Dr. Hanan Chehata

Following the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti last week, 13th January, in which hundreds of thousands of people have lost their lives, the expected donations of humanitarian aid and...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Yesterday (08.11.2010), a group of British parliamentarians and journalists on a tour of Palestine met with a delegation of Islamic deputies at their offices in Ramallah. The...

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine and its eminent panel of jurists has determined that Israel's practices against the Palestinian people are in breach of the prohibition of apartheid under international...

By Dr Hanan Chehata All charges were dropped against 24 year old protester Jake Smith yesterday in Isleworth Crown Court after it emerged that the police had withheld crucial...

Sheikh Raed Salah, a political leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel and three times elected mayor of the Palestinian city of Umm al-Fahm, was arrested last week from...

Gordon Brown promises a full investigation as to how an assassination squad completed their murderous mission with the use of British passports

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The increasingly cosy relationship between the extremist, racist EDL movement and the ultra-racist Zionist movement in the UK is becoming more and more visible with each passing demonstration that...

In a major step towards promoting justice and human rights, Britain's Trades Union Congress (TUC) voted this week in favour of a campaign to boycott companies that profit from...

It seems as though the Israeli scandal that emerged following the assassination of Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh 10 months ago will simply not go away; nor should it. The...

In an attempt to improve political relations and strengthen existing ties between Arab states and the UK, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has been on a tour of Gulf states...

The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) hosted UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Richard Falk for a series of events this week including a parliamentary briefing on the issue of Universal Jurisdiction....

2011 looks set to be a year for increased awareness and discussion on the major issues surrounding the conflict in Palestine. 2010 ended in mixed fortune for the Palestinian...

The first anniversary of Israel's horrific assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla is fast approaching. As most people will remember, nine peace activists were killed by Israeli commandos when...

Sheikh Raed Salah has been the target of a vicious and concerted smear campaign by the pro-Israel lobby in the UK and unfortunately our government has now weighed in...

In the time since his shocking arrest in London on 28th June, Sheikh Raed Salah's name has been the focus of vicious and potentially libellous headlines in the British...

Following the Middle East Monitor's report on Tuesday 7th July that Israeli Major General (ret.) Danny Rothschild – was due to speak in the Houses of Parliament later the...

There is no doubt that attempts to whip up Islamophobia are on the rise and there certainly seems to be an atmosphere of intolerance and racism gaining traction here...

Maxim Shevchenko is an immensely well-respected editor, journalist and presenter on television and radio in Russia. He is a staunch advocate of the Palestinian cause, a member of the...

Easter was the perfect opportunity for Christians to reconsider their position on the Palestine/Israel conflict and many did. In South Africa, more than sixty church leaders and theologians showed...

What do you think of when you hear the words, "Palestinian refugee camp"? Miles of open land covered in tents housing entire families crammed together, perhaps? Poverty stricken people...

Today was Christmas and a rather surreal one at that. Instead of tucking into the usual Turkey with stuffing and all of the trimmings, Viva Palestina convoy members tucked...

By Dr Hanan Chehata In an international effort to show solidarity with the Palestinian people, Viva Palestina (VP) volunteers from around the world have left their families and in...

Putting a human face to the tragedy – Re-igniting the call for accountability On Monday 15th March Channel 4 aired an episode of Dispatches entitled "The Children of Gaza"....