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Harbinger of a dystopian world
Chris Hedges reflects on the Gaza genocide as any semblance of a global order guided by internationally agreed upon laws and rules unravels.
Starmer’s government is taking away your freedom
A Labour government is presiding over unprecedented threats to freedom of speech and assembly
Personal Responsibility: learning from Hannah Arendt on Gaza
By Leah Levane
Hannah Arendt wrote about personal responsibility based on the conclusions she drew from those who did not conform with Nazism. While Arendt says, “It is obviously not everyone’s business to be a saint or a hero. But personal or moral responsibility is everyone’s business”. Of course, under the Nazi regime the consequences for not conforming …
Britain’s role in the hell witnessed by a UK doctor in Gaza
By Leah Levane
This moving article by a retired surgeon who spent time in Gaza describes in some detail what he witnessed. It is hard to imagine living and working under the conditions he describes and the trauma that each survivor of the bombs and snipers’ bullets experience. He returned in September and “was left with an overwhelming …
Trade Unions speak out on Met policing of Gaza demonstration
By Leah Levane
We are pleased to see and to publish this report of several Trade Unions speaking out with their criticism of the Met’s handling of policing the Pro Palestine protest on January 18th. Read the full letter here. While the issue of Palestine and justice for all the Palestinian people must always be to the forefront, …
Israel is using its Gaza tactics in the West Bank
By Leah Levane
As we have noted previously attacks in the West Bank were rising sharply long before October 7th 2023 but have risen exponentially since that date with over 800 Palestinians killed by soldiers and also by settlers. Just days into the ceasefire with Gaza, military attacks by the Israeli army also intensified with a stated determination …
Solutions Not Ceasefires!
By Leah Levane
The call for a ceasefire was made immediately after the Israeli attacks that swiftly followed the attack on October 7th 2023. After more than 15 months of immense and intense suffering that has come after decades of Nakhba, occupation and siege, a ceasefire is a relief but cannot be enough. Here is a cry for …
Dehumanising Palestinians (and anyone) really matters
By Leah Levane
Dehumanising Palestinians helps to desensitise the rest of us to the terrible things that are happening to the people in Gaza. It is not unique to Palestine, for example, the same happens as we see images of hungry children in parts of Africa, almost a “well they are used to it”. Dehumanising others has an …
Jews Against Genocide mark Holocaust Memorial Day
By Leah Levane
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and while world leaders who support the genocide in Gaza were paying homage at Auschwitz, many British Jews marked the day with a true NEVER AGAIN message . In the rain and wind of a cold January day, Jews Against Genocide met at the Cenotaph in Whitehall and then went to the Kindertransport statue. The group includes holocaust survivors and descendants of holocaust survivors.