Tag Archives: Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)

Visiting Friends by Caroline Finney

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

This is the second of two posts written by pupils from Friends’ School Lisburn, who came to Brussels for a week of work experience with QCEA. During their stay Chloe Hassard and Caroline Finney attended a number of meetings and … Continue reading →

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‘Living Under Occupation’

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

François Alfonsi, Jill Evans and Ana Miranda are all members of the European Free Alliance (EFA), a group of only seven Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who represent stateless nations and regions. François Alfonsi is a long-standing campaigner for … Continue reading →

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A Taste of the Middle East: Cuisine, Culture and Conflict

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

This is a guest blog post by Martina Weitsch. How can we talk about the Middle East today? On 8 November incidents took place in Gaza that led to the most recent outbreak of violence; on 9 November 32 Quakers and … Continue reading →

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‘Trading Away Peace’ – EU can do more to stop expansion of illegal settlements

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

The European Union (EU) imports fifteen times more from Israel’s illegal settlements than it does from Palestinians themselves within the West Bank. This was revealed in a report released last week by a coalition of European NGOs, including the Quaker … Continue reading →

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EU upgrading relations with Israel by the back door – part 2

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

On 24 July we reported on this blog that the European Union had apparently agreed to enhance the EU – Israel relationship with what we referred to as ‘a whole raft of measures all of which are considered technical and … Continue reading →

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EU upgrading relations with Israel by the back door – a blow to justice

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

When the Foreign Affairs Council issued its conclusions on the Middle East on 14 May 2012 it spelled out its concern that the two-state-solution (which is one of the key cornerstones of EU policy with regard to Israel and Palestine) … Continue reading →

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Children in Military Custody in Israel – our responsibility?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

Defence for Children International – Palestine Section has long been monitoring the situation of Palestinian Children detained by the Israeli Authorities. Their statistics make grim reading but are also a source of reliable information about what is going on. There … Continue reading →

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On the occasion of World Water Day – a thought-provoking event in the European Parliament

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Alexandra Thein, MEP from the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and Margarete Auken, MEP from the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance co-hosted the screening of a film: Our water, their water made by French film … Continue reading →

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The Occupation Has an Environmental Cost Too

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Recently the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that Israeli companies are entitled to profit from the natural resources of the West Bank. This follows a petition by Israeli human rights organisation Yesh Din that mining activities in the West Bank, worth … Continue reading →

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Action needed to follow words

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

What the European Union says Since her appointment in December 2009, Catherine Ashton, as High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union, has made a large number of statements on a broad range of foreign policy issues. A substantial … Continue reading →

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