Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Revelations in the Israeli media concerning Mahmoud Abbas and former aide Rafiq Husseini should surprise no-one. Slurs comes thick and fast against perceived enemies of Israel, from presidents to charities. To list the Palestinian victims of media assassination would take forever, so we chose some of the more surprising targets.
Human ...
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
A protest march will be held in London today against the arrival of deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign and British Muslim Initiative are co-ordinating the march, expected to number several hundred, to highlight the ongoing human rights abuses perpetrated by the Israeli government. Ayalon is the ...
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
The circus named Berlusconi has left town. During his whistle stop tour of Israel and the West Bank the world's most flamboyant head of state was at his crowd pleasing best. Crying with Netanyahou during a speech to the Knesset, delivering a set of priceless Da Vinci sketches to a ...
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
As I write this, I am still in Cairo. The Gaza Freedom March is officially over…most delegates flew home Jan. 3-5. There are about 30 of us “die-hards” – individuals who have the flexibility to try to wait out the Egyptian government and the dedication/commitment to stay in for the ...
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
MP Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative declared that “the recent statement issued by the FM's of the EU concerning the Middle East, Jerusalem's status and the situation in the occupied territories, represents a positive step forward but EU must pressure Israel to immediately end all ...
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
“As Israel's apartheid regime and policies of aggression continue, the occupation of Palestine has become the longest in modern history,” declared Dr Mustafa Barghouthi on Tuesday in Prague, during the European Socialist Party Conference. The 8th Congress of the PES was held in Prague on 7-8 December and brought together ...
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
EU Foreign Ministers watered down the original Swedish draft proposal, issuing a statement which calls for finding a solution through peace negotiations to resolve the status of Jerusalem. The vote came after Sweden, current holder of the EU presidency, has presented last week a draft document giving support for the ...
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
1. NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION CHANNEL - November 2009 Mustafa Barghouthi and Amjad Atallah discuss the Congressional resolution on the Goldstone Report, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Dr. Barghouti's appearance on the Daily Show.
2.CONFERENCE IN LUXEMBOURG - October 2009 Dr Mustafa Barghouti met last October a number of European officials and ...
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
An article published last week on Jewish Chronicle (a Jewish newspaper) raised doubts of united support for the BDS (Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions) by Palestinian unionists.
As a result of this and other attempts of the media to claim any differences with the Palestinian trade union movement, the full spectrum of ...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
"We do not negotiate with terrorists". The mantra has long been a cherished value of western democracies. In reality all the major powers have at some stage been lowered to discussions with militants, from Northern Ireland to Iraq. Now Israel seems on the verge of granting their fiercest enemies of ...
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