In Gaza, life flickers as power cuts shatter livelihoods and healthcare (Nada Nabil in Gaza City, Middle East Eye, 29 April 2026) ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan describes threats from David Cameron and Lindsay Graham in new interview (Imran Mulla, Middle East Eye, 29 April 2026) New petition seeks 'accountability' from UK over role in Israel-Palestine … Continue reading Palestine Links
Palestine
New police powers “to protect communities from disruption caused by protests”
[This is another effort to deny people the right to demonstrate against the genocide taking place against the Palestinian people, by banning ‘repeat demos’, as if the demonstrations had to stop even if the situation has not changed.] From https://www.gov.uk see link below Police forces will be authorised to consider the ‘cumulative impact’ of protests, … Continue reading New police powers “to protect communities from disruption caused by protests”
Review of ” Resistance the Essence of the Islamist Revolution” by Alastair Crooke.
John Clayden As the late great Duke Ellington once said " It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it....that's what gets results " so what was it that made the Iranian Islamist Shia Revolution successful and how has Iran Hezbollah and Hamas and Yemen survived against all the odds. The explanation provided … Continue reading Review of ” Resistance the Essence of the Islamist Revolution” by Alastair Crooke.
The Crime and Policing Bill 2025
The Crime and Policing Bill now being discussed covers a great many topics; each topic is then garlanded with many amendments, making it what’s known apparently as a ‘Christmas tree’ bill. What concerns us today is the clause that intends to curtail pro-Palestinian marches. See below the Jewish Bloc for Palestine statement and the speech by John … Continue reading The Crime and Policing Bill 2025
Demolishing Democracy—Editorial
Britain’s Politicised Terror Legislation Britain is now seeing the full effects on our civil liberties of the provisions of the 2000 Terrorism Act and other anti-terrorism legislation. It is evident that the government and the political class are determined to enforce the provisions of the 2000 and 2006 terrorism legislation to punish indirect and even … Continue reading Demolishing Democracy—Editorial
ARMS FACTORY 10 HELD FOR A YEAR WITHOUT TRIAL
Morning Star 16 August 2025 TEN out of 24 pro-Palestine activists charged over a break-in at an Israeli weapons factory in Bristol have been held in prison for a year without trial. Eight have been in custody for nine months, with most of the Filton 24 set to be imprisoned for more than two years … Continue reading ARMS FACTORY 10 HELD FOR A YEAR WITHOUT TRIAL
Palestine Action is not a terrorist organisation
Official JVL Statement Labour Affairs supports this official statement by Jewish Voice for Labour Palestine Action is not a terrorist organisation Sat 28 Jun 2025 Palestine Action is not a Terrorist Organisation There is an overwhelming consensus that terrorism involves the use or threat of violence against civilians for a political purpose. So says JUSTICE, the … Continue reading Palestine Action is not a terrorist organisation
Palestine Links February 2025
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
Workers Party of Britain Manifesto—July 2024 Elections
The Workers Party of Britain: is committed to the redistribution of wealth and power in favour of working people. is committed to a reversal of policies aimed at deindustrialisation & to exploring innovative demands for workers control and participation in the future of industry through our trade unions. supports the call for a Net Zero … Continue reading Workers Party of Britain Manifesto—July 2024 Elections
Zionism, Corbyn and the Prince
Eamon Dyas The idea that a member of the Royal Family would feel compelled to seek the approval of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Sir Ephraim Mirvis (he was awarded his knighthood only last year), before commenting on a conflict in which Israel is committing war crimes is noteworthy. If such war crimes … Continue reading Zionism, Corbyn and the Prince
Rochdale—Another view
Eamon Dyas Zionism in Gaza and the support it gets from the West is a lifting of the “painted veil" that is civilisation. Whatever happens to the Labour vote after this, Labour GH will have a ready-made excuse to explain it. The same excuse will be used to explain the lack of locally sourced energy … Continue reading Rochdale—Another view
Gaza in Parliament, Wednesday 29th February 2024—For the Record
Original SNP motion: That this House calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel; notes with shock and distress that the death toll has now risen beyond 28,000, the vast majority of whom were women and children; further notes that there are currently 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah, 610,000 of whom are children; … Continue reading Gaza in Parliament, Wednesday 29th February 2024—For the Record
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams Wars of the Chickenhawks All Serious Chinese are Heirs of Mao When Russia Went Wrong Hindus Hard-Liners Do It Their Way Snippets The Aden War and the Houthi Rebels Europe Unifying Update on Benedict Arnold Wars of the Chickenhawks Both world wars were begun by leaders who felt a war was … Continue reading Notes on the News
ICC — US Double Standards
Message from the White House: "We believe in investigating war crimes - but not ours and not Israel's" The US State Department website says the following about the International Criminal Court (ICC): "We maintain our longstanding objection to the Court’s efforts to assert jurisdiction over personnel of non-States Parties such as the United States and Israel." In … Continue reading ICC — US Double Standards
Bevin, The Anti-Semite
Brendan Clifford [This reprint from Labour and Trade Union Review July/August 2002 deals with the question raised in the biography by Andrew Adonis ‘Bevin, Labour’s Churchill’, reviewed last month.] — “The immediate straw-that-broke-the-camel’s-back was the repeated refusal of the Jewish settlers in Palestine to be grateful for British protection and to conform to the plans … Continue reading Bevin, The Anti-Semite
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