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Fourth report from a delegation to Palestine and Israel by Sam Macartney, UNISON Scotland International Chair: Day 4 Jerusalem: Two scheduled meetings for today and a chance to see the illegal settlements which the Israeli government are helping to build and saying their not.
Furniture tossed on the street
UN you need to see a good optician. Illegal settlements spring up in East Jerusalem atRead more…
Third report from a delegation to Palestine and Israel by Sam Macartney, UNISON Scotland International Chair: Early start this morning to beat the traffic and the check points, yes there is wall to wall check points – makes a few people feel safe but many others living under occupation.
Sam Macartney at the Yasser Arafat memorial
Reached Ramallah, and it felt good to be in a Palestinian cityRead more…
Second report from a delegation to Palestine and Israel by Sam Macartney, UNISON Scotland International Chair: Day 3: Met with the UN representative this morning, (Rodger Dalton) also at the meeting was Lord Warner Labour peer, and two forgettable Tory MPs. They were getting to travel to Gaza while groups with a real interest an agenda are barerd.
Meeting with Kavla Oved workers’ rightsRead more…
Sam Macartney, UNISON Scotland International Chair, reports from a delegation to Palestine and Israel: Day one arrived Tel Aviv. As expected I was pulled in by Israeli security, thankfully only questioned for 20 minutes then released. It seems my reputation precedes me!
Another Israeli checkpoint, Jerusalem
On the drive to Jerusalem Noel our driver pointed out the security the PalestineRead more…
The Tory government announced on Monday (15/2/16) that from now on only government approved boycotts will be tolerated. So much for local democracy.
Through a guidance note published by the…Read more…
NETANYAHU scare tactic misfired. So will he try again?
THE international agreement under which the Iranian government renounces the production of nuclear weapons and allows international…Read more…
DROR FEILER, aboard aid vessel Juliano, named after Juliano Mer-Khamis, director of the Jenin Freedom Theatre, who was murdered in 2011. This boat was sabotaged while in Greek harbour….Read more…
WAITING for sporting chance. Palestinian team detained at border.
IT did not make the front-pages nor TV news here, unlike the arrests in FIFA, but there was a not unconnected incident on May…Read more…
IT’S good news for the Easter weekend, and for the end of the Persian Spring festival Nawroz. A great power agreement with Iran has been reached, providing for limits on the country’s nuclear energy…Read more…