When I started to write this month’s update just before the start of Pesach (Passover) and Good Friday, I was acutely aware of the situation in Palestine, Israel, and Iran. I was worried that by the time I finished it after Pesach the war across the Middle East would still be going. Thankfully, the bombing […]
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At our AGM last year, we were one year into the horrendous war in Gaza. Re-reading my report from then is sobering, too little has changed. While there is now a ceasefire in Gaza that seems to be just about holding, there has been little progress in resolving the issues that will allow the people […]
30 years ago, on November 4th 1995, more than 100,000 Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv to celebrate the signing of a peace agreement with the PLO to end the conflict between the two people and chart a way forward to two states, side by side. It was a joyous occasion with songs, music, and […]
Earlier this week, the Liberal Democrat Conference debatedthe Israel – Gaza conflict. Although we are not yet a formal Affiliated Organisation of the Party, LDfPME were consulted on the text and made a number of suggestions to improve the original draft, some of which were accepted. The final version is here. The full debate is […]
On Saturday 30th December, Hannah Land, a member of the LDfPME Executive, addressed the Vigil for Peace organised by Bridgford Muslim Action Group. Here is what she said: Thursday was the Feast of the Holy Innocents in the Christian calendar. “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children […]
About 20 years ago, I received at my PricewaterhouseCoopers work email account (from outside the firm) a collection of photographs and cartoons. They comprised about 10 of images, putting side-by-side something from Nazi Germany and the Holocaust and something from contemporary Palestine. For example, images of barbed wire enclosing people, images of uniformed soldiers rounding […]
Last week, at our regular Executive meeting, our Chair, Leon Duveen, gave an impassioned reason why the work LDfPME is trying to do is so important. You can watch what Leon said here: Here is the transcript of what Leon said: [00:00:00] For me, the solution has to come from the people of Israel and […]
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In a few days time, on May15th, Palestinians will commemorate their Nakba. In 1948, many thousands of Palestinians were disposed of their land, in what is now Israel. Some were forced to leave by the new Israeli forces, some left to give Arab forces more freedom to operate, some fled from fear of what might […]