By Leah Levane
Aid is important but prioritising raising funds by any legal means necessary can be dangerous, however well intentioned. In this article the writer describes deep concerns at the way many aid organisations use images of suffering and misery to raise funds even when – as it usually is – the crisis is caused by political …
By Leah Levane
In this powerful, thoughtful and informative piece, the importance of remembering the Holocaust and all its victims along with other genocides – including the “plausible genocide” in Gaza – is emphasised along with deep concerns at how antisemitism as been politically weaponised and that it is being used as a cover for Israel’s war crimes. …
Alon Liel, former director general of Israel’s foreign ministry, says British recognition would be “a diplomatic earthquake” that could bring Israel to the negotiating table despite its entrenched opposition to Palestinian sovereignty.
By Leah Levane
Ali Abunimah, Director of the Elecronic Intifada was invited to speak in Switzerland; on arrival he was questioned for an hour before being allowed into Switzerland. Then he was aggressively arrested by local police. Along with thousands of others across the world, we offered our solidarity. He is now free but after a terrible experience …
80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust memorialisation cannot exclude an ongoing genocide.
Western media reports focus almost exclusively on Israeli hostages being freed from Gaza, paying little attention to Palestinians held by Israel. Who are “the other hostages”?
Mitchell Plitnick injects a dose of realism into analysis of what the Trump presidency may mean for Palestine. Trump wanted a ceasefire as he entered office but has no interest in seeing it through all three phases.
By Leah Levane
Gazans are not merely victims despite all they have endured over the past 15 months. They have been combatants and, at a terrible cost, there have been more casualties among Israeli soldiers than we yet know; many Israeli reservists refuse to return to Gaza and the Israeli economy is in trouble. Of course, in each …
By Leah Levane
Israel has paused its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, but all the signs are that Trump’s White House has given the greenlight for shifting operations to the West Bank.
By Leah Levane
Many JVL supporters signed the original complaint referred to in this article; complaining to the BBC, escalating to OfCom requires tenacity above all. The writer, who was responsible for corresponding backwards and forwards with the BBC and Ofcom throughout 2023 is clear that while the BBC and Ofcom did not ignore the complaint, their substantial …