By Leah Levane
It is with a heavy heart that we report another murder by a settler. Awdah Al Hathaleen, a committed activist from the village of Umm Al Khair in the South Hebron Hills was killed yesterday by a known violent settler. His cousin was injured and as of last night the only arrests made was of seven Palestinians from the village. Here is also a video of his presentation made just days before.
1,400 faculty members in Israel recently signed a letter to Netanyahu noting the obligation of academics not to be silent in the face of the “mass killing, starvation and destruction that Israel is wreaking in Gaza”. Sadly, one’s expectation of Israeli institutions is not high, so it was a small ray of light that some …
Dr. Omer Bartov is a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University. From someone who did not think that Israeli action in the period after October 7 amounted to genocide, the evidence has forced Bartov to change his mind. “My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people.” …
B’Tselem’s July 2025 report is stark as it describes Our Genocide. It is clear that the genocide in Gaza cannot be separated from the escalating violence, in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and within Israel. It notes that ultimately, the same troops are operating in Gaza and in the other areas, under …
Clive Stafford Smith, writing for the Good Law Project about the proscription of Palestine Action, reminds fellow lawyer Keir Starmer of their obligation to defend the human rights of the weak.
By Leah Levane
Edinburgh University is seriously considering divesting from Israel and unadopting the IHRA (so called) definition of antisemitism. We have written extensively about what is wrong with this non definition and are delighted to learn that its rejection is being contemplated. The article also makes the point that Lord Balfour – he of the Declaration – …
By Leah Levane
Written partly in response to Diane Abbot’s re-suspension, this article outlines how those in power fail to address racism, always preferring to focus on individual prejudices and ignore the power element of racism. Prejudice matters but this is perpetuated by the media and those in power who choose to “other” people, most obviously asylum seekers …
Starvation in Gaza can no longer be ignored, but most media treat it as problem of aid distribution, ignoring their own governments’ complicity in Israel’s 21 month genocide.
John McEvoy’s exposure of the decision to proscribe Palestine Action makes riveting reading. It is the first time in British history that a direct-action group has been branded a terrorist organisation. The government’s Proscription Review Group (PRG) apparently conceded in March 2025 that a ban on Palestine Action would be “novel and unprecedented”. Even the …
As someone who cares passionately about Jewish communal life, Joseph Finlay writes about how many Jewish communities have largely retreated into themselves since October 7th. People are fearful of how divisive it can be to talk about the conflict and Finlay explains the many ways in which people are silenced by this fear. Individuals may …