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  • January 29, 2014

    Jewish settlements in the rulings of the European Court of Justice

    Introduction After decades of human suffering resulting from Israel’s occupation and illegal colonisation of Palestinian territory; fruitless and stalled negotiations; moribund policies; and legal options being overlooked in favour...

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  • January 29, 2014

    BICOM: Defending the occupation

    Lorna Fitzsimons believes that Israel’s lurch to the right is just one facet of a global democratic crisis, but I would argue that the Israeli rejectionism that she defended...

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  • January 29, 2014

    UNRWA needs support not brickbats

    Ever since its creation in 1949 by General Assembly Resolution 302, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has had to defend...

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  • January 29, 2014

    Never again

    For a person of Jewish descent, there are two ways of drawing lessons from the Nazi genocide of the European Jews: one leads to saying “Never again to us,...

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  • January 29, 2014

    The multiple strands of racism

    Expressions of racial discrimination are multiple and widespread across Israeli society, and are particularly evident between Jews and Arabs. There is also evidence of racism between Jews themselves. May...

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  • January 29, 2014

    Cultural boycott as a weapon of change?

    How far should artists and academics be held accountable for the actions of their government? The question was powerfully raised when the Israeli national theatre group, Habima, performed at...

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  • January 29, 2014

    A lesson on hope on the 30th anniversary of the Sabra-Shatila massacre

    This year, while Palestinian refugees in Lebanon prepare to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Sabra-Shatila massacre, the country is receiving thousands of refugees fleeing from Syria. We pray...

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  • January 29, 2014

    Is the power of Britain’s pro-Israel lobby on the wane?

    In Palestine solidarity circles the debate around the pro-Israel lobby often focuses on the chicken-or-the-egg problem: are Western governments supportive of Israel because the lobby is so influential, or...

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  • January 29, 2014

    Dayton’s Lost Gamble: The USSC and America’s lost innocence in the West Bank

    By early 2005, most of the developed infrastructure of the West Bank lay in ruins and the security services of the Palestinian Authority were in disarray – the result...

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  • January 29, 2014

    Palestine in British politics

    From a Palestinian perspective, we are at an all-time low. The peace talks are dead, Netanyahu is likely to be re-elected, unilateral annexation is threatened, reconciliation talks have stalled...

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