JPLevene's blog

Who and what are Palestinians Palestine was never a country as such in recent history, but a province that was part of the Ottoman Empire and taken over by France and England after WWI, France with the French Mandate of Palestine (today's Syria and Lebanon) and England with theirs (Jordan, Israel, Gaza and the West Bank). Not all Palestinians and Jews lived in Palestine, many lived all over the Arab world. At one time Jordan's population was 2 thirds Palestinian (not any more due to expulsions). The Palestinian leadership has not done any favours for its people (like Black September  and fighting a proxy war against Israel), however the Palestinian people are treated like second class citizens all over the Arab world  :- In 2001, Palestinians in Lebanon were stripped of the right to own property, or to pass on the property that they already owned to their children – and banned from working as doctors, lawyers, pharmacists or in 20 other professions. Even the Palestini

GDPR has just come into action throughout the EU, telling you that you have more rights regarding data held about you, nothing can be further from the truth. The full script of the Regulation is here . Notice in paragraph 5 & 6, especially the text: 5) ...National authorities in the Member States are being called upon by Union law to cooperate and exchange personal data so as to be able to perform their duties or carry out tasks on behalf of an authority in another Member State.   6) ...should further facilitate the free flow of personal data within the Union and the transfer to third countries and international organisations, 10) ..This Regulation also provides a margin of manoeuvre for Member States to specify its rules, including for the processing of special categories of personal data (‘sensitive data’).  Basically the above translates to the fact that your information must be shared with other EU states, whether held by your own state or a private company. States a