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BBC bans charity single ‘Palestine, Look, it’s Actually Really Complicated’

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Ban has upset ‘Artists for a UN Brokered Two State Palestinian Solution Rolled Out Over Five Years or Maybe Slightly Longer’

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Posted: Feb 16th, 2010
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Teachers tell Israeli and Palestinian leadership ‘You’re both as bad as each other’

A delegation from the teachers’ union the NUT has met with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, today, to give them a damned good talking to. The hastily convened meeting at St Wilfreds Roman Catholic Primary School in Oman, follows a two week factfinding mission for the union in the West Bank and Gaza.

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Posted: May 9th, 2009
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Israelis and Palestinians kick-off world leaders exchange programme

The UN’s world leaders exchange programme gets underway today with the Israeli Prime Minister and the President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) beginning a two-week job-swap. The scheme is intended to promote greater understanding and co-operation between nations, and it is hoped the first role reversal will lead to a lasting peace in the Middle East.

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Posted: Jan 14th, 2009
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Blair retires as Middle East Peace Envoy; ‘my work is done’

There was a champagne reception for Tony Blair yesterday as he left his job as Middle East Peace envoy surrounded by bouquets and cards congratulating him on a job well done.

‘It just shows that if you set your mind to something it can be achieved. I’m not pretending that it wasn’t difficult at times, that there weren’t huge obstacles to be overcome, but I think we can look back at where Israel/Palestine was when I started on this job eighteen months ago and agree that the peace situation is very different now.’

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Posted: Jan 8th, 2009
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