By Leah Levane
Once again we must ask why do the feelings of Jewish students matter so much more than that of Palestinian students or Muslim students? The evidence of harm done to Jewish students is negligible at best. Feeling uncomfortable is taken to be signs that antisemitism is present – if not rife (sound familar??). And while …
By Mike Cushman
Franck Magennis is the barrister presenting the case in a British court to end Hamas’s designation as a ‘terrorist organisation’. Jeremy Scahill interviewed Magennis and between them they expose the shallow and duplicitous case employed by Braverman when Home Secretary and maintained by Cooper to make the designation.
By Leah Levane
Serious concerns are being raised as documents – specifically an email sent from the Attorney General’s office to the Israeli Deputy Ambassador which provided the contact details for the police and prosecutors involved in an investigation into protests at an arms factory by Palestine Action. Without wanting to speculate too rashly, surely this would only …
By Leah Levane
In this piece the author expresses surprise at the shock some on the Israeli “left” are expressing at Smotrich saying that the return of the (Israeli) hostages is not a priority. The agenda has always been clear, to ethnically cleanse Palestinians and build a Greater Israel. He outlines how any move towards a two state …
Israel stood alone in its lack of respect for the world’s one billion Catholics, refusing to send a representative of government rank to join the monarchs, presidents and prime ministers at the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome on April 26.
By Mike Cushman
We are depressingly familiar with the way that Trump and his militantly pro-Israel backers attack Jews who defend Palestinian rights. It is only when a professor of Jewish studies compiles the many instances into a single narrative that the scale of the organised conspiracy against Jews who value universal human rights, “dissident” Jews, and other human rights defenders becomes clear.
A Holocaust survivor descendant challenges the notion that Jews worldwide are in danger if Israel is not defended by all possible means.
By Leah Levane
Two Labour MPs were refused entry to Israel and Labour was finally “outraged”. We can here Emily Thornberry speaking about this here. But since then, what action has the Labour government taken? Former Labour – and then Independent – Parliamentary candidate Faiza Shaheen writes about the lameness of this Labour government’s response to the horrendous …
By Leah Levane
While attacks and complete siege on Gaza continue, opposition in Israel is growing. Even on Holocaust Remembrance Day Holocaust survivors and others stood up to oppose what is happening in Gaza . One of them, Veronika Cohen “acknowledged that she was in the minority in Israel…“People here see Palestinians as the other and that’s why …
By Leah Levane
Two British MPs who have been vocal about Palestine visited the West Bank and said “nothing could have prepared them for their first-hand experience of occupation. It was an erosion of hope. We witnessed relentless, humiliating conditions. Without international intervention, the West Bank could face a humanitarian catastrophe like Gaza,” Adam said.” Two other British …