23 October 2012
Everyone who cares about the Palestinian People should read this correspondence with Sarah Ludford MEP. Letter to Sarah Ludford 16 October 2012 Letter from Sarah Ludford 19 October 2012 Letter to Sarah Ludford 21 October 2012 Letter from Sarah Ludford 22 October 2012 share using:
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23 October 2012
Most Palestinian analysts maintain that the Oslo agreements are to blame for the collapse of the Palestinian economy. Triggered by gas-price increases, tens of thousands of Palestinian taxi, truck and bus drivers in the West Bank observed a one-day strike, effectively shutting down cities. This, as Al Jazeera reported, was the culmination of several days of [...]
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23 October 2012
State forced to release ‘red lines’ document for food consumption in the coastal Strip following legal battle; official: state has right to determine who it assists. After a three-and-a-half-year legal battle waged by the Gisha human rights organization, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories has finally released a 2008 document that detailed its [...]
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10 October 2012
Henry Siegman | The National Interest | September 6, 2012 Ma’ale Adumim, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.The Middle East peace process is dead. More precisely, the two-state solution is dead; the peace process may well go on indefinitely if this Israeli government has its way. The two-state solution did not die a natural [...]
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10 October 2012
Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes has said that the opportunity for a two state solution to the Israel-Palestine dispute is now “near to the end” and the international community should consider a “one state solution”. Speaking on the eve of his party conference, the veteran Lib Dem politician said he believed a single federated [...]
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17 September 2012
The daily dose of terror inflicted on these Semites isn’t noticed by most Jews – even though the incidents resemble stories told by our grandparents. Here’s a statistic that you won’t see in research on anti-Semitism, no matter how meticulous the study is. In the first six months of the year, 154 anti-Semitic assaults have [...]
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17 September 2012
Violence by Jewish settlers has been cited for the first time in a US state department list of “terrorist incidents”, as Israeli political leaders condemned a string of recent attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The inclusion of assaults on [...]
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17 September 2012
The thousands who have demonstrated in the West Bank against the PA’s economic policies play into the hands of Israel, which controls the resources but takes no responsibility. “Geniuses,” I said to myself when dozens of trucks and taxis blocked traffic in the heart of Hebron last Wednesday in protest against the price hikes. “Geniuses,” [...]
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12 September 2012
Peter Dulieu, our membership secretary of many years, died peacefully on 25 August, just four days after his 71st birthday. For the Lib Dem Friends of Palestine, as for his own local Liberal Democrat group, his loss will be acutely felt. Living in the East End after the war – when he and his brothers [...]
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08 August 2012
Jenny Tonge invites you to join her at the Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine fringe meeting at: The Durham Gallery, Hilton Metropole, Brighton, Sunday 23 September 1 – 2 pm. ‘’The Sacred Trust of Civilization: Britain’s historic responsibility to the Palestinian People.’’ Professor John Dugard, a South African international lawyer who has published the definitive work [...]
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