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Uhuru Kenyatta, president of Kenya
THE United States is seeking to make opposition to the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement in solidarity with Palestine a condition of a free trade deal being negotiated with Kenya, The East African newspaper revealed this week.
A commitment to “discourage politically motivated actions to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel” is among US objectives in papers seen by the newspaper.
It also seeks “elimination of politically motivated, non-tariff barriers on Israeli goods, services, or other commerce imposed on Israel; and the elimination of state-sponsored, unsanctioned foreign boycotts of Israel, or compliance with the Arab League Boycott of Israel.”
On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, HUGH LANNING warns that the US-led “Comprehensive Plan” entrenches decades of Western complicity in Israel’s domination and denial of Palestinian land and rights
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare
MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS explains how Britain’s largest union is putting pressure on the British government to recognise the Palestinian state and end its complicity with Israel’s murderous actions