Marking the eighty-second anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, this article shows how little has been learned. Israelis have mostly expressed support for the Gaza calamity in a rhetorical landscape shockingly reminiscent of Warsaw 1943.
By Leah Levane
For Starmer, the opinions and perspectives of CEOs are paramount. Growth and development at all costs – including people’s health and well-being and our eco systems. Under the new legislation proposed, developers will, for example, be able to destroy ancient woodlands and just pay a “nature restoration levy” even though there will be no requirement …
By JVL
The New Arab speaks to those involved in the protests at Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebrations at the beginning of April. Current and former employees of the software company have become increasingly outraged by the leaks revealing that Microsoft’s cloud service, named Azure, is deeply embedded in various Israeli military sectors. However, despite internal petitions and …
By JVL
Rabbi Kanter-Webber outlines clearly the many problems with the (dramatic over) reaction by the Board of Deputies of British Jews to the letter sent last week to the Financial Times signed by 36 of their members. It seems to this web poster that they are terrified of opposition and are determined to further cement their …
Classic from Owen Jones, celebrating an encounter in which BBC Radio4 presenter Amol Rajan, one of the most powerful journalists in Britain, is lectured on basic journalism by Gary Lineker whose job is talking about football.
By Leah Levane
We posted another Ha’aretz piece about the Israel’s annexation plan and the “legal” processes it is putting into place. However, Israel sees no need to wait for the legislation to work its way through. Annexation is already well underway. As this article says: “The fact that these bills have not yet been approved by the …
By Mike Cushman
Stephen Taylor sent this poem as a comment on another article. We thought it deserved putting up as a blog post as a commentary on the facile response by Israel to their shelling of ambulances near Rafah and the murder of the health workers. You can read more of Stephen’s poems on his Facebook page
By Leah Levane
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By Leah Levane
After Israel broke the ceasefire on the night of March 17th – 18th (having broken it on a near daily basis…) “a few dozen women got together in Tel Aviv…but they didn’t have enough participants to hold the images of the 183 Palestinian children reportedly killed that night”. However the number has grown and last …
By Mike Cushman
This poem by Haneen Alisawi, a writer based in Gaza, captures the disorientation and despair caused by Israeli repeated demands to evacuate to a so-called “safe” area