UK Palestine Newswire Archive
LSE Union Divided as Students Condemn Israel's Apartheid Regime
30-01-2008 10:40
Over 600 students turned out to debate a motion on Israeli apartheid at the London School of Economics Students' Union (LSESU) Union General Meeting (UGM) last Thursday, 24 January 2008. Students packed the Old Theatre and spilled out into the corridors for the motion, entitled 'Make Apartheid History', which condemned Israel's Apartheid regime and called for the LSESU to lobby the school and the National Union of Students (NUS) to divest from Israeli and international companies that support the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.Palestine Today 012908
29-01-2008 15:54
Will the Beatles celebrate the ethnic cleansing of Palestine?
28-01-2008 22:01
In 1965 Israel was scared the Beatles would corrupt the country, in 2008 will the country corrupt the Beatles?Not just PR Bollocks but M&S PR Bollocks
28-01-2008 18:58
That quality ethical high street store M&S has teamed up with the middle class thrift store Oxfam to offer their customers money off more new new stuff that you dont need!Palestine Today 012808
28-01-2008 16:42
Palestine in darkness
28-01-2008 11:17
On at least two occasions this week, Hamas staged scenes of darkness as part of its campaign to end the political and economic sanctions against the Gaza Strip, Palestinian journalists said Wednesday.Gaza demo pix.
27-01-2008 19:14
Why Palestinians Are Fleeing Apartheid Israel’s Gaza Concentration Camp?
27-01-2008 14:05
About half the Occupied Palestinians are children and three quarters are women and children. Any person who knowingly ignores, denies, minimizes, excuses, obfuscates, supports, advocates or is other wise complicit in the gross abuses of woman and children has crossed the line between decent humanity and proto-Nazi barbarism. Peace is the only way but silence kills and silence is complicity.Siege of Gaza
27-01-2008 09:47
Finkelstein: Controversies and the Israel/Palestine conflict
26-01-2008 22:01
In this lecture at Edinburgh University Norman Finkelstein tackles the most controversial topics in the Israel - Palestine conflict. Examining what the record and world consensus shows he explains that most of the controversy is fake and that the issues are actually very simple to understand.Full article | 2 additions | 3 comments
Helping the Palestinian Cause: Norman Finkelstein
26-01-2008 14:45
On Wednesday 23rd January, The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) hosted a workshop entitled "How can UK Residents Help the Palestinian Cause?" The guest speaker was Norman Finkelstein, and this audio is a record of the event. The first part consists of Finkelstein's Introductory remarks, and Part 2 is a recording of the workshop, and a short Q&A session.
This Week In Palestine – week 4 2008
25-01-2008 23:35
Escape from Gaza or Voluntary Transfer?
25-01-2008 19:34
Forget everything you've read about the “Great Escape” from Gaza. It's thoroughly misleading, most probably cooked up in an Israeli think tank as way to rid Palestine of its indigenous people.Demonstrate Stop The Siege Of Gaza
24-01-2008 18:26
Please forward: STOP CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR PALESTINIANS STOP THE SIEGE OF GAZAComplete Blockade & Roof Occupation of EDO MBM.
24-01-2008 13:03
Brighton activists prevent access to Fishersgate EDO MBM by locking on to gates and super gluing themselves to external doors. Two activists scale the roof and occupy.Students blockade EDO factory
24-01-2008 12:34
Yesterday morning 15 student activists from Sussex University, Brighton used a variety of tactics to completely blockade EDO MBMs factory in Fishersgate. Students d-locked and glued themselves to doors and occupied the roof in an attempt to bring the factory to a standstill and raise awareness of the products EDO produce.Full article | 3 additions | 3 comments
Sending congratulations to Gaza
23-01-2008 21:19
Congratulations to the Gazans for a powerful non-violent direct action opening the Rafah border with Egypt this morning, and allowing 30,000 people to nip to the shops and buy some food, petrol and medicines.Rafah is a divided town - the Palestinians on the Gazan side of the wall are desperate for food, fuel and medicines due to the increasingly severe seige imposed by Israel. This morning Gazans finally broke the siege and broke through to the Egyptian side of Rafah to buy supplies. No-one yet knows how long the border will remain open.
U.K. 'Sleaze Committee' Infiltrated By 'Friends Of Israel' Refused To Investigate
23-01-2008 10:51
Parliamentary sleaze watchdog the Committee on Standards in Public Life initially turned down a request by a group of 20 top academics, surgeons and others to investigate the influence of Israel lobby groups like Friends of Israel at the heart of British government.Full article | 1 addition | 2 comments
Norman Finkelstein's lecture at the LSE (Wednesday 23 January)
22-01-2008 23:29
Author of 'Image & Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict', 'The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering' and 'Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti Semitism and the Abuse of History'. He is the son of two Holocaust survivers and one of the world's foremost political scientists.End the Siege on Gaza! Protest loudly on Oxford Street!
22-01-2008 22:39
The picket of Marks & Spencer's flagship store on the Marble Arch end of Oxford Street continues every Thursday from 6 - 8pm, urging people to boycott M&S as a focus of the boycott of Israeli goods in Britain because of its huge amount of trade with Israel and longstanding support for the racist ideology of Zionism. We have to stop Zionist crimes against humanity now!