They have been...

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January 28, 2014

UK government throwing money into risky hands

The British government has recently signed a ‘memorandum of understanding’ with the Palestinian Authority (PA) pledging funds to the tune of £156 million, to be delivered over the next...

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January 28, 2014

Newly-elected Labour leader speaks at Friends of Palestine fringe event

Before Election Day 2010 BC (Before Coalition), there was one party which many on the left saw as the one that they could rely on to be vociferous when...

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January 28, 2014

Veteran MP claims British Jews are "distancing" themselves from Israel

A veteran British MP has attacked the Westminster coalition government’s proposed change to the universal jurisdiction laws. Sir Gerald Kaufman also claimed that British Jewry is waking up to...

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January 28, 2014

Britain should stand by its detained Jerusalem Consulate workers, as it did for those in Tehran

On Sunday 2nd January, two Palestinian workers for the British Consulate in Jerusalem were arrested by the Israeli authorities. The two have since been accused of aiding suspected Hamas...

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