The unbanning of Palestine Action

28th February 2026

A fascinating interview with Charlie Thomas, a researcher into and activist with Palestine Action (PA), who was charged in 2022 with causing criminal damage.

Here Equator explores with him the emergence of Palestine Action, a direct action group focused on sites of arms production and research, with the aim of disrupting military supply chains between Britain and Israel.

Thomas makes clear the disjuncture between the arguments Yvette Cooper used publicly in her smear campaign against PA, and the technocratic legal arguments deployed in court.

“Campaign Against Antisemitism” called to account. Not before time

27th February 2026

By Richard Kuper

It has taken the Charity Commission a long time to call the UK-based charity Campaign Against Antisemitism to account.

But it has finally done so after pressure from John McDonnell MP and Jewish Voice for Liberation.

The Middle East Eye exclusive, reposted below, explains the various failures of the CAA…

The Voice of Hind Rajab: The Film They Don’t Want You to See

27th February 2026

By Richard Kuper

It is immensely difficult to see the film “The Voice of Hind Rajab”? Despite critical acclaim, an Oscar-nominated director and industry heavyweights like Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix behind it, American distributors are frightened.

So, too in the UK where it was briefly available but apparently no more.

It is, acording to Chris Hedges, a masterpeice…

Dangerous, fanatical nonsense from Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid

27th February 2026

By Richard Kuper

That there are meshuggeneh rabbis who actually believe that God gave the Jews all the lands from the Nile to the Euphrates is no surprise.

That there are American Christian Zionists like Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel who also assert it, is chilling but also not surprising.

But for Yair Lapid, secular middle class leader of Israeli opposition party Yesh Atid to support the expansion of Irael’s borders is something of a different order…

The question that won’t stay buried

26th February 2026

By Richard Kuper

Joseph Dana has published a long and important article The Long Shadow of the “Jewish Question” recently in The Nation.
In a short introduction to it, Dana argues that the “Jewish Question” – a debate that originated after the French Revolution, asking whether the newly emancipated Jews could be loyal citizens while remaining a separate people – was always the wrong question…

Rebuilding Gaza – Who Profits?

26th February 2026

By Leah Levane

Who will profit from rebuilding Gaza? The World Bank President refers to their expertise “on the ground” but it does not seem likely that he means the amazing expertise of Gazans who have rebuilt again and again after bombardments and destruction, despite constraints; who made homes from the rubble, especially during the 2025 ceasefire (broken by Israel as usual).

UK’s (selective) clampdown on protest

25th February 2026

By Leah Levane

The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) said on Wednesday that it has verified 964 cases of “anti-Palestinian repression” from January 2019 until August 2025, including students being investigated over their solidarity, activists being arrested, employees facing disciplinary procedures and artists having their events cancelled.

Hanging Palestinians is Israel’s “logical” next step

25th February 2026

By Leah Levane

“That we got to this point is hardly surprising. For decades, the international community has neglected the fate of Palestinian prisoners. In the past two and a half years, there has been almost no global reaction to the mass brutalisation of Palestinians held in Israeli jails with or without charges. Israeli efforts to legalise executions of Palestinian is the logical next step in eliminating the Palestinian question.”

The Great Olympic lie: untold story of Winter Games’ huge environmental impact

24th February 2026

By Richard Kuper

This article reports on the failed promises of the Winter Olympic committee to deliver a sustainable games in Italy in an area where temperatures have risen a shocking 3.6 degrees in the last twenty years.

The organisers pumped water from two drought threatened rivers to create four high level reservoirs in the Alps to fluff up the snow on the ski runs. They destroyed a forest – Bosco di Ronco – for a bobsleigh track. They got away with building a cable car on a landslide.

They ignored proposals…

German obstacles to solidarity with Palestine won’t stop us

24th February 2026

By Leah Levane

We have posted several articles about the situation in Germany but in many ways, their treatment of those who support Palestinians and oppose what Israel is doing, let alone who oppose the idea of a Jewish State is strongly reflected in the actions of other states.

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