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BBC's Palestine hoaxer Paul Martin tries to cover his online tracks

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Thu, 08/16/2012 - 15:41
Paul Martin is a BBC-linked journalist who I exposed as a fraud last month, in a major investigative feature. Although a freelancer, Martin has been described by Newsnight as “our correspondent” at least once. The problem is that Martin has a bad habit of using false identities and making up stories, as my article showed. Since this story got out, Martin (whose real name seems to be Paul Cainer) has been trying to cover his tracks.

As Israel haemorrhages British political support, its supporters watch impotently

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Tue, 08/14/2012 - 14:56
Speaking to Israeli TV earlier this month British ambassador Matthew Gould said Israel was increasingly losing support among middle-ground politicians in the UK because of its aggressive settlement policies. His comments confirm other indications of increased mainstream support for Palestine in the political mainstream, as I showed in a feature for EI last month.

Hoping to unfreeze US aid dollars, Abbas asked Cuba to free accused American spy

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 23:34
Why was Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas trying to get Cuba to free a USAID contractor accused of spying and convicted of subversion?

Cyberwar updates: Flame could have been weaponized; claim worm used to spy on Ehud Barak

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 13:11
It has emerged that Flame might also have been used for more robust attacks in addition to spying.

UPDATED: Minister hints at UK, EU move towards ban on Israeli settlement goods

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 09:00
Update 2 appended: Foreign office (FCO) minister Alistair Burt yesterday dropped the strongest hint yet that the UK may be moving towards a ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements.

London activists protest G4S abuses, complicity in Israeli occupation

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 17:53
Palestine solidarity activists on Thursday protested the annual general meeting of G4S, the massive British-Danish private security company heavily invested in Israel and its colonial West Bank settlements.

Disruption of Israeli theater group in London, as BDS proves a win-win strategy

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 12:32
Israel’s national theater company performed The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare’s Globe in London yesterday and Monday. But Habima’s presence was fiercely contested for months in advance, and both performances were disrupted by Palestine solidarity activists in the audience.

London theater promises “enhanced security” for Israel, as activists set to disrupt Habima tonight

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 15:46
Bag and body searches to be undertaken on visitors to the prestigious Globe theater as Israeli drama group performs Shakespeare.

Palestinians shut down UN building in Ramallah to protest inaction over hunger strikers

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 12:39
At 7.30 this morning a small group of Palestinian prisoner solidarity activists in Ramallah swooped down on the United Nations compound in Ramallah. They blocked the main gate and doorway, preventing entrance to the UN building. UN employees have been turned away, sent home for the day. I went along a couple of hours later. Activists told me they intend to stay until the end of the working day at 5pm. Family members of prisoners took part in with the action, with more joining as the day went on.

Raed Salah wins appeal against deportation from UK: upper tribunal rules Theresa May was "misled"

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:57
The news broke last night that Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah had won his appeal against deportation from the UK in the Upper Tier (Immigration) Tribunal in London. My full story will be published on EI soon, including new revelations about the case, and its implications for the government’s Prevent “anti-terrorism” strategy. Meanwhile, here is the judge’s decision (a scan of the full document is forthcoming, but this extract is essentially the bottom line).

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