With over 1,400 dead on the Palestinian side and only 13 on the Israeli, it is the junior British minister that is unbalanced, not the UN. Britain criticised Wednesday a report by a UN human rights investigator on Israel's Gaza offensive as "unbalanced", but insisted it was extremely concerned by the situation in Gaza and the West Bank. Last month, the UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, said in a report that there was "reason" to conclude that Israel's massive military offensive on Gaza in December and January was a war crime, but the Jewish state slammed the report as "one-sided". " The report of the UN Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur is unbalanced and contributes little," junior foreign minister Bill Rammell said in a written reply to a parliamentary question published Wednesday. UN report says Israel's war on Gaza may be war crime

The Daily Star - Lebanon BEIRUT: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern about Hizbullah operations outside Lebanese territories, saying interference in another country's internal affairs constitutes a violation of sovereignty. Egypt announced earlier this month that it had uncovered a plot by 49 men with links to Hizbullah to destabilize the country by carrying out attacks on Egyptian institutions and Israeli tourists. But Nasrullah has denied Hezbollah had any such plans to unleash terror is Egypt. It is difficult see how such terrorism could possibly benefit Hezbollah. In fact the Lebanese resistance organisation has only ever launched attacks on Israel. Hezbollah leader Nasrallah does not deny that Hezbollah members have been or are in Egypt. Nasrallah, while refuting Egypt's terror claims, defended his group's efforts to aid the embattled Palestinian resistance. "If helping our Palestinian brothers - whose land is occupied and who are being...

Programme below and more details here After Gaza: Continuing the Struggle on Campus Day One Saturday 21st Feb 11.00am-11.30am: Registration and refreshments 11.30 – 13.00: Introduction to Action Palestine & feed back on the work of Palestine student societies 13.30 – 15.00: Workshops 1 (2 at the same time): 1. Strategies for Effective campaigning 2. How to run your society; internal structure, membership retention and external coordination. 15.15 – 16.45: Workshops 2 (2 at the same time): 1. Strategies for Effective campaigning 2. How to run your society; internal structure, membership retention and external coordination. 5.00pm-6.45pm: History of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (organised by SOAS PalSoc and Nakba60) Chair: Gilbert Achcar (School of Oriental and African Studies) Bashir Abu Manneh (Barnard College, New York) Fadle Naqib (University of Waterloo) Roger Heacock (Birzeit University) Khaled Hroub (University of Cambridge) 7.30 – 9.30: Evening social Day Two ...