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Posted By: February 20, 2014

    138 Irish academics pledge to boycott Israel Today (Last Update) Time 17:00 (MaanImages/file) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — More than 130 Irish academics have signed a pledge to boycott Israeli institutions in the latest move from the international campaign for the academic boycott of Israel. The 138 signatories, who hail from a diverse variety of academic […]

ACADEMIC BOYCOTT HURTS ISRAELI PRIDE

Posted By: February 19, 2014

Brian Feeney. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, February 18, 2014 TO The surprise of no one,  Unionists have blocked an attempt to call a room in Stormont after Nelson Mandela. It was entirely predictable and that’s probably why Sinn Fein proposed renaming the room in the first place – to show unionists conforming to type, […]

Shadow Secretary of State Meets Ballymurphy Massacre Committee

Posted By: February 17, 2014

Shadow Secretary of State Ivan Lewis today met relatives of 11 people shot dead by the British  Army Parachute regiment in Ballymurphy West Belfast in August 1971.    Speaking after meeting the families and visiting some of the sites where the victims were shot Mr Lewis released the following statement      As part of his ongoing engagement […]

MI5 responsible for deciding who gets home protection

Posted By: February 17, 2014

Connla Young, Irish News( Belfast).Monday, February 17, 2014 CONCERNS have been raised after it emerged that British security service MI5 is responsible for deciding if victims of sectarian attacks receive special measures to protect their homes. Previously it was widely believed that the PSNI [Police Service of Northern Ireland] assessed if people qualified for inclusion on the Home […]

Britain is doomed – even if Salmond loses September’s independence referendum

Posted By: February 16, 2014

Ed West. The Spectator.  February12,  2014  Last Thursday’s cover story makes alarming reading, Alex Massiearguing that Alex Salmond may come close to achieving victory in September’s vote. Alex wrote: ‘It is beginning to be appreciated, even in London, that Alex Salmond might just win his independence referendum in September. The break-up of Britain will have begun, David Cameron will have to […]