06 November 2011
For more details, see Chris Davies’ website: http://chrisdaviesmep.org.uk/?p=780 31 October 2011 – “AN AFTERNOON IN GAZA” The sun shone. Mediterranean waves broke gently against the beach. Small children made their way from school, bags on their backs. There was no shelling. It was a nice afternoon in Gaza, and I could see the sea from my [...]
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06 November 2011
Via Jonathan Fryer’s blog: http://jonathanfryer.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/palestine-unesco-and-the-us/ The vote to accord Palestine member status at UNESCO means that the Palestinians now have their foot in the door of the United Nations and this must now make it easier for them to obtain membership of UN specialised agencies such as the WHO. Of course, the impasse regarding Palestinian membership [...]
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06 November 2011
Via Palestine Monitor: http://www.palestinemonitor.org/?p=2780 Author: Silvia Boarini Al-Araqib and the Bedouins At the break of dawn on 27 July 2010, the unrecognized Bedouin village of al-Araqib, home to the Turi tribe, was surrounded by 1,500 police officers clad in black riot gear. February, 2010: Al-Araqib as it was before the mass demolition of July 2010. Helicopters [...]
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04 November 2011
The Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products Protocol (the “ACAA”) sounds extremely tedious – but please bear with us for a second because it is important. It is official Lib Dem party policy that the EU Israel Association Agreement – which gives Israel many trade privileges for its products in the EU [...]
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03 November 2011
As the pressure grows on Israel to end its illegal occupation and more and more of us become aware of the injustices against Palestinians denied their basic rights, so Israel’s government grows more repressive. The international community, with the UK playing a leading role, needs to act now. Please help campaign for Palestine by lobbying [...]
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16 October 2011
Israeli-Palestinian Prisoner Swap In the past week, Israel has agreed a historic deal with Hamas to free Gilad Shalit, held captive in Gaza for five years, offering 1027 Palestinian prisoners in return. The Israeli High Court received, and rejected, several petitions against the prisoner swap. After years of refusing to talk to Hamas, and suggesting [...]
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25 September 2011
Palestine’s bid for statehood at the UN: where are we at now? The Guardian reports that the Palestinian leadership is to press for a vote as soon as possible on its demand for full statehood at the UN security council as President Mahmoud Abbas returned to Ramallah to declare before cheering crowds that the “Palestinian [...]
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22 September 2011
Tomorrow, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is expected to ask the United Nations Security Council for the world body to recognise Palestinian statehood. At least 130 of the 193 members of the General Assembly have already indicated that they will be voting ‘Yes’ if the issue goes there, which it could, if [...]
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16 September 2011
Medical Aid for Palestinians, the New Statesman and Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine are jointly presenting a Fringe Meeting at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Birmingham. The venue is the Novotel Hotel, Burne-Jones room. Monday 19 September 6.15 – 7.30 pm Chair – Mehdi Hasan (New Statesman) John McHugo – Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine [...]
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16 September 2011
Our annual AGM is being held on Monday 19 September at 2.30 pm in the drawing room of the Hyatt Regency Hotel at the party’s autumn conference in Birmingham. (This is a non-secure zone: no pass required) all those who have been members for one year are free to put themselves forward for election to [...]
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