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January 28, 2014
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Samira Shackle
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
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Samira Shackle
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
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Samira Shackle
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
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Samira Shackle
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
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Samira Shackle
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
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Samira Shackle
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
Samira Quraishy
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
Samira Quraishy
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
Samira Quraishy
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
Samira Quraishy
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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January 28, 2014
Samira Quraishy
As the prominent Palestinian leader Sheikh Raed Salah remains behind bars in a British prison, condemnation of the British government's action continues to grow from various pro-Justice groups and...
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January 28, 2014
Samira Quraishy
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
Renee Bowyer
When the borders of Gaza were sealed by Israel in June 2007 the population faced a situation that was, inevitably, going to deteriorate on every level very quickly. A...
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I am writing this in Malta, a small island state in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, just south of Sicily. It is at the crossroads of the Mediterranean...
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The Independent columnist Johann Hari is someone I don't always agree with, but that's the nature of freedom of speech and democracy. He's just as entitled to his opinion...
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In an interview with the Times (6 May), Israel's ambassador to the UK, Ron Prosor, is reported to have "complained about "extremism in British universities" which caused his deputy...
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He's two weeks into his new role as Foreign Secretary, but already the Zionists' guns are out to get William Hague. The editor of the Jewish Chronicle, Stephen Pollard,...
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It is heartening that a senior British politician can still find the time to attend a minority community function to offer praise and support for its contribution to British...
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In his speech in Germany a couple of weeks ago, Britain's Prime Minister said that his government will not give funds to Muslim organisation unless they believe in "universal...
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It has been an interesting couple of weeks watching the reactions to the latest Islamophobia emanating from Western sources; first that film and then, almost inevitably, it seems, more...
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January 28, 2014
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Ibrahim Hewitt
The real surprise this week was not that the British House of Commons voted against the government's plans to attack Syria, but that people were surprised that elected MPs...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
Following the release of Israel's report to the UN on Friday in which the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) essentially looked into their own behaviour during operation Cast Lead, in...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
This afternoon a press conference was held in the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office between Foreign Secretary William Hague and Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu. The two men seemed...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
More than two weeks after British Prime Minister David Cameron likened Gaza to a "prison camp" during a speech in Turkey, he is still facing a backlash from the...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
It is a legal maxim in this country that justice must not only be done but it must also be seen to be done. Unfortunately, for many of those...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
Harsh sentences deliveredOn Friday morning last week the waiting room inside Islington Crown Court started to fill with some of the protesters who had taken part in the London-Gaza...
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Gordon Brown promises a full investigation as to how an assassination squad completed their murderous mission with the use of British passports
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
While Desmond Travers argues for prohibition of certain weapons, ex-head of Shin Bet says forget the past and move on! On Monday 8 March, the London School of Economics...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
Israeli historian Professor Ilan Pappe and South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former government minister Ronnie Kasrils spoke on Wednesday 10 March 2010 in the Houses of Parliament on the...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
Rachel Corrie: A Case for Justice On March 16th 2003, twenty-three year old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a 65 tonne Israeli bulldozer in...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
When political protesters are arrested by "oppressive regimes" around the world, human rights organisations are the first to rally the call for justice. In practically every issue of Amnesty...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
Sarah Colborne (Campaign Director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign) arrived at Heathrow airport this morning clearly tired and shaken but steadfast and determined. She was the only one aboard...