Palestinians in Egypt fear for return amid Trump uncertainty (Reem Sleem, Electronic Intifada, 27 February 2025) ICC urged to investigate Biden’s personal role in Gaza genocide (Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 26 February 2025) Tough return to harsh reality (Abdallah al-Naami, Electronic Intifada, 26 February 2025) By pulling Gaza film, BBC shows it cannot stand up … Continue reading Palestine Links, March 2025
Labour Affairs Group There are now four main pieces of counter-terrorism legislation: the Terrorism Act 2000, the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001, the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, and the Terrorism Act 2006. Plus The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (which includes the “Prevent” programme). In fact this list may not be exhaustive, as the anti-terror legislation keeps … Continue reading Use of the Terrorism Acts against Palestine supporters
Three Israeli captives released in exchange for 183 Palestinians (Middle East Eye, 8 February 2025) US State Department informs Congress of $7.4 billion arms sale to Israel (Times of Israel, 7 February 2025) The Middle East's longest-reigning king heads into a standoff with Trump (Sean Mathews, Middle East Eye, 7 February 2025) The damage of … Continue reading Palestine Links February 2025
https://www.defenddemocracy.press/icc-arrest-warrants-welcomed-as-a-glimmer-of-hope-in-gaza/ 24/11/2024 While many Palestinians in Gaza see Netanyahu and Gallant warrants as merely symbolic, the faint promise of justice still resonates By Maha Hussaini in Deir al-Balah, occupied Palestine22 November 2024 Sitting in Gaza City, Anas al-Ramlawi could hear the bombardment of northern Gaza. He read the news. The International Criminal Court (ICC) had … Continue reading ICC arrest warrants welcomed as ‘a glimmer of hope’ in Gaza
Full text of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon (Josephine Deep, Middle East Eye, 27 November 2024) 'Why is Hezbollah celebrating?' Israelis unconvinced by ceasefire agreement (Lubna Masarwa, Middle East Eye, 27 November 2024) Lebanon: Israel and Hezbollah agree to ceasefire brokered by US and France (Josephine Deep & Lubna Masarwa, 27 November 2024) … Continue reading Palestine Links—December 2024
Mustafa Barghouti reflects on the future of the Palestinian struggle in a time of genocide and ethnic cleansing (Mondoweiss, 7 October 2024) Israeli bombing kills entire family in West Bank (Tamara Nassar, 6 October 2024) A year after October 7: British Jewish views on Israel, antisemitism and Jewish life (Institute for Jewish Policy Research, 5 … Continue reading Palestine Links November 2024
Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’ (Guardian, 5 August 2024) Hubris drives deadly Israeli gamble in Tehran (Omar Karmi, Electronic Intifada, 31 July 2024) Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh will strengthen resistance resolve (Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 31 July 2024) Canada strikes Jewish National Fund’s charitable status (Nora Barrows-Friedman, Electronic Intifada, 25 July … Continue reading Palestine Links
How Israeli drone strikes are killing journalists in Gaza (Mariana Abreu, Aïda Delpuech, Eloïse Layan & Yuval Abraham, +972, 25 June 2024) Israel’s path to defeat: The implications (Helena Cobban, 21 June 2024) London Times is first mainstream outlet to debunk Israel's "mass rapes" hoax (Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 16 June 2024) ICC must be … Continue reading Palestine Links July 2024
Surveillance and interference: Israel’s covert war on the ICC exposed (Yuval Abraham & Meron Rapoport, 28 May 2024) German foreign minister says she saw non-existent 7 Oct. rape video (Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 27 May 2024) Can Palestinians imagine a future with Israelis after this war? (Mahmoud Mushtaha, +972, 27 May 2024) Doctor, teacher and children … Continue reading Palestine Links
Manufacturing Famine: Israel is Committing the War Crime of Starvation in the Gaza Strip (B’Tselem Position Paper, April 2024) Did an Israel Lobbyist Confect an Antisemitism Story About a Palestine Demo? (Rivkah Brown, Novara Media, 22 April 2024) Mishal Husain Effortlessly Takes Down Suella Braverman's Attack On Met Police In Painful Exchange (HuffPost, 22 April 2024) … Continue reading Palestine Links
Eamon Dyas In order to complete the final stage of its full-scale invasion of Gaza the IDF says that it will be necessary to forcibly move “1.4 million people - or at least a significant amount of the 1.4 million people” that have now crowded into Rafah. The population of Rafah was around 280,000 before … Continue reading Israel’s Plans for Rafah – Redefining Genocide as a Humanitarian Mission
John McDonnell, the ICJ and another empty House of Commons Michael Murray (The photo shows the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands) On the 19th of March last, Labour MP John McDonnell tweeted: “The Government is sending arms to Israel that may be being used in attacks on Gaza, which under ICJ judgement may be … Continue reading “A Point of Order” on the ICJ Ruling
John Clayden (The photo shows Ernest Bevin on the right of Churchill, 8 May 1945)The Left and that includes the very influential Zionist left have succeeded in wiping out a substantial chunk of working-class history namely the crucial contribution made by Ernest Bevin. This will come as no surprise to dedicated readers of this magazine … Continue reading Historical Context is Crucial—Ernest Bevin and Zionism
Video: Al Jazeera Investigation: October 7 (March 2024) Video: Conversation on the Gaza Genocide (Norman Finkelstein & Chris Hedges, 26 March 2024) Germany next up to face Gaza genocide charges in The Hague (Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 25 March 2024) Hebrew University of Jerusalem suspends professor (Orly Noy, +972, 23 March 2024) Israel lauds US … Continue reading Palestine Links
Shielding US Public From Israeli Reports of Friendly Fire on October 7 (Bryce Green, FAIR, 23 February 2024) This seems to be a comprehensive review of Israeli reports of friendly fire incidents on 7 October, reports that have been almost entirely absent from mainstream media in the US (and in Britain and Ireland, as well?). … Continue reading What happened on October 7th?
Edwin Montagu, at that time Secretary of State for India, circulated a secret memo on the 23rd August 1917, expressing strong opposition to the proposal to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Memorandum of Edwin Montagu on the Anti-Semitism of the Present (British) Government - Submitted to the British Cabinet, August 1917 "I have chosen the above title … Continue reading Edwin Montagu, Anti-Zionist Jew—August 1917
Workers Party Victory in Rochdale—Thursday 29 February 2024 Labour Affairs congratulates George Galloway on his victory. George Galloway has won a landslide victory in the Rochdale by-election, saying his victory showed Keir Starmer has paid a “high price” for his stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict as Labour’s suspended candidate slumped to fourth in its former … Continue reading Workers Party Victory in Rochdale
Keir Starmer has one objective, to win the next general election and form the next government, preferably with a large overall majority. Anything that might endanger achieving that objective will be removed. Starmer identified, early on in his leadership, that one danger was the opposition of the powerful Zionist lobby in the UK. He has consequently gone to … Continue reading Starmer’s Gaza Problems—Editorial 1
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