Mark Regev

Fact-checking Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev

Mark Regev speaks to reporters in Washington (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
In October, Mark Regev addressed Cambridge University students at its famous Debating Union. The event was recently uploaded onto YouTube, and of particular interest is the Q&A (beginning 27 minutes in). The questions are predominantly critical, or sceptical, and Regev has to shoot from the hip.

UK’s leading pro-Palestine campaign group blocks call to expel Israel from the UN (again)

The Wall was not built on, or in most cases near the 1967 Green Line, but rather cuts deep into the West Bank, expanding Israel’s theft of Palestinian land and resources. In total, 85% of the Wall is located in the West Bank Image credit: Deliberation.info
 
by Stuart Littlewood
At its Annual General Meeting last weekend the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) threw out a proposal to seek Israel’s expulsion from the United Nations.

Freedom to live ordinary lives… as per the 2005 promises. That’s all the Gazans want

 Condoleezza Rice (US Secretary of State) said the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza returned control of that territory to the Palestinian people and the EU would play an important role in implementing the scheme. “This agreement is intended to give the Palestinian people freedom to move, to trade, to live ordinary lives.

 
 
 
by Stuart Littlewood
 
I have just received a very disappointing reply from my true-blue Tory MP to pleas for real government action over the slaughter in Gaza.