UK Palestine Newswire Archive
Did NPR Self-Censor on Annapolis?
30-11-2007 15:12
Posted in light of the weakness of most of the media regarding the event, especially its silence regarding Gaza, and Israel's publicly-stated pre-Annapolis plot to attack Gaza once the meetings have ended.Aaronovitch Apologises for Libellous Accusation of anti-Semitism
30-11-2007 14:32
On July 6th this year, a particularly unpleasant Zionist activist who goes by the name of Mikey Mikey aka Michael Ezra posted a comment on David Aaronovitch’s Times-on-line blog asserting that Tony Greenstein spent his time ‘harassing Jews’ and for the past 30 years had been intimidating Jewish students at NUS Conference.Paint Attack at EDO MBM - Fishersgate
30-11-2007 13:54
Paint and bricks thrown onto walls and security cameras at EDO MBM, Fishersgate.Sheffield Vigil for Palestine Photos
29-11-2007 20:56
Campaign launched to save Al Masrah' villagers.
29-11-2007 19:30
A Brighton group has launched a campaign to free five villagers from Al Masrah' in Occupied Palestine, held on remand after protesting against the theft of their land.Freedom to Protest March: Stop Hitler's bomb builders buying Brighton base.
29-11-2007 17:53
Demonstration on the 19th of January in central Brighton, protesting about recent police repression at the Brighton bomb factory. There have been 15 arests since August for singing, shouting and generally expressing opinions about the presecence of an arms factory in thier community.Palestine Today 112907
29-11-2007 15:55
Palestine Today 112807
28-11-2007 15:08
We’ll Come to Gaza - END 'al Nakba' NOW!
28-11-2007 14:24
Peace Con kicks off with 6 dead in 24 hours.Bulldozers, tanks & fighter planes.
Welcome to Gaza
New Films from South Lebanon
27-11-2007 18:57
The anarchist film collective "a-films" announces three new videos from South Lebanon. In October 2007, a-films did video workshops in Bourj ash-Shamali Refugee Camp and the village of Siddiqine.Gaza Fears Israeli Attacks
27-11-2007 18:00
The media seems to FINALLY be breaking its deafening silence on these reports.Annapolis (by Latuff)
27-11-2007 11:49
Two Events on International Day of Palestine Solidarity 29th November
27-11-2007 10:58
Thursday is the United Nations promoted International Day of Solidarity withthe Palestinian People (
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/palestinian ) To mark this day Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign is holding two
events: A vigil at 5pm and a public meeting with a guest speaker at 7.30pm.
Tragedy and Travesty at Annapolis
26-11-2007 18:17
ALERT: Annapolis a Charade: Olmert Plotting Massive AggressionIn Germany, according to historian Richard Evans, in 1931-1932, if enough Germans of conscience had begun to say No -- history would have had an entirely diferent outcome.
If we go any further down this road the tears will be those of conservatives as well as progressives. They will be (Israeli) tears.
The time for weeping has to stop; the time for confronting must begin.
Adapted from "American Tears"
www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/american-tears_b_68141.html
The timing is interesting, given the upcoming "Annapolis Conference", which serves to be about PR alone, as Olmert has already ruled out any Negotiations or Compromise in the name of peace.
If you follow the events surrounding Israel's "Disengagement" from Gaza, you will quickly understand that this was the plan all along. While Israel was making a public spectacle of "forcing Jews to leave their homes", it was quietly surrounding the Strip with artillery emplacements, in an operation ominously named "First Rain".
Under this operation, Gaza basically became a "Free-Fire Zone", and several artillery and gunship strikes killed a high number of civilians. Finally, when one of these batteries fired upon and murdered a Palestinian family - picnicking on a beach that had been Segregated "Jews Only" only weeks before, Hamas finally decided to call an end to its unilateral, two-year cease-fire.
(In essence, they took Israel's bait. After all, you can't excuse your Aggression and label it "defense" if you're not being intermittently attacked. Never mind the hypocrisy underlying the entire media's framing of that whole debate ...)
When the Palestinians responded by electing Hamas to power (yes, elected), Israeli Extremists and their Ideological, bought foreign co-conspirators imposed unilateral sanctions on Gaza, a bit of Collective Punishment which increased the hardship of those stuck in the world's largest Concentration Camp.
When they felt Gaza had been substantially weakened, the US and Israel undertook a Coup attempt, using corrupt elements within the Fatah Party, provoking a violent response by Hamas, which expelled the group. Most of the world's media ignored the events leading to this "crisis", and instead only repeated the Propaganda emanating from the US and Israel, which used this to further increase sanctions against Gaza.
Most recently, Israel stepped up its Collective Punishment, except that human rights groups and legal advisors to the Government halted some of its approved measures, because they run contrary to International Humanitarian Law.
This was sold as another "response to rocket attacks" (again highlighting the hypocrisy of the debate's Framing - are the Palestinians allowed to defend themselves from strikes which actually KILL people ... ?), even though high-ranking officials said that this was NOT, in fact, a response to these attacks, but a way to "distance Israel from Gaza's infrastructure".
The real reason for this whole episode, of course, has been to "soften up" the Gaza Strip for a long-planned military attack, a way to undermine the resolve, and hopefully rid this territory of Palestinians altogether.
Olmert signalled long ago that he would not entertain any serious discussions at this summit, essentially selling out the Israeli public's desire for peace.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/386082.html
Police State
26-11-2007 18:04
A look at how increased security might effect day to day life in LondonAudio from Camden PSC Palestine Solidarity Festival
26-11-2007 15:53
Palestine Today 112607
26-11-2007 15:51
LSE Hypocrisy Continues Over Palestinian Right to Education
23-11-2007 19:16
The London School of Economics has backtracked on promises to students after a long-awaited meeting with Director Howard Davies, by refusing to publish a statement which acknowledged the Palestinian Right to Education. Despite explicit protests from students that he should not be in attendance, controversial LSE Council Chair, Lord Grabiner of Aldwych, insisted on being present at the meeting and stifled debate over the crucial issue.This Week In Palestine – Week 47 2007
23-11-2007 17:56
Palestine talk at Nottingham University
22-11-2007 23:01
Nottingham University Palestinian Society presents:'Peace and Apartheid: Israel's 'peace process' from the Quartet to One Million Voices', by Ben White
December 5th, 6.30pm