By Leah Levane
This is essential but truly horrible reading; Al Jazeera put this heading on their important article: Warning: This article includes descriptions or mentions of sexual violence that some readers may find disturbing. Nonetheless, we urge you to read it and to watch the short embedded videos, the screenshot above is from one of these. (The two Al …
By Leah Levane
An interview with the poet and a recommendation from Ken Loach who says of “Palestine Wail”: ‘In their simplicity and poignancy these poems are immensely touching. They show that Palestinians, like all of us, find solace from the eternal rhythms of the natural world. And this at a time when they struggle to survive in the midst of the horrors and cruelty inflicted on them by Israel and their powerful supporters. Please read Yahia Lababidi’s poems, and share his glimpse of hope in the darkest of times.’
UK activists and journalists speak about a frightening wave of repression using counter-terror legislation to terrorise and silence dissent, especially solidarity with Palestine.
By Leah Levane
It seems that Netanyahu no longer aims to make Lebanon face destruction ‘like Gaza’. That there could be an end to the war in which Israel has killed at least 3,000 Lebanese people, massive displacement and appalling levels of destruction to towns and villages in southern Lebanon and still attacks continuing in the capital Beirut, …
By Mike Cushman
The genocide continues and so does British complicity The Jewish Bloc for Palestine will be assembling at the SW corner of Grosvenor Square W1K 2QB from 1145. Join us We will join the main march as it moves off from Park Lane.
By Leah Levane
Netanyahu, and his supporters, has called the arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court “antisemitic”. This is an outrageous allegation and yet is being taken seriously. The call to hold Netanyahu (and Gallant) accountable for what is being done is a crucial part of international law – something it seems Netanyahu wants to end. The …
Dave Kellaway makes a sober, considered contribution to the debate about how, when and indeed whether to build a new party of the left to fill the vacuum vacated by Starmer’s Labour.
By Leah Levane
We are pleased to publish this review of Adam Raz’s book Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property, published by Verso. The book includes many details and shows that unrestrained looting took place in many parts of Palestine, In Jerusalem “The pillagers had taken so much plunder from Palestinian homes that they needed to protect it …
By Leah Levane
When Kahane was elected to the Knesset in 1984, his “anti-Palestinian racism and Jewish supremacist ideology made him an outsider in the Knesset. His beliefs included expelling Palestinians and Arabs from Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories and advocating for a state dictated by Jewish law…other MKs would often boycott his Knesset speeches and ignore his …
As the bombing continues in Gaza, the inaction of bodies such as Fifa and the IOC becomes a glaring, conscious choice. It’s time for a sports boycott of Israel.