Balfour to Blair is a special 30 minute film that investigates the role of British policy in the Middle East from the beginning of the 20th century to today. (Source: Aljazeera)

Part 1:

Scottish effort to issue a British apology to the Palestinian people for Balfour. Please make the effort to sign the Petition.

Balfour Declaration and the rights of the Palestinian People
Raised by: Mr Gerald Quin on 15 April 2008

Petition by Gerald Quin calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make representations to the [...]

It is disgusting. Hardly anything was mentioned in the “free-press” of the democratic Western. In fact the coverage in some cases equals to partner-in-crime.

Here is some examples (click on thumbnail to enlarge. Highlights in blue):

USA media - newspapers:

New York Times: Not a single word!

LA Times: Not a single word!

USA media - online news:

New York Times: [...]

A great speech by the British MP George Galloway speaking at a meeting organised early this month by “Respect Youth” - Tower Hamelets - UK. [Hat tip: Ulla]

[Also available at YouTube Part 1, Part 2, Part 3]

UK police apparently digitally manipulated pix of man they shot to look like bomber

The allegedly manipulated photograph of Jean Charles de Menezes and Hussain Osman’s faces placed together. Photograph: Metropolitan police/Handout/Reuters

[Guardian Unlimited] A composite picture comparing Jean Charles de Menezes with Hussain Osman, one of the men who tried to bomb London’s transport network on [...]

This is spacial news for Hillary who voted for more cluster bombs:

A British man was killed on Thursday while clearing cluster bombs dropped on southern Lebanon by Israel during its war with Hezbollah guerrillas last year, a United Nations spokeswoman said.

He was the 13th person to be killed during work to clear unexploded ordinance from [...]

University of Bradford student trapped in Gaza

Image by: Benjamin HeineUrgent Appeal: Support Khaled al-Mudallal’s Right to Education

Khaled al-Mudallal is a Palestinian and a Business and Management student at the University of Bradford. He is currently trapped in Gaza due to the restrictions on freedom of movement imposed by Israel. Khaled needs to return to Bradford [...]

And I thought someone said they have ‘freedom of speech’, ‘free media’ and its the ‘oasis of democracy’ and, blah blah blah..

The British Zionist Federation canceled a London appearance by Ha’aretz columnist Danny Rubinstein the day after he called Israel an “apartheid state” at a United Nations conference on Palestinians.

Story here!

Via: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

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Academic Boycott - Yes or No?

Boycotts, divestments and sanctions are nonviolent methods of protest. Nevertheless, the recent proposal adopted by the UK’s University and Colleges Union congress to just discuss whether it should boycott Israeli academic institutions has caused a furor.

Supporters of [...]

Britain’s Transport and General Workers’ Union has called upon its 800,000 members to boycott Israeli-made products based on what they term Israel’s “criminal policies in Palestinian territories.”

The decision to call for a boycott, reached at a union conference in Brighton, is declarative and does not include concrete steps to implement the boycott.

The TGWU is the [...]