By Leah Levane
We know that people are being burned alive in Gaza, in large numbers. It is shocking that it happens and it is shocking to witness – as we all do, if we care – on our mobile phones. This is not accidental or hidden from politicians who know full well – and mostly welcome – …
On the 600th day of horror in Gaza, Ocha gave an update on the food aid distribution crisis. Jonathan Whittall made clear Ocha’s conviction that the newly developed distribution scheme cannot possibly meet Gaza’s needs. In response to Israeli claims that Hamas diverts aid he was forthright: “The real theft of aid since the beginning …
The distressing image of five-year-old Ward Jalal al-Sheikh Khalil, trying to escape a burning classroom at the Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City is, alas, one of so many. Rabbi Brant Rosen makes clear how children have been acceptable collateral damage in this conflict as far back as the massacre at Deir Yassin in 1948. …
Can words pierce the armour of lies, bias and misinformation peddled by politicians and the media as they engineer and support war, starvation and genocide in Palestine?
Michael Rosen hopes so. This is a book of his poems, thoughts and sketches over the last year or so. They have been written in the hope that these words can bring us together and give us the truth, hope and strength to help us recognise and fight the nightmare that has unfolded in Palestine.
Order now – all profits to go to Medical Aid for Palestine.
Avi Shlaim argues compellingly that Hamas’s political wing should be removed from the list of proscribed organisations in Britain. It was put on the list by Priti Patel for domestic reasons of cynical political calculation. As Shlaim argues, Hamas is a vital segment of Palestinian society and of the resistance to occupation. Its proscription hampers …
Of course Western journalists should be allowed into Gaza.
But brave Gazan journalists have been bringing us the truth for a very long time and at a hideous cost, with a death toll of 233 at the latest count. They have been murdered by the Israeli occupation forces, often knowingly and wilfully assassinated.
As a former war correspondent herself, Victoria Brittain makes it abundantly clear that foreign journalists always depend on reporters on the ground to be able to make sense of the conflicts they are reporting on.
Palestinians have been telling us the story since the conflict began…
4th June, Jeremy Corbyn is tabling a private members’ bill calling for a full, public, independent inquiry into the UK’s role in Israel’s military assault in Gaza. There is a major demonstration outside parliament from 11.30am in support. will gather in front of Westminster Abbey at Westminster Abbey Sanctuary SW1P 3JS from 11.15 dress in red.
By Leah Levane
Issa Amro is a well known Human Rights Defender from Hebron, which shows the horrors of Israel’s brutal occupation at every step. Amro is the founder of Youth against settlements committed to non violent resistance. Together with Jeff Halper of ICAHD*, he has been noninated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Being committed to non violence …
By Leah Levane
Labour MP Clive Lewis has written this heartfelt and angry letter to Keir Starmer; it is the least we expect of our MPs, especially Labour ones. Within it he notes “our government issues statements distilled into sound bites. But we are not using the tools available to us: an arms embargo, economic sanctions, and international …
The Jewish Bloc ran a dayschool on Anti-Zionism and the Jewish Left in London on 18th May 2025.
Joseph Finlay contributed a valuable survey of the history of Jewish anti-Zionist ideas and movements in the UK and published a lightly edited version on his Torat Albion blog which we repost here.