By Leah Levane
What has been happening to incarcerated Palestinians ? We know that there has been a huge increase in detainees, over 3,000 under administrative detention, since October 7th 2023. A similar number have been detained from Gaza (and not in the formal figures. There have ceasefirebeen many documented cases of mistreatment and torture. A key part of …
By Leah Levane
Here the ceasefire agreement is explained in some detail, with serious concerns about its fragility outlined. The deal is a framework for future agreement and could break down at any time along the way, potentially plunging tthe people of Gaza back into the nightmare it is hoping will end on Sunday. The deal is almost …
By Leah Levane
Written on the day the ceasefire negotiations neared completion, Gaza based writer Malak Hijazi writes with longing of a Gaza that lives, even if it is with the privations people in Gaza experienced long before this most brutal and sustained but there is a long path ahead and while it will be an enormous and …
Michael Rosen reveals how he has been silently cancelled since the 1980s
By Leah Levane
Jonathan Cook has dissected the statement issued by the British Prime Minister as the ceasefire deal was announced – although not yet signed. His welcome for a ceasefire, has much to encourage our sympathy for Israelis and the need to remember and mourn Israelis who have been killed (which we should do, of course). However, …
By Leah Levane
As we hold our breaths for a ceasefire in Gaza, as we wait to see if the Israeli government will sign as the government failed to meet to approve the deal, we also consider the mixed emotions for the people in Gaza. The Washington Post article notes “In Gaza, celebrations were tempered by continuing Israeli airstrikes, at least 77 people have been killed and more than 250 wounded since the agreement was announced.”
By Leah Levane
Germany seems committed to suppressing free speech on Israel and Palestine. Funding has already, for example, been pulled from community centres in the name of “fighting antisemitism” – or rather of supporting Israel, which is, apparently, Germany’s “Staatsräson” and, according to the German Foreign Minister, “in these days we are all Israelis.”. Many see this …
By Leah Levane
Wieland Hoban, a leader in Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost / Jewish Voice for a just peace in the Middle East has written this necessary book This new book covers ” everything from non-Jewish officials attacking Jews for Antisemitism to interviewing Palestinian and Israeli expats about living with German racism, German Apartheid Politics is an eye-opener for those who believe the country purged itself of Nazism.”
Twelve environmental charities have been accused of breaking the law by aligning themselves with protests linking the climate crisis with genocide in Gaza. I
By Leah Levane
This video update by Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions is from December but carries important messages as we need to continue to campaign for justice for Palestinians, an end to the horrific genocide in Gaza and an end to Israel’s Occupation. He outlines what he expects under a Trump Presidency, not …