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John McDonnell MP slams UK government’s record on sanctioning Israeli settlers in the West Bank
'What’s happening in the West Bank just as in Gaza are war crimes'
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Boycotting Israel: Moderate voices drowned out by hard-liners
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most complex and difficult in modern history, with two competing narratives attempting to describe an extraordinary shared history. With polarisation on the issue endemic, there is limited space for moderates in the center to advocate a resolution that delivers justice for Palestinians, security for Israelis and peaceful co-existence for both.
Peace makers promote peace, not boycotts
The international community should disabuse those Palestinians promoting boycotts of the idea that they can avoid these compromises. By failing to take that stand against the boycott campaign, professor Hawking has done nothing for the cause of peace. If anything, by encouraging behaviour that entrenches the conflict, he has set it back.
Sunday’s violence on Israel’s borders represents new phase in Middle East conflict
Seph Brown reports on the "Al-Nakba" clashes between Israeli forces and protesters this week.
Even a second Rabin could not save the Israeli Labor Party
Maybe for Rabin, the date was always 1948 or 1967, and all it took was force of will for Israel to achieve whatever it wanted. To listen to Israeli leaders now, is to travel still further back in time. The date is always 1938, the place is always Munich, the enemy is always Hitler.