Feature: These Pro-Palestine Activists Are on Trial for ‘Blackmail’
Rivkah Brown
On Monday, three members of Palestine Action will be the first political activists to be tried for blackmail in over a decade. Rivkah Brown reports.
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Report: Activists Just Shut Down a Factory That Makes Parts for Israeli Fighter Jets
Charlotte England
Around 400 people are blockading the entrances to a factory in Kent that makes parts for the Israeli military's 'most lethal' fighter jets. Charlotte England reports.
Analysis: Suella Braverman, Far-Right Activists and the Media Are Stoking Tensions Ahead of Saturday’s Palestine March
Simon Childs
Far-right activists plan to defend the Cenotaph from a march that's going nowhere near it.
Report: Former Amnesty Official Arrested for Satirical Placard
Rivkah Brown
Aisha Jung was arrested for holding a placard that described Israel as an ‘apartheid cuntry’ while attending a pro-Palestine demo with her husband and sons.
Report: School Students Walk Out of Shadow Minister’s Assembly Over Labour’s Position on Palestine
Clare Hymer
Around 300 sixth form students in east London boycotted an assembly with Wes Streeting last week over Labour’s support for Israel, while young people in Bristol skipped school for the UK’s first ever ‘school strike for Palestine’. Clare Hymer reports.
Opinion: With All Eyes on Palestine, Don’t Forget Rojava
Dani Ellis
In early October, a major western ally began an air campaign against a small Middle Eastern territory unlike anything experienced in the region’s decades-long liberation struggle. This wasn't Israel’s assault on Gaza, but Turkey’s on Rojava.
Report: Palestinian Journalists Are Risking Their Lives to Counteract the ‘Israeli Narrative’
Daisy Schofield
Palestinian journalists are working in ‘dire’ conditions to show the world what is happening in Gaza, despite Israeli forces make it harder and harder for them to report.
Analysis: Who Is the Tory Counter-Extremism ‘Expert’ Labelling Pro-Palestine Protests ‘Antisemitic’?
Simon Childs
Robin Simcox used to spend his time defending indefinite detention in Guantanamo Bay - then he was hired as an expert advisor to the British government.
Opinion: Keir Starmer Doesn’t Care That You’re Angry With Him
Michael Chessum
Tory unpopularity, coupled with Labour’s monopoly on opposition, means Keir Starmer can do whatever he likes - and probably still win an election. But at what moral cost?
Report: Labour Councillors Are Defying Keir Starmer to Back a Ceasefire in Gaza
Clare Hymer
All 31 Labour councillors in Sheffield backed a motion in support of Palestine, as opposition to the party’s line on Israel builds.
Report: Minister Who Loves Free Speech Starts a Witch-Hunt Against Academics
Polly Smythe
Michelle Donelan: 'The freedom to disagree is just as important as the freedom to agree'. Also Michelle Donelan: 'Criticising Israel is extremist'.
Report: Revealed: Tory Superdonor Makes Millions From Government Handouts to Arms Trade
Andrew Kersley
Little known defence giant QinetiQ made almost two-thirds of its revenue from government contracts.
Analysis: There Is Zero Evidence of a Shoplifting ‘Epidemic’
Ell Folan
Shoplifting rates are down from 2017, writes Ell Folan, while the media is acting as if all hell has broken loose.
Report: Jewish Activists Protest at Foreign Office Calling for a Ceasefire
Clare Hymer
Protesters sang 'ceasefire now' and 'end the occupation' in Hebrew.
Report: Arms Factory Blockaded As Calls for Practical Solidarity With Palestine Grow
Polly Smythe
150 activists are picketing an arms factory in Kent in protest at the UK arms trade with Israel.
Report: Tory MP Says It’s ‘Not Easy’ to See Difference Between Hamas Members and Civilians
Simon Childs
John Howell, vice-chair of the Conservative Friends of Israel, also told a constituent he ‘disagrees’ that the UK has historical responsibility for the situation in Palestine.
Opinion: The Israeli War Machine Runs on Jewish Fear
Rivkah Brown
From national newspapers to communal gatekeepers, the British establishment is playing on Jewish fear to justify genocide, writes Rivkah Brown.
Analysis: Liz Truss’s Downfall Was a Huge Victory for Progressives
Matthew Butcher
Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister left Downing Street a year ago today. While most people remember Liz Truss as a joke, her premiership was actually a catastrophic defeat for the libertarian right, argues Matthew Butcher.