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Obama's Big Trip: Israel, Palestine and the Audacity of Hope

Rebecca Greig | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK
Rebecca Greig

For Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Obama offered nothing but pretty words and a tacit understanding that all they are getting is sympathy.

Anti-Semitism? Not at Our Dinner Table

Myriam Francois-Cerrah | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK Politics
Myriam Francois-Cerrah

While I support Mehdi for ‎taking a stand against anti-Semitism and urging Muslims to be as diligent in denouncing it as ‎they are Islamophobia, I reject the presumed community complicity implied by his reference to ‎‎"our dirty little secret". ‎

The Sorry Truth Is That the Virus of Anti-Semitism Has Infected the British Muslim Community

Mehdi Hasan | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK Politics
Mehdi Hasan

It pains me to have to admit this but anti-Semitism isn't just tolerated in some sections of the British Muslim community; it's routine and commonplace. Any Muslims reading this article - if they are honest with themselves - will know instantly what I am referring to. It's our dirty little secret. You could call it the banality of Muslim anti-Semitism.

Mehdi's Morning Memo: The No-Growth Budget

Huffington Post | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 21.03.2013 | UK Politics

The ten things you need to know on Thursday 21 March 2013... 1) THE NO-GROWTH BUDGET It's the morning after - and the chancellor George Osborne ...

Barack Obama And The Art Of The Man Hug

Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

Barack Obama's reputation as one of the most personable Presidents of all time was confirmed on Wednesday as he arrived in Israel. He greeted Israe...

LOOK: 'The Beast' Breaks Down

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.03.2013 | UK

When you're the President of the United States, on a visit to the Middle East, you don't want your car breaking down. Luckily for Barack Obama, he ...

WATCH: Obama Promises 'Unwavering Support' For Israel

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.03.2013 | UK

Making his first official visit to Israel, US president Barack Obama has pledged his commitment to the security of the country and stressed the need f...

Obama Should Get Behind Dead Sea Canal Project for Peace in Region

Dan Ehrlich | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK Politics
Dan Ehrlich

Water, not settlements, should be President Barrack Obama's concern during his visit to Israel. Why? Because water is the one resource Israel and the West Bank Palestinians have in common with the Jordanians. And it's a project they are working on together.

Palestinian Prisoners in Israel: Time to End the Injustice

Keith Taylor | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Politics
Keith Taylor

Last year saw more than 3800 Palestinians arrested and detained by Israeli security services. This constitutes a 16% increase compared to 2011. By the end of 2012, more than 4,750 Palestinians were kept in detention inside Israel.

UN Report Suggests Baby Son Of BBC Arabic Worker May Have Been Killed By Off-Course Palestinian Rocket

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK

A UN report has suggested an 11-month-old baby believed to have been killed in an Israeli air strike actually died when his home was hit by an off-co...

The Case for Palestine: A Zionist Perspective

Daniel Wickham | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Daniel Wickham

Israel should make peace with the Palestinians now, while they still can, before the Palestinians are pushed too far and a peaceful settlement is rendered impossible.

UN Observers 'Captured By Syrian Rebels'

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK

About 20 United Nations peacekeeping observers have been captured by armed forces on the Syrian-Israeli border. According to reports, the group wer...

Slice of Life in Israel: Jaffa, a Safe Harbour in an Antique Land?

Jason Holmes | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Jason Holmes

To the north, two miles away, lies the friendly cosmopolitan Bauhaus bustle of Tel Aviv; to the south some 40 miles distant, lies Gaza. The ancient city of Jaffa has been caught in a warp of time, with a heterogeneous population of Jews, Christians and Muslims all co-existing in an atmosphere of modulated unease.

George Galloway and the Politics of Nationality

Tony Mckenna | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Politics
Tony Mckenna

Ultimately there can be no solution to the Israeli-Palestine question 'from above.'

Take Leave for Tel Aviv

Black Tomato | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Black Tomato

If Jerusalem is the Holy City, Tel Aviv is its wayward sister - made up of Mediterranean beaches, stylish bars, diverse cuisine and lively nightlife, ...

Cyberwar - The West Started It

Arjen Kamphuis | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK Tech
Arjen Kamphuis

Setting up a Cyber ​​Army while the sluices and pumping stations are equipped with factory-default passwords in their SCADA controllers seems pretty stupid. If you live in a glass house, not throwing stones and not motivating others to do so, is the smarter move.

EXCLUSIVE: 'I Was Humiliated'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 26.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education

The Oxford University student responsible for organising an Israel debate has said he was "left humiliated" after George Galloway stormed out, The Huf...

An Open Letter to George Galloway

Mahmood Naji | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Mahmood Naji

It has not escaped my attention that, since discourteously walking out on an event I had spent much time and effort organising, you have been claiming repeatedly that I had "misled" and "deceived" you. I was not intending on replying until I saw you once again attempt to, in my opinion, slander me on Press TV.

The Silencing of Israeli Voices Must Stop

Toby Greene | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Politics
Toby Greene

What is so abhorrent to George Galloway about conversing with an Israeli? Why is he so adamant that the Israeli should not be seen; that the Israeli should not be heard?

WATCH: 'I Don't Debate With Israelis'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education

George Galloway is being accused of anti-Semitism after he stormed out of an Oxford University debate, telling the student speaker: "I don't debate wi...

‘It Embodies The Idea That Palestinian Children Are Targets’: Israeli Soldier Investigated After Image Of Palestinian Child In Rifle Crosshairs Is Posted On Instagram

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.04.2013 | UK

A picture of what appears to be the back of a Palestinian boy's head in the crosshairs of a sniper rifle has been posted on an Instagram account belon...

Cold Reception For Netanyahu's £2000 Annual Ice Cream Budget

Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.02.2013 | UK

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under fire after it was revealed his household budgeted £1,750 (or 10,000 shekels) of state funds ...

Europe's Learning Curve on Hezbollah

Leo Cendrowicz | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK Politics
Leo Cendrowicz

For some, it may seem bizarre that Hezbollah is not already on Europe's terrorist blacklist. Critics in Israel have long complained that Europe is turning a blind eye to Hezbollah, adopting an ostrich policy, and appeasing its Muslim communities.

Review: Unhitched - The Trial of Christopher Hitchens by Richard Seymour

Andrew Doyle | Posted 08.04.2013 | Home
Andrew Doyle

Towards the end of the ninth century, Pope Stephen VI had the body of his predecessor Formosus exhumed, dressed in its sacerdotal attire, and propped ...

Obama is a 'Wretched Coward' and Israel is a 'Lunatic State,' but Norman Finkelstein is Still Optimistic....

Cathal Sheerin | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Politics
Cathal Sheerin

Political scientist, activist and author of the Holocaust Industry and Beyond Chutzpah, the famous Dr. Norman Finkelstein was in Belgium, to talk abou...