There is something about the corpses of executed paramedics being disinterred with the crushed remnants of their ambulances that beggars belief, despite the multiple Israeli atrocities we have become used to.
By Leah Levane
Area C in the West Bank was created under the Oslo Accords in the 1990s; it is c 61% of the West Bank, placed under Israeli control – ostensibly until 2000 after which there was to have been a Palestinian State. Many Jewish Israelis regard this as Jewish land and now communities in the Jordan Valley are leaving as the settler attacks backed by the army have become intolerable. …
Caryl Churchill’s play, Seven Jewish Children, first staged in London in 2009 and has been adapted for the screen by director Omri Dayan.
By Leah Levane
On Friday March 28th and Saturday 29th a vicious and sustained attack on the Masafer Yatta Village of Jinba took place with both settlers and soldiers involved. However, as we heard from the Villages Group, that has been working with the people of the South Hebron Hills, including Masafer Yatta for more than 25 years: “The …
By Leah Levane
Hamas has accepted the ceasefire but nothing will be enough for Netanyahu and those on the even further right to whom he is beholden. They seem to have no interest in stopping the war and cling to the illusion that it is possible to eliminate Hamas. Instead of peace, he ramps up the bombing and …
By Mike Cushman
Although Joseph Finlay wrote this in 2009, it could very well have been written now with only changes of detail; is this passage 2009 or 2025? “What I think we need to do is to reach a situation in which we do not allow Hamas to govern”. So the goal is the total defeat of …
Police armed with tasers raided a meeting of young people in a Quaker Meeting House London, making six arrests.
Footage of Palestinians in Gaza protesting against Hamas last week was instantly seized upon by Israeli and Western media as evidence that Israel’s campaign was working, driving a wedge between the population and resistance groups.
By Leah Levane
The huge “pro democracy” protests in Israel against proposed changes to the Judicial system and its independence. These demonstrations attracted impressive numbers week after week for nine months but they stopped after the shock of October 7th. On these demonstrations there was always a (small) Anti Occupation Bloc and far too many other participants could …
By Leah Levane
The government are planning to give police more powers to restrict protests and, furthermore, seem to see an equivalence with the racist attack on Mosques last summer with marches for justice for Palestine being in the vicinity of a synagogue. The Palestine Coalition has issued the statement, which we are happy to share. Chris Nineham, …