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NSPCC complicity in cruelty to Palestinian children. An open letter signed by ninety one health workers, academics, educators, social workers, youth workers, and others
It should at the very least be a source of disquiet that a number of mainstream media, including the Guardian, determined that this letter, and the issue it addresses – NSPCC’s complicity in undermining the lives of Palestinian children and their families – does not warrant space within their columns. A perhaps unintended, though perhaps… Continue reading
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The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children accused of complicity in cruelty to Palestinian children
My guess is that a significant number of those who read my posts are involved, in one way of another, with children and the required work to ensure their flourishing. We recognise this as a universal goal, unbounded by border, background or ethnicity. With this in mind, this post may have particular salience for at… Continue reading
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An insightful letter framing a courageous act: Israeli students publicly refuse military conscription
Last month, January 2021, sixty Israeli High School students very publicly refused to be conscripted into the Israeli army (military service is compulsory for men and women) . Below is the letter they sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, army Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, Minister of Defense Benny Gantz and Education Minister Yoav Galant.… Continue reading
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Seismic shift: Authoritative Israeli human rights organisation brands Israel an Apartheid State
It’s as good as official: Israeli human rights group – B’tselem – defines Israel an Apartheid State. Other organisations have made that evidence-based judgment, not least the UN and Al-Haq, but the B’tselem report has special significance – it represents a radical break in its previous position and implcitly calls to account those that have… Continue reading
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So you and I could be anti-Semitic, and we didn’t even know it. Part two
This article can be read as a stand alone. But, as the designation ‘Part two’ suggests, there is merit in visiting Part one for useful, additional background. In particular, Hasbara is explained, as is the inept and damaging IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition of anti-Semitism along with its supposed examples. Give or take a… Continue reading
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That’s all it took: six army bulldozers and around a hundred soldiers
My purpose in this posting is simply to put before you first-hand testimony of the lived experience of the Jordan Valley Bedouin. The testimony offered here is by Professor David Shulman accompanied by his and Margaret Olin‘s photos . Below is a brief introduction by David followed by a link to his 6 November 2020… Continue reading
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Stuctural and personal violence: Israel’s relationship with Palestinians
Dear Reader, I return to a topic that is much neglected in mainstream media. It is also a matter of some sensitivity for many, and for many reasons. Whilst it is not necessarily hard to discern the motives and objectives of key state interests in maintaining and enriching, beyond all conscience, an apartheid regime, for… Continue reading
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ODSC calls for international support against Israel’s annexation plans
Originally posted on Free Haifa: A CALL AGAINST APARTHEID OVER PALESTINE; ONE DEMOCRACY FOR ALL One Democratic State Campaign (ODSC) April 29, 2020 Israel is racing to complete its project of institutionalizing a colonial apartheid regime over all of historic Palestine. The next step is planned for July, when the coalition government of Benjamin Netanyahu… Continue reading
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Playing with death – Palestinian childhoods
Traditionally, this site has been concerned with children and their freedoms. More recently, it has also focused on the conflict in Palestine/Israel. The two subjects distressingly combine in todays’s Daily Telegraph report. Something hidden, obscured or ignored now starkly highlighted: More children than Palestinian fighters are being killed in the offensive on Gaza. The name,… Continue reading
About Me
This is Bernard Spiegal’s blog.
I write mainly about Palestine/Israel and related issues; sometimes other stuff too
Recent Posts
- Israel’s right to a self-determined Jewish state – a fallacy
- Moral harm and the Jewish Establishment
- Sanctioning the settlements: A bullet bitten. A space opened up.
- Chief Rabbi Mirvis: Moral purpose shattered
- A charade and a reflection on relative time: Jewish Establishment meets with Foreign Secretary Miliband
