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Jail without trial – or even charge

By Leah Levane

The brutal reality of the innocuous sounding “administrative detention” is described here.  An activitist had clearly been in the sights of the Israeli authorities for daring to film and make known the settler attacks and other hardships experienced by Palestinians living in the Jordan Valley.  Ayman Ghrayaeb, 42 year old father of four set off expecting to be home in a few hours.  Instead he was arrested, and six days later was “interrogated for the first time on non-specific suspicion of so-called “incitement”.  His lawyer had already been told that he was to be placed under administrative detention so it was clear that this was a political move.

The Israeli army has become a professional militia army

By Richard Kuper

Translated from French by Noël Burch. Sylvain Cypel – How did 7 October affect the Israeli army ? Assaf David – Before 7 October, denial was the rule throughout Israeli society; the cruelty of the occupation for the Palestinians was utterly ignored. Besides which, the West Bank was people’s main concern. Gaza seemed far away. Nobody was … Continued

Transatlantic tantrums

By Richard Kuper

This piece was first published by Vashti on 27 November 2025 under the title ‘The US and Us‘. It’s like the “special relationship” counts for nothing. With respect to the discourse on the Jewish left that arose with Zohran Mamdani’s spectacular victory in the New York mayoralty race, some commentators have made comparisons between the … Continued

Liberal Zionism is an inherent contradiction

By Richard Kuper

If you keep tabs on the more unsavory segments of the American right, you’ve probably heard the phrase “heritage Americans” in the last year. It’s used by the most militant anti-immigrant conservatives, who reject inclusive civic nationalism in favor of a conception of Americanness that’s tied to ancestry. In this conception, even people who were … Continued

The Israel Lobby in panic (and perplexed) mode.

By Leah Levane

Young American Jews are distancing themselves more and more from identification with Israel and this is causing a crisis in the Israel lobby and in Jewish Establishment organisations.  This is to be welcomed not least because, as noted here, “Whatever ideals Zionism embraced at its origin as a European liberation movement, it solidified into bigotry in the face of Palestinian resistance. The official Jewish community promoted that bigotry”. 

A prosecution under Jersey Terrorism Act affects us all

By Leah Levane

A landmark trial in Jersey saw pro Palestine activist Strecker charged with inviting support for a proscribed organisation under the Act and intending to invite support for such organisations under Article 13(1) of that Act. Written by one of her character witnesses (from JVL), this article provides some information about the case, about Natalie herself and, at the end, we publish her own powerful statement after her eventual acquittal.

Renewed campaign to free Marwan Barghouti gets under way

By Richard Kuper

More than 200 leading cultural figures have come together to call for the release of Marwan Barghouti, the jailed Palestinian leader seen as capable of uniting factions and bringing the best hope to the stalled mission of creating a Palestinian state. The prestigious and diverse group calling for his release in an open letter includes … Continued

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