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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...

David Ward Summoned By Party Leadership Over 'The Jews' Comment ... Again

PA | Posted 08.02.2013 | UK Politics

A Liberal Democrat MP has been summoned for a fresh showdown with party bosses amid an escalating row over controversial comments he made about atroci...

Assad Accuses Israel Of Trying To 'Destabilise' Syria

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK

President, Bashar al-Assad, has accused Israel of trying to "destabilise" Syria as he continues to fight a 22 month-long popular uprising in which at ...

Campus Politics at Leeds University

Robert Prager | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Robert Prager

Whilst campus politics can often be appear to be both aggressive and antagonistic, it is important to remember the importance of allowing debates to take place on campus. The importance of freedom of speech and respecting the rights of students to protest cannot be understated.

Syria Complains To UN Over Alleged Israeli Strike

Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK

Syria has made an official complaint to the United Nations over an alleged Israeli airstrike on the border it shares with Lebanon. A US official t...

Israel's Move Could Topple UN's House of Cards

Dr Rosa Freedman | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Dr Rosa Freedman

The fact that Israel can unilaterally decide to withdraw from a universal human rights mechanism demonstrates the UN's impotence when it comes to human rights.

Lib Dem MP David Ward Apologises For Comments On Israel

PA | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK Politics

A Liberal Democrat MP issued a written undertaking tonight that he would not repeat a reference to "the Jews", which caused outrage last week. Davi...

Rupert Murdoch Apologises Over 'Anti-Semitic' Sunday Times Cartoon

PA | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK

Rupert Murdoch has offered a "major apology" for a "grotesque" cartoon in the Sunday Times that has sparked claims of anti-semitism. The media mogu...

BBC Persian Gets Iranians and Israelis Talking

Jenny Norton | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK
Jenny Norton

It's not often that ordinary Iranians and Israelis get the chance to talk to each other, but that's exactly what happened this week live on air on the BBC's Persian television service. What came across clearly was that despite the deep tensions between their two governments, Iranians and Israelis actually have a surprising amount in common.

Lib Dem MP 'Condemned' By Own Party For Criticising Israel Ahead Of Holocaust Memorial Day

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 25.01.2013 | UK Politics

A Liberal Democrat MP has been condemned by his own party for his "use of unacceptable language" in criticising Israel's treatment of Palestinians on ...

8 Of The Best Hot Springs For Winter

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.06.2013 | UK Lifestyle

One way to warm up during winter, without blowing your summer holiday budget, is to try a natural outdoor bath. From the Blue Lagoon in Iceland to...

Israel Swings Centre-left, Not Right - Oops!

Toby Greene | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Politics
Toby Greene

Anyone who read about the Israeli elections in the UK media in the past week will have been told that Israel was set to choose its most right-wing government ever, and that the star was a young, right-wing nationalist named Naftali Bennett. Oops.

Does Likud Really Want Peace?

Daniel Wickham | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Politics
Daniel Wickham

An important question needs to be asked: is the Likud party really interested in peace?

Kasim Hafeez, British Muslim and a Proud Zionist

Hannah Gal | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK
Hannah Gal

The illuminating visit to Israel has transformed Hafeez's life. 'The idea of an apartheid state was dispelled within half an hour of arriving in Jerusalem' he says.

Power-sharing in Hebron, the City of Abraham

Edward Platt | Posted 18.03.2013 | UK Politics
Edward Platt

As a Palestinian man once said to me, Jews and Arabs are 'brothers with different mothers', and since the settlers returned to Hebron after the Six Day War, the 'Children of Abraham' have been conducting an experiment in power-sharing in the city of their birth.

Arab-Jewish Unity: An Innovative Direction for Israeli Politics

Gary Spedding | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK Politics
Gary Spedding

In just under eleven days, the world will once again tentatively gaze towards the State of Israel, some with optimism and others with harsh skepticism. As elections to the 19th Knesset edge ever closer, we need to be mindful of what the new Knesset could potentially shape up like.