By Leah Levane
We have previously reported on the work of Architects for Gaza who are working with local partner in Gaza to create practical visions for rebuilding. Like others they are working to help create a post “war” Gaza for the people of Gaza. Others, however, are planning a future, as with Iraq and Afghanistan before, based …
By Leah Levane
Jewish Voice for Labour is one of the members of Global Jews for Palestine along with Jewish organisations that work in support of justice and freedom for Palestinians in 20 other countries. This webinar was organised to launch our Global Jewish Manifesto for Collective Liberation and find out more about our member organisations in Latin America, …
Here we pull together some information about trade with Israel. Some 25 countries—including the UK, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, Canada, Denmark, and New Zealand—have just issued a joint statement urging an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Israeli atrocities. Mizan shows their hypocrisy as they continue to trade happily with Israel, thank you very much …
By Leah Levane
Andrew Murray says that “the stench of decay is hanging over not just the Starmer administration but the Labour Party itself.” Now Corbyn and Sultana have announced a new socialist alternative.
By Leah Levane
MPs from most Parties are furious at the government’s inaction and general feebleness – not to say complicity – in relation to the genocide Israel is inflicting on Gaza. Of course this is not to let the previous government off the hook either). Labour acts as though it is powerless to act – and certainly …
Good knock about argument from M.J. Rosenberg as he takes Deborah Lipstadt to task for equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism.
For example: “If Lipstadt wants to argue a binational democracy wouldn’t work, fine. But to equate equal rights with extermination? That’s not just wrong. It’s poisonous. It trivializes the Holocaust and mocks its victims. It weaponizes memory. And it tells Palestinians that their freedom is inherently a threat to Jewish life.”
By Leah Levane
A number of Trade Unions have expressed their support for the Palestinian people and their opposition to the genocide and British complicity: for example Unite strengthened its policy and support for BDS at its recent Policy conference and workers, especially dockworkers in several countries, have refused to load or unload shipments of weapons bound for …
By Leah Levane
WE must stop the “war” and then what? First the bombing and starvation of Gaza must stop and this requires meaningful sanctions on Israel. After that dialogue may be possible. In this Opinion piece, Palestinian British film-maker Leila Sansour argues that the decades of dialogue have not brought peace and for dialogue to be …
By Leah Levane
Aya Al-Hattab writes of the death of her nephew, Hamza, in Gaza City and the impact on her family. We need to have the imagination and humanity to consider that every single person’s death has a similar deep and lasting impact. She writes: “The world cannot pretend that it doesn’t know Gaza has been enduring …
Daniel Friedman reviews the Jewish Anti-Zionist congress held in Vienna last month, suggesting it marks the turning of tide against Zionism and the threat it poses to global stability.