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January 28, 2014

The Israel lobby wants to retain freedom of speech for itself, on its own terms

In an interview with the Times (6 May), Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Ron Prosor, is reported to have “complained about “extremism in British universities” which caused his deputy...

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January 28, 2014

Is London set to be Israel’s main sponsor at America’s expense?

The Independent columnist Johann Hari is someone I don’t always agree with, but that’s the nature of freedom of speech and democracy. He’s just as entitled to his opinion...

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January 28, 2014

Europe’s amnesia

I am writing this in Malta, a small island state in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, just south of Sicily. It is at the crossroads of the Mediterranean...

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January 28, 2014

George Osborne needs a reality check

It is heartening that a senior British politician can still find the time to attend a minority community function to offer praise and support for its contribution to British...

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January 28, 2014

Does David Cameron really believe in universal human rights?

In his speech in Germany a couple of weeks ago, Britain’s Prime Minister said that his government will not give funds to Muslim organisation unless they believe in “universal...

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January 28, 2014

Calls for restraint miss the point

It has been an interesting couple of weeks watching the reactions to the latest Islamophobia emanating from Western sources; first that film and then, almost inevitably, it seems, more...

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January 28, 2014

House of Commons vote suggests that democracy is not quite dead yet

The real surprise this week was not that the British House of Commons voted against the government’s plans to attack Syria, but that people were surprised that elected MPs...

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January 28, 2014

In a startling disclosure to MEMO Colonel Desmond Travers questions the credibility of a recent Israeli report as well as a BBC Newsnight report.

Following the release of Israel’s report to the UN on Friday in which the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) essentially looked into their own behaviour during operation Cast Lead, in...

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January 28, 2014

Gaza protesters to be sentenced despite allegations of police brutality

It is a legal maxim in this country that justice must not only be done but it must also be seen to be done. Unfortunately, for many of those...

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January 28, 2014

Harsh sentences seem more likely to deter lawful protest rather than violent disorder

Harsh sentences deliveredOn Friday morning last week the waiting room inside Islington Crown Court started to fill with some of the protesters who had taken part in the London-Gaza...

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