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The miracle of Entebbe
On 4 July 1976, 47 years ago this month, the Israel Defence Forces rescued 90 Israeli passengers and 12 crew members who had been taken hostage at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. This was a miraculous event that was hailed as the most daring rescue mission of all time,...
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Renovation and rededication of the Jewish Section in Greenock Cemetery
It was early 2018 a young man approached me at the Glasgow Friends of Israel stall on Buchanan Street and said “I am looking for someone Jewish. I live in Greenock and often take a walk in the cemetery. There is a small section with Jewish burials and it...
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Israeli elections – what really happens
At the Glasgow Friends of Israel Peace advocacy stall on Buchanan Street we often tell visitors that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East where National elections should be held every four years. Recently however, there have been five elections in four years and some people ask...
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What is UN resolution 242 and what it is not
Most people who have even a mild interest in the Middle East conflict will be aware of the United Nations Security Council resolution 242. However, over the past 50+ years, the meaning and content of this critical resolution which was intended to resolve the issues between Israel and its...
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Quick answers for questions on Israel advocacy
1. Israel is an apartheid state When we look at the State of Israel, there is little doubt that many social, political, national and security issues exist not only in the disputed territories but in the State of Israel itself, but anyone that has visited Israel knows and recognises...
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The real catastrophe of the “Nakba”
Monday, 15th of May, is the day on which “the Nakba” day will be commemorated this year. Palestinian groups and their supporters have termed the creation of 700,000 Arab refugees in 1948 as the ‘Nakba’ or catastrophe and it is still annually commemorated after 75 years, on 15 May....
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Operation Good Neighbour
In February 2013, a small group of wounded Syrian civilians made their way towards the Israeli border. Israeli troops guarding the border realised that they needed medical treatment and allowed them into the country, transporting them to a hospital in northern Israel. As the crisis in Syria continued to...
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The modern history of Gaza
In 1947 the UN Partition for Palestine proposed that this coastal strip on the Israel – Egyptian border be an Arab state. During Israel’s War of Independence, Israeli forces conquered Gaza but subsequently gave control of the area to Egypt. In 1956 during the Sinai war, Israel again conquered...
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Operation Babylon, the raid that destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor
Whilst the world is assessing how to control the Iranian nuclear program which threatens Israel and the West, it is worth recalling the action Israel initiated over 40 years ago against a similar threat from Iraq and Saddam Hussein. Operation Opera which was also known as Operation Babylon, was...
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The Abraham Accords
In September 2019, Israel’s PM Bibi Netanyahu was facing yet another election and as part of what he believed would be a winning strategy, he vowed to extend Israel’s sovereignty to a large part of the West Bank. In response, many countries and some sections of the Israeli population...
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