Tony Blair

What the Günter Grass controversy says about censorship in Europe

Zionists and their supporters control large chunks of the media in the EU’s three largest countries.

Obfuscation never helped anyone: the Palestinian fiscal crisis

Wednesday’s annual donor meeting in Brussels will blame everyone but Israel for the fiscal crisis in the Palestinian territories, but it’s no secret why the Palestinian economy is faltering.

A few weasel words from EU as Adnan nears death

As Khader Adnan begins the 62nd day of his hunger strike, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton might finally say something about his suffering.

UK Labour Party student officials face backlash over free tour of Israel, settlements

Asa Winstanley
London
16 January 2012

A member of the UK’s National Union of Students Executive Council has denounced several youth and student officers from the opposition Labour Party for taking part in an all-expenses-paid tour of Israel and its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The Labour students delegation met with Captain Barak Raz, an Israeli army spokesperson and other Israeli officials.

UK's shadow foreign minister in pocket of Israel lobby

John Spellar, Britain’s shadow Foreign Office minister, has enjoyed hospitality from influential Zionist lobby BICOM.

The (unplanned) victory of the UN statehood bid

Jonathan Cook
Nazareth
27 September 2011

There was one significant victory at the United Nations for Mahmoud Abbas, even if it was not the one he sought.

Fake flexibility from London's Israel lobby

The deceptive game played by ex-British MP Lorna Fitzsimons and her war criminal chum.

MEP joining flotilla tells EI: EU's honest broker image "a sham"

David Cronin
26 June 2011

Paul Murphy, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Ireland’s Socialist Party, is bound for Gaza as part of the second Gaza Freedom Flotilla. The Electronic Intifada correspondent David Cronin interviews Murphy about the flotilla and the EU’s role in the siege.

Update/analysis: Cameron changes "no comment" stance on JNF departure

Last month Asa Winstanley reported for The Electronic Intifada on how British Prime Minister David Cameron had stepped down as honorary Jewish National Fund patron. Asa, a journalist in London who blogs at winstanleys.org and who can be followed on Twitter, wrote up an update and analysis after the prime minister’s spokespersons broke the silence on Cameron’s resignation.

New book shows how aid to PA ended up in Israel's pockets

David Cronin
18 May 2011

In The Political Economy of Aid in Palestine, Sahar Taghdisi-Rad illustrates how aid earmarked for the oppressed often ends up in the oppressor’s pockets. David Cronin reviews.

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