Palestinian statehood debated in the House of Lords
The latest parliamentary debate on Palestinian statehood has taken place in the House of Lords.Peers discussed the same point that MPs voted on last October – whether the British government should...
View ArticleState of Palestine? Now is not the time, say peers
The unilateral establishment of an independent Palestine could lead to the "takeover" of Israel, a leading peer has warned.Cross-bencher Baroness Deech spoke against a unilateral declaration of...
View ArticleRawabi gets water link
The Israeli government approved the connection of the new Palestinian city, Rawabi, to the water grid last week after more than a year of delays.The decision will allow the company building Rawabi,...
View ArticleLabour manifesto pledges commitment to two-state solution for Israel and...
Securing peace in the Middle East is a key foreign policy for Labour, the party’s election manifesto has revealed.Launched in Manchester on Monday morning, the policy document outlines Labour’s...
View ArticlePro-Israel flyers handed out before intifada play
Pro-Israel groups plan to hand out flyers at theatres across the country as part of a “counterbalance” campaign in response to the Palestinian play The Siege.The production, by the West Bank’s Freedom...
View ArticleHawkish Israeli minister Silvan Shalom favours restart of peace talks
Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom has said that he is in favour of a resumption of negotiations towards a two-state solution as soon as the world powers’ talks with Iran have come to a...
View ArticleForeign Office urges Israel to end settlement building
The Foreign Office has urged Israel to stop building settlements “on private Palestinian land”. In a statement, 2a>Tobias Ellwood, Middle East Minister2b>, said that “the UK is deeply concerned...
View ArticleWATCH: IDF airlifts Palestinian arson victim to Israeli hospital
Following the arson 1a>attack on Palestinian homes in Douma on Friday1b>, IDF forces transferred the Palestinian victims from a hospital in Nablus to the Sheba Medical Center Hospital in Tel...
View ArticleIsraelis put second ‘Jewish extremist’ in administrative detention
Israel has detained a second alleged Jewish extremist in line with the 1a>prime minister’s vow to crack down on “terror”1b>.Eviatar Slonim was arrested on Tuesday night, accused of belonging to...
View ArticleShin Bet rounds-up settlers in major West Bank operation
Israeli police have rounded up extremist Jewish settlers in their biggest operation in years.The Shin Bet arrested nine people suspected of extremist activities against Palestinians on Sunday. Two more...
View ArticleLSE publishes blog post accusing Zionism of “delegitimising” and...
The London School of Economics has published a post on its website accusing Zionism of being based on Jewish biblical “notions of separateness, superiority and entitlement”.Dr Sandra Nasr, a lecturer...
View ArticleSplit over plan to invest in Palestinians
A plan by Israel's Finance Minister, Moshe Kahlon, to allow Palestinian companies greater access to Israel's building sector could herald a split in the cabinet over both security and housing policy....
View ArticleMove to prosecute heads of Palestinian television
An Israeli NGO is preparing to file a complaint to the International Criminal Court against the heads of the main Palestinian TV station, whom they accuse of inciting viewers to kill Jews.Shurat HaDin,...
View ArticleThe economy? No. It's the narrative, stupid
One of the most persistent themes in both the Israeli and the international approach to the Palestinian issue has been the notion that the road to peace has a strong economic dimension. According to...
View ArticleNUT's condoning of Nakba propaganda
Last Saturday, a conference organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign was held at the central London headquarters of the National Union of Teachers.As someone who reports on these kinds of events,...
View ArticleJohn Kerry confirms he will attend Paris peace talks
John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, has confirmed that he will attend a new round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.The meeting in Paris on June 3 will aim to create a framework for...
View ArticleLesson about Palestinians should not be 'taboo'
Talking about the Palestinians to pupils at Jewish schools "cannot be taboo", according to a specialist on teaching children about Israel.Dr Sivan Zakai, of the American Jewish University in Los...
View ArticleChurch group that sends volunteers to the West Bank to "witness life under...
In a meek, gentle voice, young Hannah Griffiths informs the crowd that she has an important story to tell.The largely female, 40-strong audience that has come to hear her speak at a south London...
View ArticleBonne chance: France seeks Israeli-Palestinian peace deal
Syria, Iraq, Libya and Egypt have large areas overrun by terrorists trying to establish a genocidal state. Yemen is shattered by war. And military giants Saudi Arabia and Iran are locked in an arms...
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