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Palestine/Israel: What oppression looks like
I have just returned from a trip to Palestine/Israel. My purpose: to understand more; to interview/have conversations with people; to report back to those who might already be interested and, fond hope, to encourage more widespread interest – and action. The bulk of my time was spent in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), taking the… Continue reading
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So what’s new? Israel’s Nationality Law
Israel’s parliament (Knesset) has this July passed its Nationality Law by sixty two votes to fifty five. In brief, it enshrines, and in effect crows about, Israel’s status as an apartheid state. The law confirms that ‘Israel is the historic homeland of the Jewish people and they have an exclusive right to national self-determination in… Continue reading
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Another Israeli state violation now, and a harbinger of more to come
The proposed demolition of Khan Al-Ahmar – a violation now, and a harbinger of more to come This article has just been published on the ICAHD UK (Israel Committee Against House Demolition, UK) web site. I would urge you to take a look at the web site as a whole. The website also announces an … Continue reading
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Anti-semitism- an article of clear, good sense
There follows a link to an article on anti-semitism in the London Review of Books by Stephen Sedley: https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n09/stephen-sedley/short-cuts I commend it to you as a good and worthwhile read. Stephen Sedley is a former appeal court judge. A collection of his articles and lectures, Law and the Whirligig of Time, will be published by… Continue reading
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A State’s ‘right’ to exist?
Abstractions cannot have rights. States are abstractions. States therefore cannot have rights. At first blush, this may seem no more than a quibble, or an excursion into constructing a syllogism simply for the pleasure of it. In terms of the subject I want now to address, it is neither. Before proceeding, it’s worth stating an… Continue reading
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I thought I’d tell you a story
I thought I’d tell you a story. A true story. Or as true as a told story can be. I think it may be a tale about the perennial wrestle between pragmatism and principle, but I may be wrong. If you read on, you can decide for yourself. The story is about events that took… Continue reading
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Nineteen days and counting to Israel’s destruction of another Palestinian village
Umm Al-Hiran Village: In 19 days this village will be demolished by Israel In nineteen days’ time, that is from today the 27 March 2018, five hundred Bedouin men, women and children, residents of the village of Umm Al-Hiran in the Israel Negev desert, will see their homes destroyed, their school, community facilities and mosque… Continue reading
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Israel: Apartheid State?
This is the second blog that departs from my usual patch and addresses a subject that needs to be kept in the public eye. This is my very minor contribution to aiding that purpose. I speak of the Palestine/Israel situation. Postings on this topic will continue to form part of my blog, though I recognise… Continue reading
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Palestinian metaphor: mud bricks
This blog represents a departure from its usual hunting ground. It addresses a subject that I have been itching to speak about via this medium for some time. My reluctance to do so, until now, was based on my awareness that my understanding of the issue was based primarily on book-learning, newspaper/magazine articles and lectures,… Continue reading
About Me
This is Bernard Spiegal’s blog.
I write mainly about Palestine/Israel and related issues; sometimes other stuff too
Bernard Spiegal 