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Who is Starmer and what does he stand for?

By Leah Levane

Starmer’s unpopularity seems to have no limit.  In this new book even fierce opponents of Corbyn are highly critical.  Labour Party Conference  2025 is about to start and the polls shows diminishing support for Labour. The recent, shall we say, poor judgement by Angela Rayner over her tax situation and Starmer sacking Mandelson over his link with Epstein (most of which was known about before) and now the scandal facing Starmer’s “go to” man, McSweeney and, indeed “Labour Together” (sic) can only add to his woes.

As a doctor I had to oppose Palestine Action’s proscription

By Leah Levane

A doctor explains why she was one of more than 850 arrested over a period of nearly 10 hours for protesting the designation of Palestine Action as a terrorist group. A ridiculous waste of police resources to say the least.  The contrast with the inaction taken by the government over Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its ethnic cleansing in the West Bank is clear.

The unbearable heaviness of being

By Richard Kuper

JVL Introduction Keith Kahn-Harris a a liberal Jewish commentator known for his willingness to explore uncomfortable questions so anything he writes is ordinarily of great interest. Here Deborah Maccoby provides a not altogether tongue-in-cheek review of a not entirely tongue-in-cheek new book by Keith Kahn-Harris about the ordinariness of being Jewish. Or at least pretending … Continued

We Are Culpable – a message for the Days of Awe

By Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi

JVL Introduction As we enter the third year of this genocide, committed by so many Jews, and supported, to their everlasting shame, by too many in leadership positions in Jewish communities worldwide, we Jews gather in these days of awe between the New Year and the Day of Atonement, to reflect on our sins, to … Continued

Today’s genocide is rooted in Israel “leaving” Gaza in 2005

By Leah Levane

Israel unilaterally disengaged from the interior of the Gaza Strip in 2005 but, as we all know, it retained control of all but one crossing point, the air and most of the sea. Israel also destroyed the 21 Settlements it had built rather than leave them for Palestinians to use.  While there, Jewish people were less than 1% of the population of the Strip but the Settlements used 20% of the land. (See, eg Wikipedia on Israel’s disengagement).

Starmer’s recognition of Palestine

By Richard Kuper

UK recognition of the State of Palestine is a huge step forward – but it will become an act of hypocrisy unless the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, also initiates tough new measures to try to persuade Israel to cease its war on Gaza, to end its ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank, to … Continued

UK Recognising Palestine – too little and a century late

By Leah Levane

In a historic shift, Britain has officially recognised the state of Palestine, a century after the Balfour Declaration set the course for its dispossession. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer first announced in July that the UK would take this step at the UN General Assembly’s annual meeting in September unless Israel met certain conditions, including agreeing to … Continued

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