Earlier this month, Israeli and British military officials signed a joint agreement to formalise and increase their “defence relationship”. The full terms of the pact are secret, but it seems that it will involve joint training exercises and other forms of military cooperation. The agreement came only one month after senior Israeli officers met with… Britain […]
Was Abbas’ UN Speech A Weak Response To Israeli Liebensraum?
A precious moment has been squandered, as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, had the chance to right a historical wrong, by reinstating Palestinian national priorities at the United Nations Security Council on February 11, through a political discourse that is completely independent of Washington and its allies. For a long time, Abbas has been a… via […]
Labour leadership candidate makes pro-Palestine pledge — but declares herself Zionist
Labour leadership candidate Lisa Nandy has endorsed a series of pledges in support of the Palestinian cause amid growing concerns that the party has been making too many concessions to British pro-Israeli groups in a bid to mend ties with sections of the Jewish community critical of Jeremy Corbyn. “I have and always will support… via […]
Palestinians push UN action over US peace plan, Abbas to speak at UN Security Council —
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will speak in the United Nations Security Council in the next two weeks about the US Middle East peace plan, Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Mansour told reporters he hoped the 15-member Security Council, at the same meeting that Abbas would address, would vote on a draft… […]
Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel’s Misuse of “Antisemitism” — Uprootedpalestinians’s Blog
By Ramzy Baroud Source At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a […] […]
Angelic Upstarts – Until Palestine Is Free (Punk)
Here’s a pro-Palestine song from an English punk band of yesteryear. Even punks back then knew the truth. Shows just how little Dirty Harry Callaghan really knew. Enjoy this? Why not share?
UN Resolution 2334 And Israeli Liebensraum
Regular followers of the news surrounding The Palestine Crisis will know that Israel has always, that’s always, escaped international sanction for both its crimes against humanity and its war crimes. The repeated atrocities perpetrated by the rogue Zionist state are well documented and acknowledged by international observers. Even UN committees have accepted that Israel is […]
University Of Cape Town Reverses Decision, Abandons Palestine To Appease Israeli Propagandists
It was a scandal of the highest caliber. On 23 November, the senate of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa was practically bullied into reversing an earlier decision calling for the academic boycott of Israel. While the story may seem relevant in South Africa’s political and academic contexts, in reality, it exemplifies… via […]
Norman Finkelstein: Fatou Bensouda Has Done Everything in Her Power to Prevent an Investigation of the Israeli Crimes by the ICC — Uprootedpalestinians’s Blog
By Slava Zilber Source Slava Zilber: I would like to interview you about your new book. Could you please explain the title: “I Accuse!: Herewith A Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt That ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Whitewashed Israel” Norman Finkelstein: As you know, Israel has been occupying Gaza since 1967, which is more now than […]
Obliterated Families – Stories From Gaza (Interactive Format)
The tragedy of The Palestine Crisis has been well documented by this time. Those who have an interest will be aware of the colonial reasons for the formation of the Israeli state, and the bloody methods used to achieve that political reality. They will also be informed about the crimes against humanity perpetrated by Israel […]
Israel Kidnaps Palestinian Socialist And Tortures Her – Human Rights Abuses Continue
Khalida Jarrar is a leading Palestinian activist for women’s rights and prisoners’ rights. She is a socialist MP elected to the Palestinian Authority’s moribund legislative council, as part of the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). All of this makes her an enemy in the eyes of Israel’s cruel and vindictive military… via […]
All Points Alert: Israel Is the Killer State at Large — Uprootedpalestinians’s Blog
By Jeremy Salt Source The most important news coming out of occupied Palestine in the past week was not the blow delivered to Benyamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu or Gantz, it will be business as usual, now that the elections are over: more attacks on Gaza, possibly a large-scale war on Gaza, possibly a war on Lebanon, […]