Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Will Palestine always be the issue?



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‘Abed ‘Abdi - The Wall

An Interview with Raymond Deane, former Chairperson of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Last week, in interview with a More 4 journalist, Mark Regev, one of Ehud Olmert’s spokespeople, admitted that Israel knew and had officially recorded the fact that Hamas had not broken the ceasefire between the two regions and, further, that the Israelis were also aware that Hamas had made attempts to prevent other, small groups from firing rockets. Given that the accusation that Hamas had resumed hostilities was the basis for this war, why then do we continue to read and hear in the media that Israel launched its attack in self defence?

We recently interviewed Raymond Deane – former Chairperson of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign - about media coverage of the Palestinian situation. Since the interview was originally conducted in early November – the day after Israel broke the ceasefire - Israel has launched its latest assault on the Palestinians, this time in Gaza, with devastating consequences for the besieged Palestinian community there and who have no means of escape from the continuing carnage.


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