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UK Government Votes To Become A Stooge For Israel

Saturday, 8 July 2023, 9:10 am | Stuart Littlewood

MPs rob the public of more freedoms in order to shield the apartheid state from criticism and boycott. The UK’s House of Commons has just passed the second reading of the government’s Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, ... More >>

The UK’s Israeli flag-waving Christian preachers

Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 2:00 pm | Stuart Littlewood

When I criticised one of the 12 members of the UK parliament who recently voted against Palestinian statehood, I found myself immediately under attack in the press from a local churchman for my “anti-Israel outburst”. His own outburst was a catalogue ... More >>

Jonathan Sacks, preacher of Israeli hasbara

Friday, 7 November 2014, 5:13 pm | Stuart Littlewood

In a House of Lords debate on the Middle East the other day Lord Risby, who opened proceedings, set the tone and spoke of moving to “a final acceptance of the Palestinian reality”. He reminded the House that he and other members had written an open letter ... More >>

David Cameron still hasn’t got the message on Palestine

Monday, 20 October 2014, 4:17 pm | Stuart Littlewood

On 20 October the House of Commons, the lower chamber of the British parliament, voted emphatically to “recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel as a contribution to securing a negotiated two-state solution.” More >>

UK MPs blow a “raspberry” at Netanyahu and his serfs

Friday, 17 October 2014, 5:15 pm | Stuart Littlewood

Despite all the veiled threats and the loony posturing of the pro-Israel lobby, parliament voted 274 to 12 on 13 October to recognise Palestine as a state. The motion, as amended, read: “That this House believes that the government should recognise the state ... More >>

How will the UK Parliament vote on Palestinian recognition?

Monday, 13 October 2014, 12:19 pm | Stuart Littlewood

On Monday 13 October the House of Commons in London will debate and vote on a parliamentary motion to unilaterally recognise the state of Palestine. A positive result could have a tremendous influence on the state of play in the Palestinians’ struggle ... More >>

UK Independence Party hugs Friend of Israel

Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 10:07 am | Stuart Littlewood

The UK Independence Party (UKIP), which hopes for a big breakthrough in next year’s general election, has been wining and dining potential Conservative defectors one of which has actually come across. More >>

Freedom to live ordinary lives…

Thursday, 21 August 2014, 2:28 pm | Stuart Littlewood

Freedom to live ordinary lives… as per the 2005 promises. That’s all the Gazans want More >>

Gaza: raw power and the murdering of justice

Monday, 11 August 2014, 5:31 pm | Stuart Littlewood

What are the chances of anything good happening to the Palestinians after this latest carnage? Was their torment addressed on previous occasions? Were the wrongs against them righted? Think back. More >>

What more horrors are in store for Gaza?

Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 3:47 pm | Stuart Littlewood

I wonder what Hamas and Israeli leaders are thinking as they survey the devastation in Gaza and review the death-toll and casualty figures? Or course, neither has to live among the ruins and clamber over the devastation. More >>

Slaughter: Israel’s new “self defence”

Thursday, 24 July 2014, 4:35 pm | Stuart Littlewood

Britain’s newly-minted foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, has lost his shine already. A few days ago he warmly welcomed Egypt’s bogus ceasfire proposal which hadn’t even been shown to Hamas. More >>

What if Hamas dumped all its rockets?

Thursday, 17 July 2014, 3:18 pm | Stuart Littlewood

The slaughter of innocents is necessary to stop Gaza rocket-fire. That’s what Israel says. “This isn’t about rockets from Gaza,” says Unite. The union Unite is to be congratulated on its no-nonsense analysis and statement expressing solidarity ... More >>

UK Methodists still half-hearted about BDS

Friday, 4 July 2014, 5:05 pm | Stuart Littlewood

The UK Methodist conference has ducked the opportunity to extend BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) to the whole of Israel. They are content to limit it to firms that operate in the illegally-occupied Palestinian territories for the time being. More >>

Is Palestine “solidarity” going soft?

Thursday, 22 May 2014, 5:33 pm | Stuart Littlewood

In the run-up to the European Union elections the UK’s Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) emailed supporters urging them to use a specially worded form for European parliament candidates to fill in. It included these two questions…Will you ensure ... More >>

A Palestinian “resistance” view

Friday, 2 May 2014, 4:44 pm | Stuart Littlewood

As expected, the “peace” talks farce has ended in disarray with all parties utterly discredited again. Do they never learn? Expect more acrobatics and slapstick if the same circus clowns remain in the ring. More >>

“BDS is irrelevant.” Oh, really?

Thursday, 3 April 2014, 5:08 pm | Stuart Littlewood

What maddens Zionists most is that they cannot control civil society like they can pull the strings of the spineless political élite. They fear BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) action will derail their precious project for Greater Israel. More >>

Time to target Britain’s Israel-first MPs

Thursday, 20 March 2014, 4:56 pm | Stuart Littlewood

Last week David Cameron, addressing Israel’s Knesset, pledged to defeat any boycotting of Israel. “Britain opposes boycotts,” he said without having consulted the British people on the matter. More >>

UK football body in twist over anti-racism, Quenelle

Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 10:18 am | Stuart Littlewood

West Bromwich Albion’s star player Nicolas Anelka recently landed himself and his club in hot water when he allegedly performed the Quenelle after scoring a goal. It blew up into a furious storm in a Zionist teacup. More >>

Who will heal the running sore in the East?

Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 5:13 pm | Stuart Littlewood

Do world leaders today even know the underlying causes of the Holy Land’s misery? Hansard is the official verbatim report of proceedings in the UK parliament. You’d expect powerful intellectual stimulation, especially from the House of Lords, but ... More >>

Palestinians must mobilize support for UN recognition bid

Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 1:11 pm | Stuart Littlewood

Stuart Littlewood shares the concern of pro-Palestinian activists worldwide at the failure so far of the Palestinian Authority, including its lacklustre and PR-inept London "embassy", to start mobilizing world public opinion for the planned bid this ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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