Monthly Archives: March 2022

Palestine is a loud echo of Britain’s colonial past – and a warning of the future

Palestine-British colonialism In moving from Nazareth back to Read more [...]

Ukraine-Russia war: The prospect of peace and its enemies

Gilad Atzmon writes: The USA, Read more [...]

Israel tells Edinburgh City Council it can’t discuss Gaza: Petitioners’ bid on Edinburgh-Gaza twinning spiked

Edinburgh-Gaza twinning Pete Gregson writes: At 5pm on Read more [...]

Edinburgh City Council to formally discuss twinning with Gaza on 29 March

Scottish and Palestinian flags Edinburgh City Council formally Read more [...]

The dying myth of Israeli democracy

Apartheid Israel is no democracy Lawrence Davidson: "As Israel once had befriended apartheid South Africa, it now reveals its preference for a racist, undemocratic strain of US politics. AIPAC, Israel’s point man, leads the way in this endeavour." Read more [...]

Twin Edinburgh with Gaza Rally on 23 March 2022

Edinburgh-Gaza twinning A rally to formally launch a six-day Read more [...]

Six years: The price Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe paid for 110 years of bad behaviour by UK governments

We never forgave Iran for “breaking Read more [...]

Misconceptions: From Egypt’s Ashraf Marwan to Ukraine’s Zelensky and Russia’s Putin

Misconception Gilad Atzmon writes Jerusalem Read more [...]

“Stay home, mind your own business:” Mercenaries flocking to join Ukraine get a shock

Ukraine mercenaries Stuart Littlewood writes: This Read more [...]

Putin goes “thermo-BARBARIC” – but he isn’t the first to do so  

Stuart Littlewood highlights the fact that while Western media and politicians are indignant about Russia's use of "vacuum" and cluster bombs on civilians in Ukraine, there has been nothing but silence when it comes to Israel's use of similar weapons against Palestinian civilians. Read more [...]