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April 19, 2014

The Pirates of the Mediterranean: Israel waives the rules

Starring Maj. Gen. Eitan Dangot as Captain Jack Sparrow, Tzipi Livni as Elizabeth Swann (one flutter of her eyebrows and grown men swoon) and Benjamin Netanyahu as old slobberchops...

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April 19, 2014

Robert Fisk: Western leaders are too cowardly to help save lives

Has Israel lost it? Can the Gaza War of 2008-09 (1,300 dead) and the Lebanon War of 2006 (1,006 dead) and all the other wars and now yesterday’s killings...

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April 19, 2014

3 Facts You Need to Know About the Israeli Attack on Peace Activists on the Gaza Flotilla

Our main media organizations have willingly allowed Israeli spokespeople to fill the airwaves with misinformation. Let’s reiterate a few simple facts. It is quite astounding that Israel has been able...

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April 19, 2014

British Foreign Secretary’s response to Israeli massacre on aid ships falls short of condemnation

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) released a statement this afternoon in response to Israeli forces attacking and killing international humanitarians on board an aid ship en-route to Gaza...

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April 19, 2014

Israeli army murders 19 unarmed civilians and injures 80 onboard ‘Freedom Flotilla’ to Gaza

In the early hours of this morning a peaceful flotilla of boats carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza was attacked in cold-blood and with brutal force by the Israeli army....

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April 19, 2014

Muslim voters tell politicians “Ignore Palestine at your peril”

Following the final “prime ministers’ debate” the community initiative YouElect conducted a poll which confirms that Palestine and Islamophobia are at the top of Muslim concerns in this General...

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April 19, 2014

Stand firm, Mr Clegg

Nick Clegg is unpretentious, which is probably why he is capturing the imagination of the British electorate. Most commentators refer to his apparent honesty, despite attempts by the right-wing...

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April 19, 2014

Declaring war on Jordan

The recent Israeli “military order” for the deportation of thousands of Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank is an extremely worrying development for the Hashemite Kingdom of...

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April 19, 2014

Why Palestine must feature prominently in the party leaders’ debate

Britain’s party leaders’ election debate on global issues will attract as much media attention as the first encounter last week, for the list of issues to be tackled is...

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April 19, 2014

Action is essential to prevent another round of ethnic cleansing in Palestine

An ominous political storm is gathering across Palestine and the Middle East following the announcement of an Israeli military order due to come into effect this week. The order...

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