Bob Vylan really has upset the cheerleaders and gatekeepers of our political system.
Ricky of Council Estate Media is on fine form as he skewers “politicians who couldn’t condemn a genocide after 20 months so easily condemn a punk act for wishing death upon the genocidal army”.
Dr Ezzideen Shehab, born and raised in Jabaliya and still working in the desolation of Gaza, posts a lot on X (formerly Twitter) with the self-description: “Doctor, sometimes a writer. Revealing hidden stories, a voice for the unheard. Witness to humanity’s darkest depths.”
This post explores those “darkest depths”.
This was written three weeks ago.
The slaughter continues, unabated.
By Leah Levane
This is a rapid run through a number of examples of Israel committing terrible war crimes against the Palestinian people. Starting with the shooting of Palestinians while approaching or queuing up for food in Gaza but mainly focusing on the West Bank touching on the ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta, the settler attacks that lead to arrests of Palestinians and the evictions of tens of thousands from refugee camps in Jenin and Tulkarm as well as the fears of many in Balata, the largest refugee camp in the West Bank.
By Leah Levane
Many liberal zionists are appalled by what is being perpetrated by the Israeli State on Gaza but contend that the idea of Jewish supremacy is a new one, related to this current far right government but, as this article illustrates, the idea of supremacy was built in from the very start of the Zionism and has been the practice
By Leah Levane
Israel likes to tell us it is “the only democracy in the Middle East” and that “Arabs do fine” there – after all they have Arab (sic) Members of the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament). Yet a complaint about a social media post by one of those Palestinian MKs, Ayman Odeh, leader of the left wing Hadash …
By Leah Levane
Palestine Action has been an inspiration for many people desperate to do something concrete to stop the brutal occupation of Palestine and now the horrors of a live streamed genocide. While today a Judge has granted them the right to an urgent hearing, the prospect of proscription should be of great concern whether or not your support the actions or even the politics of Palestine Action.
By Leah Levane
Today the government included Palestine Action in this draft statutory instrument proposing its addition to the list of proscribed organisations under the Terrorism Act 2000. Meanwhile human rights and free speech orgaisations as well as Artists for Palestine and many prominent individuals continue to object. “Kellys Solicitors, which represents several Palestine Action activists, says a …
More Labour councillors from the left of the party are being driven out by the hierarchy’s ongoing clampdown on any dissent from official policy.
At Glastonbury festival this weekend, artist after artist demonstrated against the Gaza genocide and many showed support for Palestine Action in the face of government moves to ban them.
By Leah Levane
Palestinians living in East Jerusalem are always under threat. The latest is for the Batn Al-Hawa district of Silwan, just outside the Old City. This article highlights the likely eviction of 700 people even though they have lived in their homes for decades. Israeli law, as explained below, allows Jewish claims but not Palestinian ones. …