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If there is anything new in the never-ending sad story of Palestine it is the clear shift in public opinion in the UK. I remember coming [...]
Six people have been arrested by Spanish police in connection with a $600 million (£426m) fraud on the London Stock Exchange.
Police said the Serious Crime Office alleged the massive swindle began in 2003 and involved the fraudulent sale of shares in a fictitious company which had assets totalling £370 million when it began trading on [...]
Don't miss this speech by George Galloway on Israeli terrorist war crimes in Gaza:
Also tagged Gaza, George-Galloway, Israel, Palestine, videoBritain obstructs global ban on use of cluster bombs
The British Government is accused of being the chief obstacle to the signing of a treaty to ban cluster bombs, which have maimed and killed thousands of civilians worldwide.
Countries that have suffered the impact of the bombs, humanitarian groups and former commanders of British forces have called [...]
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: [...]
This "witness statement" is a good read:
The FO's case to the information tribunal
The Guardian, Thursday February 21 2008
I, Neil Wigan, of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London SW1A 2AH, the United Kingdom, make this statement in support of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Appellant in these proceedings.
Personal Background
1. I am currently the head [...]
Strange!
Oh… He is Israeli war criminal… that's why!?
Police feared 'airport stand-off'
An Israeli general wanted for alleged war crimes escaped arrest in the UK because British police feared an armed confrontation at Heathrow airport.
02.19.2008 | BBC News
By Dominic Casciani
Documents seen by BBC News reveal how Major General Doron Almog managed to fly back to Israel when [...]
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 [...]
Also tagged 7/7, De Menezes, TerrorismUniversity of Bradford student trapped in Gaza
Image by: Benjamin Heine
Urgent 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
ACTION ALERT
July 25, 2007
Contact: (202) 939-6050
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 an [...]
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 [...]
Via Haaretz:
…"Britain talked directly with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal and Syria to facilitate Johnston's release, violating the global boycott of the movement…"
"How can Israel and Abbas continue to ignore the only force capable of managing the Gaza Strip?….And no less important: Is there still any point in boycotting Hamas or the Israel Defense Forces' operations [...]
Beyond satire is Blair's appointment as Middle East envoy. Blair is the most wholehearted Zionist ever to lead a major British political party - including Balfour. He is at one with the religious right in the United States in having a gut Zionism perversely engendered by fundamentalist Christian beliefs.
Remember, Blair is leaving today because he [...]
