Palestine

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Sun, 05/03/2023 - 06:07
Dee Howard’s husband Mike died in 2021 while suspended by Labour for supporting Palestinian rights, without even receiving an acknowledgment of his appeal In 2020, not long after Keir Starmer conned his way into the Labour leadership and began his purge of the left – and especially left-wing Jews who support Palestinian human rights – […]
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Sat, 04/03/2023 - 08:25

By Ramzy Baroud / CounterPunch Rarely does the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations make an official remark expressing happiness over any UN proceeding concerning the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Indeed, the Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour is “very happy that there was a very strong united message from the Security Council against the illegal, unilateral measure” undertaken […]

The post On False Hope and Broken Promises: Behind the Scenes of the UN Statement on Palestine appeared first on scheerpost.com.

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Thu, 02/03/2023 - 23:24
Letter from right-wing, pro-Israel group warns Green party leaders not to offer a home to Jews who support human rights for Palestinians – or who dare to say what the Forde report and others already admitted: Labour’s ‘crisis’ was a scam. The Greens will shame themselves if they cave in to this bullying Showing no […]
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Wed, 01/03/2023 - 05:12

On February 20, the United Nations Security Council approved a statement, described in the media as a ‘watered-down’ version of an earlier draft resolution which would have demanded that Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory.” The intrigues that led to the scrapping of what was meant to be […]

The post ‘Truth, No Matter What’: Why Watering Down Palestinian Reality is a Crime appeared first on MintPress News.

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Sat, 25/02/2023 - 02:18

Renowned Israeli peace advocate and author Miko Peled cautions that recent actions of Israel's besieged leaders may spark an unprecedented wave of turmoil in the Holy Land.

The post Miko Peled: Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir Have All but Guaranteed a New Intifada Will Soon Erupt appeared first on MintPress News.

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Fri, 24/02/2023 - 04:48
Email to CLPs warns them that any existing affiliations with groups campaigning for abortion rights, minority human rights, disarmament and a fully public NHS are cancelled The Labour party has banned local parties (CLPs) from affiliating with an array of groups supporting the human rights of ethnic minorities or campaigning for a public NHS, in […]
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Fri, 24/02/2023 - 02:25

Discover the fascinating story of two vastly different activists united by a common goal in Lee Camp's thought-provoking interview on ending Israel's occupation of Palestine.

The post Activists from Different Worlds: Meet Two Prominent Peace Advocates Working to End Israel’s Occupation of Palestine appeared first on MintPress News.

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Mon, 20/02/2023 - 03:32
This is a Skwawkbox edit of a guest post submitted by a Labour figure who asked to remain anonymous. Asked by journalists last week whether he would proscribe – outlaw – Momentum, Keir Starmer responded equivocally: That one is not for me. Of course, that is neither a denial nor an indicator that it’s not […]