Category: Britain
Will Church of Scotland cave in to Zionist bullies?
Stuart Littlewood sees worrying signs that the Church of Scotland may be about to surrender to Zionist bullying over a report in which it rebuffed false claims to exclusive rights to Palestine.
Who’ll mourn Margaret Thatcher?
Stuart Littlewood recalls Margaret Thatcher’s legacy of industrial carnage, selfishness, greed and subservience to Israel, and says only the privileged – the products of Britain’s public schools – will mourn her most.
Goodbye Miliband. Don’t come back
Stuart Littlewood explains why not many decent Britons will miss former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who has announced his departure from British politics to head a charity in the US.
George Galloway and the topless feminist
Nureddin Sabir highlights British MP George Galloway’s walkout at an Oxford University debate about boycotting Israel, and a Tunisian feminist’s topless protest, as examples of gesture politics guaranteed to be counter-productive.
Boycotting Israel Galloway-style
Stuart Littlewood asks why Israel boycott advocates are attacking British MP George Galloway for boycotting a weasel-worded Israeli, despite the boycott movement HQ’s position that this is a matter of personal choice.
Western dogma of advertising and consumerism
Ziyad El-Hady analyses the role of advertising – and its underlying consumer culture – in undermining freedoms in the West through subliminal conditioning, and its promotion of social problems and insecurities.
Britain must apologise for the Balfour Declaration
To mark the Balfour Declaration’s centenary, pro-Palestinian groups are to launch a five-year mobilization and awareness campaign which will include a demand that Britain apologise for its historic crime.
Calling British ministers to account – or trying to
Stuart Littlewood challenges British ministers, through his parliamentary representative, to explain the riddles and contradictions of UK policy towards Israel on the one hand and Iran on the other.
US church leaders question open-ended Israel aid
Stuart Littlewood highlights the principled stance of some US church leaders against Israel’s occupation, which has angered Israel’s American stooges just as UK Methodists have upset stooges like Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
Media limitations and manipulations
Ziad El-Hady looks at how government, elite and corporate interests shape media reporting of current affairs, trivializing and sensationalizing news, corrupting our understanding of the world and reinforcing prejudice and bigotry.
