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                           <title><![CDATA[David Miliband: "Few tasks are more important than the achievement of a Palestinain State".]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[As we move from Government to Opposition, we must not lose sight of the vital tasks that we attempted but did not complete. Few are more important than the achievement of a Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel in a peaceful Middle East. That is why I gave the issue such prominence in the debate in the House of Commons on the foreign affairs aspects of the Queen's Speech. I put particular emphasis on the importance of not ignoring Gaza, including in any peace talks. It is tragic that less than a week after I made those comments we...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:16:54</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Rochdale MP chairs cross party meeting on Israeli attack on Gaza flotilla ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Following the terrible attack by Israeli forces on the humanitarian aid ship, last Monday, Simon Danczuk, the Member of Parliament for Rochdale, has chaired a special cross party meeting of Parliamentarians to agree political action. The meeting took place in the Boothroyd Room at Parliament on Wednesday 2nd June. There were Labour, Conservative and Green MPs present (see list below for attendees).   Simon Danczuk said: &ldquo;MPs from all political parties were disgusted with the Israeli attack on the Gaza aid ship, the Mavi Marmara. A meeting to discuss how we can campaign as Parliamentarians both inside and outside...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:03:55</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Simon backs Commons motion on Gaza flotilla]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Simon Danczuk, MP for Rochdale and 64 other MPs from across seven political parties have signed a parliamentary motion calling for a full investigation into Israel&rsquo;s attack on the Gaza aid flotilla and an end to the blockade of Gaza. The motion says: &ldquo;That this House is appalled by the loss of life associated with Israel&rsquo;s attack on the flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza; notes that the attack took place in international waters; endorses the call of the United Nations Secretary General for a prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation conforming to international standards; recognises that Israel&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:50:36</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[MP for Rochdale condemns Israel over aid ship attack]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Simon Danczuk, the Member of Parliament for Rochdale, has condemned the Israeli's attack on the Gaza aid ship, the Mavi Marmara, which occurred in the early hours of this morning. Mr Danczuk said: "Attacking an aid ship in international waters, against international law, and killing some of the occupants is utterly disgraceful. Time and again we see the Israeli state making unilateral violent attacks anywhere in the world, acting like what can only be described as a rogue nation." He continued: "The reason people are trying to get aid into Gaza by sea is because the Israeli Government are...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:14:10</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Palestine supported by Greater Manchester Labour]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Greater Manchester&rsquo;s Labour Friends of Palestine held its inaugural dinner on Saturday to raise money and awareness of the plight of the Palestinians. Simon Danczuk, Rochdale&rsquo;s Labour Parliamentary Candidate, and a founding executive committee member of Labour Friends of Palestine said: &ldquo;The way the Palestine people are being treated both in Gaza and the West Bank by the Israeli state remains a disgrace. I saw with my own eyes how terribly the Palestinian people are being treated when I went out there 18 months ago and, if anything, the situation has got worse. We must keep up the pressure...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:45:05</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Danczuk addresses Prophet’s Birthday Rally in Rochdale]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Simon Danczuk, Rochdale&rsquo;s Labour Parliamentary Candidate, attended the Prophet Muhammad's birthday rally in Rochdale on the 28th February and addressed those in attendance. 
Hundreds of Muslims from across Rochdale walked through the town to mark the occasion, which was organised by the Rochdale Council of Mosques.
Simon spoke at the rally, saying: &ldquo;I am proud to be attending this event and the turnout is fantastic. We have to remember that the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, taught tolerance, peace and equality. These are principles by which we should all live our lives.&rdquo; 
Simon continued his address by saying: &ldquo;18...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:38:48</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Israel running out of time, warns MP]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[One of the most outspoken Jewish critics of Israel has told an audience in Rochdale that unless Israel changes its policy of persecution towards the Palestinian people its future will be in doubt. Sir Gerald Kaufman, who is the longest serving MP in Greater Manchester, made the controversial remarks at a recent public meeting held at the Star of Bengal restaurant in Rochdale. &ldquo;The Palestinian people have suffered so much &ndash; as the recent Goldstone report endorsed by the United Nations Human Rights Council proves &ndash; that they are ready to go on suffering,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If something better...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:04:57</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Palestine people must be helped’ says North West MP]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Dr Brian Iddon MP called upon the British people to support the Palestinian cause at a meeting in Rochdale late last week, organised by Simon Danczuk, Rochdale&rsquo;s Labour Parliamentary Candidate.  Brian, the secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Britain-Palestine Group and a founding member of the Labour Friends of Palestine, talked of his visits to Gaza and the West Bank in Palestine. Brian said: &ldquo;Israel is treating the Palestinian people appallingly, it is nothing but apartheid. We have to do all we can to put pressure on our Government to more fully support the Palestinian people. I&rsquo;ve seen...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:31:34</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Socialist Group statement on Gaza]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[On the 8th January 2009, the Socialist group in the European Parliament issued the following statement:  The Group Expresses its deepest outrage at the violence in the Gaza Strip, the consequences of the disproportionate use of force by the Israeli army and the military escalation that is causing many hundreds of victims, most of them civilians, including many children. Strongly regrets that civilian and UN targets have been hit. Calls on Israel to fulfil its obligations under international law and international humanitarian law and to allow the international press to be able to follow events on the ground....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:12:23</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Israel to face tougher action]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Rochdale&rsquo;s Labour parliamentary Candidate, Simon Danczuk, has joined Labour Friends of Palestine &amp; the Middle East in condemning the eviction of Palestinian families from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah this week. Armed Israeli police officers broke into houses at about 6am earlier this week while the families were sleeping before forcing them out with batons and arresting the international peace activists who were there in solidarity with the families. &ldquo;This is the ugly face of ethnic cleansing,&rdquo; said Mr Danczuk. &ldquo;I have been to East Jerusalem and seen the misery caused by the Israelis in terms of house...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:11:20</pubDate>
                           
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