UK Palestine Newswire Archive
Hamas human rights violations in Gaza are unacceptable
21-02-2009 16:36
However illegal and criminal the Israeli occupation and war-crimes in the Palestinian territories, it is evident, that the principles of human rights have to be followed by all parties to the conflict, also the Palestinian resistance-organisations
University anti-Zionist twinning with Palestine
21-02-2009 15:55
Last week, at a relatively well-attended meeting, my branch Executive seconded a motion to support a twinning with a Palestinian university, building on existing Student Union work. A few of us decided to propose an additional note about “the increase in antisemitic atmosphere on British campuses associated with Israel’s conflicts”. We are all broadly supportive of the twinning but conscious that in our institution it has been a vehicle for intensifying calls for the ostracisation and dissolution of Israel. Our intervention was fairly puny and didn’t say what needed to be said about this twinning - in retrospect since it was almost certain to fall we should have made more amendments.Finkelstein talks: The misuse of anti-Semitism and abuse of history - Mon 23 Feb
21-02-2009 12:40
Norman Finkelstein explores the corruption and bias of scholarship surrounding the Palestine-Israel conflict. The talk will examine the growing tendency of pro-Israel commentators to use spurious charges of anti-Semitism to deflect and discredit legitimate criticism of Israel.
Jews Sans Frontieres: Joel Kovel fired from Bard College for anti-Zionism
21-02-2009 11:02
Viva Palestina caravan has reached Morocco.
20-02-2009 21:10
“Just driven at 40mph through the streets of Tangier. Crowds of people lined the route cheering, giving victory signs and waving. Amazing!” - george gallowayA fellow pilgrim adds:
“The feeling is immense peace, love, respect and humbleness. The people here are true brothers welcoming us with food, love and hospitality. When the convoy got off the ferry from Spain to Tangier the whole convoy group joined together in one big Jummat.”
Singing Martyrdom in Gaza
20-02-2009 20:55
'Raise your voice, raise your voice, raise it in your song! Songs are still possible, they are still possible!'"Please tell me how he was! How did you find him? Was his body still put together? Was it in pieces?! You have to tell me!" demanded the mother of the martyr Yousef Abu ‘Oda.
The Roots of Hatred in the Zionist Ideology
20-02-2009 20:50
In 1939 Europe turned a blind eye to the rise of Nazism. The British foreign minister Neville Chamberlain believed that a policy of appeasement would work with Hitler; it did not. Hitler attacked Poland, giving the world a costly lesson - a policy of appeasement does not work with fascism. The outcome is well known: Europe was ruined and around 50 million lost their lives. Yet thanks to the Norwegian "home front" resistance, Hitler was deprived of the heavy water needed for manufacturing the nuclear bomb; had he acquired enough material to do so, the history of humanity might have been dramatically different to that which we know.
This Week in Palestine -Week 08 2009
20-02-2009 20:34
This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for February 14th through February 20th 2009.
Anti-Israeli protestors set to fight assault allegations in court
20-02-2009 18:10
Three people protesting against the visit of Israeli ambassador, Ron Proser, to the Welsh assembly in June 2008 face allegations of assault against the police. The protestors have described these charges as pure fabrication, intented to deter people from mounting any sort of effective protest at the assembly - even when it's against someone as odious as Proser, who represents the criminal Israeli state.Three Cheers for the Recession & How to Self-Publish Your Book
20-02-2009 13:13
http://www.bcfm.org.uk/
M65 three released without charge
20-02-2009 12:51
The arrests of the nine "terror" suspects on the Palestine convoy got plentiful publicity. The fact none of them ended up getting charged received less so.
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Free Gaza Mural Cleansed by West Midlands Police
20-02-2009 00:16
So if the cops have got their way with this mural, does this mean the other Free Gaza murals around Birmingham are at risk too?
For pictures of the Free Gaza mural in Small Heath Birmingham see:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/birmingham/2009/01/417493.html
LAMBETH UNISON RAISES OVER £2000 IN SOLIDARITY WITH GAZA
19-02-2009 21:55
The Lambeth Branch of UNISON, the second largest trade union in the UK, has raised over £2000 for Medical Aid for Palestinians through a fundraising drive throughout the Borough’s workplaces. Nationally, UNISON has committed to send a donation of £10,000 to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Lambeth Branch activists collected a further £2020.43 for MAP’s Emergency Appeal for Gaza through a series of collections amongst Lambeth’s workers.Palestine Today 021909
19-02-2009 16:13
Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,
www.imemc.org, for Thursday, February 19th, 2009.
Celebrated Oud player Firas Jabloun to perform at Keep Gaza Alive
19-02-2009 16:08
Internationally renowned Tunisian singer and Master Oud player, Firas Jabloun, has joined line up of musicians, singers, and poets for Keep Gaza Alive fundraiserDetails in brief:
Date: Saturday 21st February 2009
Time: 7- 10 pm
Location: St Andrew’s Hall Chesterton Cambridge
Jayyous, West Bank: Urgent Student Appeal to UK
19-02-2009 14:55
Palestinian students from the West Bank village of Jayyous have sent an appeal to the international solidarity movement and to UK students in particular to mobilise urgently against Israeli house raids, mass arrests and interrogations.A Campus Sit-in against Israeli Occupation: An Interview with Three Participants
19-02-2009 14:35
On Friday, February 6, the University of Rochester-SDS (UR-SDS) organized an occupation of Goergen Hall at the University of Rochester for peace and solidarity with the Palestinians. The action was partially inspired by the wave of occupations across the UK in support of Palestine the past few weeks. UR-SDS made a list of demands of the administration (including divestment from weapons manufacturers, educational and humanitarian aid to Gaza, and scholarships for Palestinian students). In a related event, on Thursday, February 12, 2008 Hampshire College of Amherst, MA. became the first US school to divest from corporations profiting from the Israeli occupation of Palestine.St Andrews: Student Occupation Enters Second Day
19-02-2009 14:04
