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Boycotting Israel Galloway-Style

The attacks on Galloway seem to come mainly from people in the BDS movement itself who are supposedly on the same side.

(LONDON) - A big fuss blew up last week when British MP George Galloway walked out of the chamber when he heard that the student opposing the motion was an Israeli.

American readers may remember Galloway, who came over in 2005 and delivered a master-class in how to give a Senate Inquisition sub-committee a good spanking.

Liberating the Land of Canaan

Includes upcoming actions in Occupied Palestine.

(BETHLEHEM) - I just returned to Palestine after a productive but tiring short tour of European cities (Paris, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Geneva).

The purpose was to rejoin the growing uprising against the occupation/colonization and to witness the PA and Israel still engaged in “security coordination” with our own tax money used as “leverage”...

Israel Destroys Palestinian Home as Punishment

Home destroyed to pressure fasting prisoner to end strike.

(RAMALLAH Gulf News) - Israeli bulldozers have demolished the house of Ra’afat Al Eisawi, brother of the fasting Palestinian prisoner Samer Al Eisawi, who has refused to end his hunger strike launched 159 days ago.

Al Eisawi family accused the Israeli military forces of targeting the fasting Samer with the demolition, claiming it was aimed at putting pressure on Samer to stop his fast.

George Galloway Speaks for BDS as Much as Anyone

We all have a responsibility to participate in BDS even if we may have different reasons for doing so.

(LONDON) - MP George Galloway is an advocate of and participant in BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) toward Israel.

Anyone who participates in boycotting, divesting from or sanctioning anything that supports Israel is part of BDS.

After Andreasen`s Defection...
Wanted: More `Impossible Women` for UK Independence Party

Claiming “Israel has maintained an impeccable human rights record” is outrageous

(LONDON) - A number of readers expressed shock and disappointment at my recent article ‘Rising star UKIP: another tool of the Zionist lobby?’.

They’d had high hopes of UKIP hauling us out of the EU cesspit and injecting commonsense into the bloated backside of Westminster politics.

Music Video Tribute for Palestine and Ziyad Yaghi

A story of growth with two former students of mine, Bader Apoelar and Ahmed Abdel Khaliqm...

(EAST JERUSALEM, Occupied Palestine) - Today's youth is a beautiful and energetic resource which can be prepared toward creating a better future.

I personally enjoy shaping the minds of this resource throughout my career, to prepare them not only for success, but to also bear and struggle with the unfortunate burdens we adults fail to resolve today.

Palestinian Prisoners and Israel`s Shin Bet

The death of Arafat Jaradat on Saturday raised recurrent questions about Israel's Internal Security Service; Jaradat was healthy at the time of his arrest last week.

(CLERMONT, FL) - After a 30-year-old Palestinian died while in custody and a hunger strike by four other inmates sparked a week of West Bank protests.

Palestinians are calling for an international investigation of Israel's treatment of detained Palestinians.

Palestinians Say Israel `Tortured` Detainee

Man was arrested for stone throwing...

(JENIN al Jazeera) - The Palestinian government is alleging that a Palestinian man who died in Israeli custody was tortured to death.

They are dismissing claims that his death was due to a heart attack.

BDS Against George Galloway

Galloway’s impulsive reaction must at least understood by Palestinians and their advocates.

(LONDON) - With BDS, it’s never boring. Although formed initially to mount pressure on Israel, increasingly BDS campaigns are now, bit by bit, focusing on silencing any pro-Palestinian voice with an IQ over 90.

Fighting Bullies and Protecting Innocents, that is Our Business

Watch Jamal Belica and his brothers shine the rebel spirit in all of us!

(EAST JERUSALEM, Occupied Palestine) - The human rights field is normally an undramatic combination of petitioning, organizing, fundraising, and more.

However, sometimes those with passion and commitment who embody the hopes and dreams of a a brighter future receive a minacious and decrepit reaction...