The Foundation for Middle East Peace has been a consistent source of analysis of the occupation over decades. It invariably draws attention to pieces we would otherwise miss. This digest summarises a number of pieces we have already reposted, and many that we have not.
The pros and cons of Egypt’s recently unveiled plan for rebuilding Gaza after the genocide, which seems to envisage reverting to the fantasy of steering Israel and the Palestine Authority towards a “two state solution”.
By Mike Cushman
We should be publicising the Jewish Bloc assembly details for next Saturday’s march by now but the Police are refusing to agree any route. We are used to the Met being difficult but they have never been this obstructive before. We can only assume that by their own decision or in response to outside pressure …
Tim Llewellyn reveals for the first time the outcome of a report commissioned back in 2003 which concluded that there was no deliberate or systematic bias against Israel at the BBC. Now we know the reverse is true.
An elite Israeli eavesdropping agency, Unit 8200, has been using mass surveillance of communications between Palestinians to develop a powerful artificial intelligence tool similar to ChatGPT, potentially giving it the tools “to know what every person in the West Bank is doing.”
Establishment attacks on the BBC for its Gaza documentary persist and the film remains withdrawn from iPlayer. It should be reinstated with a brief explanation about the narrator’s parentage.
Writer Selma Dabbagh shines a spotlight on Israel’s use of administrative detention to deprive thousands of Palestinians of their liberty, to abuse them and use them as pawns in hostage release negotiations.
The Metropolitan Police crackdown on protestors who took part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on January 18 continues apace.
There’s a massive contradiction between the loud demands for “free speech” from the Trump MAGA camp and their unapologetic campaign to crush protest against Israeli atrocities.
The reception these two films have received epitomises a pro-Israel mindset in which Gazan people – and in effect all Palestinians – do not exist.