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BDS Won`t Work, Zio Leaders Tell Methodists...

Thank heaven for organisations like JVP. There can surely be no doubt who Mr Arkush's "rejectionists of peace" really are.

(LONDON) - Of course, it wasn't going to be long before the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) stuck their oar into the Methodists' big debate on BDS (Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions) against Israel, which included a public consultation questionnaire.

The BoD has now published their 33-page 'Response to the Methodist Church in Britain's Inquiry into the Tactic of BDS'

Wind of Change?

The Balfour Declaration, had consequences and repercussions that are still deeply felt even now as I am sitting here to write.

(LONDON) - If you live anywhere in Britain, especially in London you couldn’t have missed during this last month, the sea of red poppies adorning many a chest.

The red poppy has become a symbol of the British legion, to commemorate those who gave their lives, needlessly, during the First World War.

BURMA: Police Harassment Northern Arakan State

The villagers were engulfed with fear of arbitrary arrest that police may start at anytime. Sometimes, the villagers have to pay extortion fees of 500kyats while going from the village to Maung Daw town.

(MAUNG DAW Burma Times) - Maung Hla Myint, A student of the village, U Shin kya (Bura-shida para¬) said, a group of police came to the village , U Shin Kya (Bura-shida para) under the Maung Daw township. The group said that they got information of a group of armed robbers who came to the said village.

So the group of police came to prevent the armed robbers from committing any kind of robberies inside the village and to avoid the any bad occurrence.

Irina Bokova Regrets Loss of US Voting Rights

Universality is critical to UNESCO’s mission, to achieving the ambitions that have guided the Organization since 1945.

(GENEVA) - Legislation from the 1990s has prevented the United States of America from paying dues to UNESCO since the Organization voted to admit Palestine in 2011.

Member States that do not pay dues for two years lose their right to vote in UNESCO’s General Conference. That rule came into effect for the United States today.

Slip-Sliding Away: American Jewish Support for Israel

…with Israel and the US increasingly at odds over the prospect of peace with the Palestinians, can Israel still count on the unconditional support of American Jews?

(LONDON Redress News & Analysis) - “A large majority of Israelis, nearly four in five, believes Israel’s future is dependent on the country’s ties to American Jewry, a new poll of Israeli public opinion has found,” reports the Times of Israel. If the poll is accurate, then Israelis are in for a shock.

As we reported last month, a recent poll of American Jews by the Pew Research Centre confirms that American Jews are turning away from Israel...

The Price of Friendship

Disappointed because the US would not make war on another of Israel’s enemies, Israel is working on two fronts to destroy peace talks with Iran.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - The price of friendship is world resentment. This week two birds of feather were denied their voting rights in UNESCO, a cultural and scientific arm of the UN, for not paying their dues for the past 3 years because they did not like a vote taken by the a world body 3 years ago.

Palestine was granted UNESCO membership when over 107 nations supported Palestine’s membership into UNESCO, but once again the US and Israel stood in opposition to world opinion by voting against...

24 Hours to Stop a Catastrophe

As a U.S. citizen, I know something about the forcible displacement of indigenous peoples. My country was built on it. But now, as I watch it happen in my lifetime, the difference is that there’s something we can do about it. - Rabbi Alissa Wise. Jewish Voices for Peace

(NEW YORK CITY) - In just a few days, the Israeli Knesset will debate the Prawer Plan, a proposal to forcibly remove over 40,000 Bedouin citizens of Israel from their ancestral homelands. But you can help stop this catastrophe.

If we can get 20,000 names saying No to Prawer within the next 24 hours, our partner on the ground, Avaaz.org, will hand-deliver our list to the Knesset.

Sri Lanka: Tamil Family`s Distress Over Footage of Daughter

CHANEL 4 Interviews Isaipriya's mother and two sisters claimed asylum in London last week.

(LONDON Channel 4) - The family of a young Sri Lankan Tamil separatist woman killed by government forces four years ago had no idea that she had been captured alive until Channel 4 News broadcast the pictures last week. Our Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Jonathan Miller, met them.

Three women are sitting on a bench. Two of them are staring into space, their demeanour: deadly serious and balefully sad. The other, older, her lined face wet with tears, sits there, sobbing. More than four years on from her violent death, they are mourning a daughter and a sister.

PAKISTAN: Human Rights Ambassador Condemns Attack on Sardar Mushtaq Gill

Supporting victims who have been accused of blasphemy and maltreatment for their faiths is a high risk.

(Washington, D.C) - On 2 November 2013, gunshots were fired in the street outside the home of human rights defender Mr Sardar Mushtaq Gill in Pattoki Tehsil, Kasur District, Punjab Province.

In recent months, Sardar Mustaq Gill has been intimidated by various means, including violent threats. Sardar Mustaq Gill is the National Director of Legal Evangelical Association Development (LEAD) which is based in the province of Punjab.

Arafat`s Death - There`s Really No Mystery

I was convinced that Arafat was as good as dead before he died.

(LONDON) - For once Israel is telling a part of the truth. It was impossible for any of its own (Israeli-Jewish) agents to get into the rubble of Arafat’s compound to administer the poison that killed him.

But they didn’t need direct access. Israel’s role was to provide the radioactive polonium for one of its collaborators in Fatah’s leadership.