In Berlin, ‘Art Is Free!’ – Unless It’s Standing for a Free Palestine
Jad Salfiti
The Berlin senate has said artists must accept the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism or miss out on funding. Jad Salfiti reports.
Palestinians Are Having Their Bank Accounts Frozen. Their Banks Won’t Explain Why
Sebastian Shehadi
Exclusive: Neobanks Wise and Payoneer are freezing Palestinian accounts en masse and without warning, citing vague regulatory obligations. Sebastian Shehadi reports.
Court Acquits Two Palestine Activists of Targeting Israeli Weapons Company, Leaving Six in Limbo
Rivkah Brown
Two of the six defendants standing trial for targeting Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems were acquitted, while Palestine Action co-founder Richard Barnard was found guilty of criminal damage. Jury indecision means the remaining defendants may be retried in the new year. Rivkah Brown reports.
British-Palestinian Boy ‘Humiliated’ By School for Wearing Flag
Clare Hymer
An eight-year-old British Palestinian boy with relatives in Gaza has been out of school for a month because staff won’t let him wear a Palestine flag patch on his coat. Now parents are fighting back. Clare Hymer reports.
Israeli Soldiers Are Snatching Palestinians’ Phones and Punishing Them for Having Photos of Gaza
Daisy Schofield
Israel is using a new law to punish Palestinians simply for possessing images of the war in Gaza. Daisy Schofield reports.
Government Advisor Suggests Palestine Protests Could Be Treated Like Sectarian Parades in Northern Ireland
Simon Childs
John Woodcock told a select committee about a proposal to create a new body to clamp down on protests.
University Forced to Back Down After ‘Rogue’ Outsourcing Company Tries to Ban Protest
Polly Smythe
UCL asked the private subcontracting company to ‘retract’ its policy which had been used as an ‘obvious’ intimidation tactic against workers.
Revealed: A British Charity Gave Over £1m to ‘Israel’s Largest Militia’
Rivkah Brown
Between 2011 and 2018 The Jewish National Fund UK gave £1.1m to HaShomer HaChadash, a ‘neo-nationalist’ organisation that uses military tactics to expand illegal settlements and defend Israeli land from Palestinians. Rivkah Brown reports.
A Student Was Referred to Prevent for Tweeting ‘From the River to the Sea’
Rivkah Brown
Tugba Iyigun, a former journalist who fled Turkey, received a visit from North Yorkshire police officers for a single tweet about her local pro-Palestine demo. Rivkah Brown reports.
Freed Palestinians Say They Were Tortured, Beaten and Starved in Israeli Prisons
Daisy Schofield
Palestinians released from Israeli prisons describe seeing 'blood everywhere' from beatings and being denied food, visits and legal advice. Daisy Schofield reports.
Swedish Mechanics Are Fighting Tesla for Union Rights
Polly Smythe
The Swedish labour movement is taking on the American car giant in a dispute that could have global implications.
Parents Hold Playgroup at Arms Company Office in Protest at Gaza Genocide
Lauren Van Schaik
Dozens of parents and children have staged a noisy playgroup at the London office of BAE Systems in order to highlight its complicity in Israel's killing of thousands of Palestinian children.
Protesters Were ‘Reasonable’ to Call Iain Duncan Smith ‘Tory Scum’, Court Rules
Simon Childs
A judge ruled that the term Tory scum was used to ‘highlight the policies’ of Iain Duncan Smith, meaning it was protected by free speech laws.
Revealed: Outsourcing Companies Are Lobbying Labour to Sell Out Public Services
Polly Smythe
Lobbyists are keen to ensure their clients continue to profit from public services after the next election.
The Far-Right Observed Remembrance Day by Fighting the Police
Simon Childs
Far-right activists threw missiles and started fights in order to 'defend' the cenotaph from a protest march happening a mile away.
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.
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.