The Rev, the Bishop and Bethlehem
Dear Members, The very brave Rector of St James’ Piccadilly, the Rev Lucy Winkett, is now under attack. For the 12 Days of Christmas her church has run a Palestinian Festival, Bethlehem Unwrapped. But the highlight…
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Largest Dutch pension fund boycotts Israeli banks over settlement ties
PGGM cites policy of ‘social responsibility’ in decision to divest millions of euros from Israeli banks that have West Bank branches and offer financing for settlement construction. The Netherlands’ largest pension fund management company has…
G4S contracts in Israeli occupied territories face major investigation
OECD to examine the controversial firm’s alleged supply of surveillance kit. G4S, the security company which has lurched from crisis to crisis over the past two years, is facing an investigation by international authorities into…
Bethlehem wall is erected in Piccadilly
IN THE pouring rain at six p.m. on Tuesday night, in the heart of London, workmen in hard hats, elevated eight metres above the ground, were not quite finished. Nevertheless, just the top of the…
Assailing the right, Livni says settlements harm Israel’s security
Israel’s lead peace negotiator tells business conference in Tel Aviv that continued conflict harms economy. ith her most intense and confrontational style of delivery, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Monday said that “the settlements are…
Church protest reveals realities of life in modern Bethlehem
The Rev Lucy Winkett is having trouble sleeping. This is because her church on Piccadilly has decided to erect a full-size copy of the Israeli separation barrier to block off her Christopher Wren church. And…
At Mandela funeral, Abbas says he opposes boycott of Israel
The question to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was appropriate in time and place. At a news conference in Johannesburg where he was attending Nelson Mandela’s funeral, Abbas was asked about his position regarding the…
The Prawer Plan has been cancelled by the Israeli Knesset – Jewish Voice for Peace
We’ve just received the welcome news from our allies on the ground that the Prawer Plan to forcibly relocate over 40,000 Israeli Bedouin from their ancestral lands is no longer under consideration by the Israeli…
AGM and after
Dear Members At our AGM on Wednesday,we altered our constitution to include associate members: – …. An Associate Member shall be a person who, while in sympathy with the aims of the Liberal Democrat Party as set…
What the EU settlement ‘compromise’ will mean on the ground
An analysis of how the EU’s settlement guidelines will affect Israel and the settlements after the two sides reached an agreement on their disputed terms, as they have been reported thus far. The European Union…
Stop shooting students
PETITION BACKGROUND – There was unbelievable chaos in the Al Quds University in Abu Dis, Palestine on 17th November. Not for the first time, the Israeli army tried to invade the university. Today they used…
UKTI stops promoting trade in settlements – finally
The UKTI has updated its “Doing business guide in Israel”. Until Friday 15 November 2013, the British government had been promoting investment in the Jordan valley and its illegal Israeli settlements, contradicting its policy position…
Netanyahu’s two-state mask has slipped
Kerry’s effort to re-launch the peace process was based on the illusion that Netanyahu is committed to a two-state solution; its failure means that it’s only a matter of time before the Palestinians fight back.…
Why is no one addressing the real reason for the weak Palestinian economy?
When a journalist was invited to a meeting, asked a question, and the distinguished speakers invoked their right to remain silent. I never expected that Dr. Rajiv Shah, the administrator of United States Agency of…
Livni raps PA negotiators for resigning
Palestinian team had stepped down in protest over proposed Israeli construction in the West Bank Israel’s chief negotiator in peace talks with the Palestinians on Thursday criticized the resignation of Palestinian negotiators that had been…