By Leah Levane
The right to protest and the right to free speech is under great threat in many parts of Europe. This article focuses particularly on what has been happening in Germany but looks also at the Netherlands, France and the UK. We have published extensively on the use of the IHRA WDA (Working Definition Antisemitism) to …
By Leah Levane
The Negev Desert is within the Green Line, home to many Bedouin villages, most of which have never been recognised by Israel. Some (eg Umm Al Hiram pictured above) have already been demolished. This is to make way for Jewish towns. This article focuses on the demolition of Ras Jrabah, founded before the creation of Israel State of Israel. …
By Leah Levane
This article by +972 outlines dilemmas and difficulties for the Left in Israel. Many believe that change is not possible from within, that it is no longer possible to expect anything from pressurising political leaders in a context where the very worst is happening and the majority of Israelis seems to have little, if any, problem with this.
By Leah Levane
For the last month, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has been actively engaged in Jenin Camp and elsewhere in the West Bank to stop armed resistance to Israel’s occupation. This New Arab article also provides useful background, not least to the Oslo Accords – now more than 30 years old. Both this article and the Guardian’s …
We post below a short response fr0m the Israeli NGO Zochrot (Remembrance) to the German government’s decision to withdraw support from this important organisation. That is because it puts the Palestinian right of return at the centre of its work. The German government is willing to support revisiting the past, challenging the idea of a …
By Leah Levane
Testimony after Testimony….these words from those being forced to flee northern Gaza to go south to ongoing privation and ongoing air strikes and more. Here is what one woman said: “The army forced us to march between dozens of tanks along a narrow route full of dead bodies and body parts. There were hundreds of …
By Leah Levane
The imminent threat of Israel’s ban on UNRWA operating in areas under its control would prove catastrophic for the people in Gaza as this article emphasises – and as was also recognised by the UK’s Foreign Secretary at the point that the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) was considering the legislation. Despite this and the absence of …
By Leah Levane
Over 90% of Gazans are now concentrated in 20% of Gaza’s territory and Gaza was known to be one of the most densely places in the world before these “evacuations”. (IHL). “. “With insufficient space, shelter, sanitation facilities, food and water sources, or medical care, these “safe zones” are intentionally designed to ensure the destruction of all life sheltering there.”
By Leah Levane
Those left in northern Gaza are being pushed to the south and forced to leave their belongings behind. People affected especially fear for their children in the cold. They will have no choice but to sleep in tents – if they are lucky enough to find any after ongoing bombardments and the impact of the heavy rains…
By Leah Levane
Katie Halper interviews Tony Greenstein about his arrest and his boo on Zionism During the Holocaust, and then she speaks with JVL Co Chair Jenny Manson along with Rabbi Hershel Gluck, a British Rabbi, chairman of the Arab-Jewish Forum and chairman. Rabbi Gluck was recently also interviewed by the BBC religious affairs programme “Sunday”.