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Opinion: Violence is not the answer for the Palestinians
In more ways than one, 9/11 revealed to the world that recurrent acts of militancy could damage chances of creating a place called Palestine. There is no doubt that religious, Israeli and secular acts of militancy have tarnished the image of... Read more
September 12, 2011 Hits:30
Blog: "Rafah crossing still not so open" by Murad Qureshi
On returning from on a delegation to the Gaza of UK parliamentarians recently, through Cairo, Murad Qureshi AM tells us what he saw firsthand as the Arab spring enters its summer. Read more
August 23, 2011 Hits:155
Opinion: Violence is not the answer for the Palestinians
In more ways than one, 9/11 revealed to the world that recurrent acts of militancy could damage chances of creating a place called Palestine. T... Read more
September 12, 2011
Blog: "Rafah crossing still not so open" by Murad Qureshi
On returning from on a delegation to the Gaza of UK parliamentarians recently, through Cairo, Murad Qureshi AM tells us what he saw firsthand as the A... Read more
August 23, 2011
Opinion: Collective Punishment of Gazans
Entering Gaza through the Rafah crossing dashed any hopes that the Arab Spring might have created more Arab brotherly love towards the Palestinians. Read more
August 23, 2011
Opinion: Children in Palestine need our support to end suffering
AS Parliament is now in summer recess, I took the opportunity to join a delegation of politicians, led by the Council for European Palestinian Relatio... Read more
August 17, 2011
Blog: "A humanitarian trip to Gaza" by Ian Murray MP
Ian Murry’s MP report on his recent visit to Gaza with the Council for European palestinian Relations (The CEPR). I approached the 5 day trip to Gaza... Read more
August 12, 2011
Blog: Sandra Osborne MP reports on her visit to Gaza with the CEPR
The visit was organised by the Council for European Palestinian Relations and the delegation consisted of Members of Parliament and Members of the Eur... Read more
August 05, 2011
Opinion: Diplomacy goes for naught with Israelis
The Palestinians have been standing in line for decades, waiting to join the global family of nations, waiting for international recognition, waiting ... Read more
July 11, 2011
Opinion: Sabotage is name of Israel's game
There is no lack of creativity, viciousness and connivance, in Israeli and European attempts to dissuade and discourage the “Freedom Flotilla II” from... Read more
July 04, 2011
"United Palestine offers best chance for peace" by Keith Taylor MEP
The recent news of reconciliation between the two Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, after a 4 year impasse will come as a great encouragement to ... Read more
June 21, 2011
"Put the Palestinian house in order" by Helmut Scholz MEP
In the Arab region, we have been seeing exactly the same familiar images for years, always telling the same old story: there are no solutions here, ev... Read more
May 19, 2011
Change in Egypt
The CEPR welcomes recent changes in Egypt / February 2011 The Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) welcomes recent events... Read more
February 15, 2011
Palestinian state diminshes
Few architectural sites in East Jerusalem, the side of the city that Palestinians see as their future capital, capture the flavour of Palestine’s Brit... Read more
December 08, 2010
New Jerusalem settlement hits peace process
Israel is moving ahead with a project to build 1,400 new homes in predominantly Arab East Jerusalem, a development that critics claim will deliver a d... Read more
December 08, 2010
"The EU position on settlements is clear: they are illegal under international law and an obstacle to peace."
Catherine Ashton - EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
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