I spoke on this in Lord Steel of Aikwood’s debate on 7 June. As far as I know, I’m the only person to make the point that Israelis have long enjoyed full self-determination. Palestinians have been denied this rightand te large number of Palestinian exiles living in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere, have never been…
This 30-page document, with full footnotes and references, comes from the Association of International Development Agencies, signed by 49 of their members, and dated 13.04.15. It recalls how 60 nations met in Cairo in October 2014 and pledged $3.5 billions for reconstruction. Of this sum only $524 millions has yet been released. Qatar and Saudi…
Why are international sanctions appropriate when Russia illegally annexes the Crimea, but not when Israel illegally occupies and colonises the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and blockades Gaza? Why have more than twenty years passed since the Oslo Agreement, without a just solution for Palestinians and for the millions of refugees outside Palestine?
These indigenous people were originally nomadic, but in recent years have built their own villages, and even schools. In the Negev, in southern Israel, the Authorities have major plans for re-locating the Bedouin. Unfortunately these plans have been drawn up without consulting the Bedouin, and therefore cause problems, for example from repeated demolitions of dwellings. One Bedouin…
Please follow this link to my Questions and Answers re Israel -particularly HL 15557; HL15558; HL 15700; HL 15697; HL15881 Also HL15698
