Category: Topical and Current Affairs

Israel broadcasts two very different messages about what’s happening in Gaza – an image of military might to Israelis and Palestinians, and an image of

‘Palestinians are resisting every day the erasure of our land, identity, and hope.’ Inspired by the South African anti-apartheid struggle, the nonviolent BDS movement needs

Continuing Nakba, continuing resistance It is not the role of supporters in the west to tell Palestinians how best to resist. They are sick of

(above pic : man wearing a kippah attends a rally themed “solidarity with Israel and against antisemitism” in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

May 19, 2021 Labour MP for East Leeds, called on the Government to impose sanctions on Israel as part of the international pressure needed to

21 May 2021 Some 20 Palestinian worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem were injured in an Israeli police attack following the weekly

May 19, 2021 by Maher Abu Tair via  Arabi21.com  The results of what is happening in occupied Palestine are dangerous for the occupation itself, and

This is Masjid-al-Aqsa right now (around 10 mins ago) 10-45am UK time (1-45pm Palestine time)  

After Palestinian content was restricted or removed from Instagram and Facebook, social media users developed a crafty method of altering Arabic script.   by Hakim

(above pic : Palestinian rescue a survivor from under the rubble of a destroyed residential building following deadly Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Sunday, May

Mark Stone, Sky News Middle East Correspondent, tweets : I saw a lot more instances of entirely unnecessary, provocative behavior by Israeli police/military today. At

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi’s impassioned speech at the House of Lords on 19 May 21.    The UK government’s policy on Israel and Palestine. What we

Ben Reiff of Naamod reflects on recent wave of demonstrations by Jewish activists against Israel’s response to civil unrest.  May 14, 2021, 2:25 pm  via

The United States is not an honest broker in the Israel-Gaza conflict, John Dugard, a former United Nations Special Rapporteur to the UNHCR has said. He

It must end now The Gaza operation exposed a series of failures in the IDF’s preparations and conduct, under the leadership of a confused and

(above pic : Palestinians after the surrender of their village in 1948.) As fraught and imperfect as efforts at historical justice can be, consider what

Nafeez Ahmed 11 May 2021 via bylinetimes.com   An analyses of the rise, decline and sudden fall of Maajid Nawaz’s government-backed counter-extremism think tank n

Israel’s doctrine: Humane bombing and benevolent occupation   by Marwan Bishara Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera.  16 May 2021 Marwan Bishara is an author

John Oliver began his Sunday “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver“ episode (16 May 2021) not by debuting a bunch of mascots but rather by giving a

Turgut Alp Boyraz | 16.05.2021 JERUSALEM via aa.com.tr Israeli government, army commanders are ‘war criminals’: Former Israeli army pilot ‘Once you realized that you are

May 16, 2021 via msnbc.com Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Ali Velshi to discuss the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas. “What we need now

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley and Cori Bush voiced support of Palestine in speeches to Congress. ‘The United States must acknowledge its rule

From an approval rating of 80% earlier in the year, now tough questions are being asked of PM’s leadership Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi Mon 17

“When Israelis accuse Hamas of hiding “military assets” among civilians, one must wonder whether they learn their own history. Zionist militias famously used civilian buildings,

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi: “Palestinians are at best third-class citizens in the nation of their birth. The idea that it’s even remotely controversial to call what

(above tweet : Jeremy Bowen @BowenBBC )   Judaism rejects the racism, hate and violence we’ve witnessed on Israel’s streets. And it also endorses them

an article from May. 13, 2015 (Updated: Apr. 10, 2018) via  haaretz.com     Soldiers from the group Breaking the Silence describe their claims, published in

(above image : Palestinians inspect a building damaged by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on 12 May) by Tamara Nassar  12 May 2021 via electronicintifada.net

  10 May 2021 In a remarkable admission, the Guardian has ranked its support for the Balfour Declaration promising a “homeland” for the Jewish people as one