Seeing a film dramatization of the Palestinian revolt from 1936 to 1939 prompted me to search for reading material on the same matter. It did not take me long to find this (regrettably out of print) book, the name of which chimed with the title of the film which was simply Palestine 36. The author, Oren … Continued
We recently posted a video of our webinar Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Aston Villa – What have we learned?, held on 8th November 2025.
We’re pleased to have a full transcript of the event now which we’ve cut up into lightly edited sections to accompany the videos of the individual contributors.
Julian Borger and Tony Karon look at the bizarre Resolution 2803 adopted by the United Nations Security Council.
Borger talks of the “the miasma of vagueness” in every aspect of the text and Karon that the Security Council has abrogated its responsibility to uphold international law.
By Leah Levane
Obviously as a Jewish-led organisation, our own history as well as our common humanity compels us to oppose this in all ways possible. Every single one of us is, or is descended from, refugees or people who migrated because of, at best, restrictions and quotas. I commend two poems on understanding refugees and asylum seekers; one is relatively recent “Home” by British Somali poet Warsan Shire and the other is “Refugee Blues” by W H Auden which is about the experience of German Jews but it is not difficult to imagine exactly the same words applied to people today fleeing from war and persecution.
By Leah Levane
At the Knesset, Deputy Speaker Nissim Vaturi praised Rabbi Meir Kahane, who called for expelling Arabs and was later designated a terrorist by Israel and the U.S. When Kahane served in the Knesset, lawmakers across the spectrum, including Likud members, often left the chamber in protest
Ezra Klein’s new conversation with John Ganz on the New York Times podcast is the clearest, most detailed map yet of what real antisemitism in America looks like in 2025. And it bears no resemblance to the “antisemitism crisis” the pro-Israel establishment insists we’re living through. If anything, it exposes how backwards the mainstream narrative … Continued
Talk at the symposium, “Freedom of Expression in a Time of Genocide”, at Stavanger, Norway, 12 November
By Leah Levane
Labour Together plotted to get Starmer to be Party Leader but it was only meant to be temporary, for him to be Leader for another period in opposition and then West Streeting to lead into electoral victory. But they “got it wrong”, largely by failing to see how capable the Tories were of self destruction, provides scant comfort. For those of us on the left a Wes Streeting premiership holds no more appeal than what we now have with Keir Starmer.
The BBC’s current crisis is just the latest in a years-long battle by the right to bring down the BBC, even as it turns even more pliant in promoting billionnaire interests.
Six environmental protesters were convicted after they were denied the ability to put a “reasonable excuse” defence or climate facts before the jury, despite these being afforded to other activists acquitted for taking part in the same demonstration. After an eight-day trial at Southwark crown court in London, the six Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists … Continued