Update 16 Nov 2023
Little has been said by Israel about what will happen after the fighting ends, and it seems it has no coherent plan. Its leaders appear to be unaware that its punitive actions in Gaza will…
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Israel-Gaza conflict: Liberal Democrats call for immediate bilateral ceasefire
Official Lib Dem press release Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey and Lib Dem Foreign Affairs spokesperson Layla Moran MP have today called for an immediate bilateral ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict. The purpose of such a ceasefire, which…
An immediate bilateral ceasefire in Israel and Gaza
More than a month since Hamas’ atrocities, it is increasingly clear that a military solution to eliminate Hamas is not possible. Nor is it tenable for Israel to reoccupy Gaza. Only a sustained political and…
Update 25 Oct 2023
Neither the Prime Minister nor any of the party leaders has demanded an end to the bloodshed with any real conviction, and although individual speeches in both the Commons and the House of Lords have recognised…
Lib Dems call for radical new approach to Israel/Palestine conflict
It also proposes legislation to ensure that goods and services from illegal settlements in Palestinian territory do not enter the United Kingdom until a negotiated peace settlement is agreed.
United Nations Accuses Israel of ‘Grave Violations’ against Palestinian Children
– This week, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres presented a report to the 75th General Assembly on the “Promotion and protection of the rights of children.
Over 600 scholars and artists call for the dismantling of the apartheid regime in historic Palestine
Over 600 scholars, artists and intellectuals have signed a declaration calling for the dismantling of the apartheid regime in historic Palestine, and the establishment of a democratic constitutional arrangement with equal rights for all. By…
Palestinian American Christians appeal to Biden: Reconsider US policy on Hamas
Assigning the label “terrorist organization,” they say, hides a more complicated truth. By Jeff WrightJuly 9, 2021 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in the West Bank city of…
Israel’s Top Court Rules the Nation-state Law Is Constitutional, Denies Petitions Against It
Ten of 11 justices favored denying petitions arguing the law was discriminatory. ‘Law does not negate Israel’s character as a democracy,’ chief justice says. Arab lawmaker deplores ‘racist, anti-democratic’ ruling A man holds a banner…
The artists fighting Israel’s crackdown on culture
“We will rebuild.” That was the message posted by the Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research on social media. The arts centre, founded in Bethlehem in 2014 by Palestinian artist Emily Jacir with her sister,…
Mythologies without End review by David Foster
A review of Mythologies without end by Jerome Slater Oxford University Press 2021 Darwen Liberal Democrat, David Foster said, “This is a must read book for those interested in debunking some of the myths, lies…
Sand Storm (2016), a review by Jonathan Fryer
In an isolated Bedouin community in the Negev desert, Suliman (Hitham Omari) decides to take a second wife, building a house for her literally adjoined to the ramshackle dwelling where his wife and four daughters…
Ami Ayalon, Friendly Fire: How Israel became Its Own Worst Enemy and The Hope for Its Future
Ami Ayalon, Friendly Fire: How Israel became Its Own Worst Enemy and The Hope for Its Future
The end of Oslo: A new European strategy on Israel-Palestine
This article first appeared on the the website for the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Political organisations
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