Redress: "British blackmail to cripple Palestinian UN bid?"

Thursday, 29 November 2012, 12:39 pm
Press Release: Redress Information

New on REDRESS INFORMATION & ANALYSIS website:

THREE ARTICLES:

ARTICLE 1 - "British blackmail to cripple Palestinians’ UN bid?"

SYNOPSIS - Stuart Littlewood views the background of Britain’s decision not to appose the Palestinian bid for enhanced UN status but only on condition that the Palestinians turn a blind eye to Israeli crimes."

LOCATION (URL) - http://tinyurl.com/c3rw9zo --

ARTICLE 2 - "The genocidal yearnings of Israelis."

SYNOPSIS - Lawrence Davidson examines the roots and manifestations of the Israelis’ racism towards the Palestinians: debasing and humiliating them, regularly killing or otherwise punishing them when they protest, and yearning to annihilate them.

LOCATION (URL) - http://tinyurl.com/c4x4qd2 --

ARTICLE 3 - "Perpetual conflict by Israeli design."

SYNOPSIS - Graham Peebles views the recent Israeli blitz on Gaza in the context of the long history of deliberate Israeli injustice towards and oppression of the Palestinian people, practiced with Western complicity.

LOCATION (URL) - http://tinyurl.com/cznnok5

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