Opinion: Netanyahu’s Attempt to Exploit the Bondi Beach Attack Is Perverse
Steven Methven
Israel’s prime minister said the massacre happened because Australia recognised Palestinian statehood. It’s dangerous rhetoric, argues Steven Methven.
Tag: antisemitism
Report: Uefa Promised to Investigate Maccabi Tel Aviv Over Amsterdam Racism. Then It Went Quiet
Simon Childs
After Maccabi Tel Aviv fans rampaged through Amsterdam tearing down Palestine flags and chanting “fuck the Arabs”, Europe’s football authority pledged to investigate. A year later and days before another controversial match, that investigation is nowhere to be found, writes Simon Childs.
Opinion: Democrats Whined About Trump. Zohran Mamdani Offered an Alternative
Luke Savage
While party grandees preached defeat and despair, New York City's mayor-elect pitched free buses, cheap groceries and frozen rent. Turns out the antidote to Trump is just socialism, writes Luke Savage.
Report: A Government Department Cancelled a Charity Bake Sale for Palestine
Rivkah Brown
Ed Miliband’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero cancelled a planned fundraiser after officials accused the charity, Medical Aid for Palestinians, of political lobbying. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Why Did the Guardian Run an Unverified Antisemitism Story?
Rivkah Brown
A man claimed to be the victim of an antisemitic mob. His alleged assailants say he instigated the altercation, calling Arabic-speaking patrons ‘terrorists’. The Guardian printed one side of the story, and it went viral. This is how hysteria is manufactured, writes Rivkah Brown.
Opinion: Britain Can Have Its Own Mamdani. First It Must Move on From Corbyn
James Meadway
The freshly minted Democratic candidate for New York City mayor is patently exceptional. He’s also perfected a formula that the UK can replicate, but only if it lays history to rest, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: 20 Months Into the Genocide, Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan Discover Their Backbones
Nadeine Asbali
The bleeding-heart Gaza letter signed by a dazzling array of literary heavyweights is pitifully overdue, writes English teacher Nadeine Asbali.
Opinion: We Infiltrated a Tragic Far-Right Afterparty
Luther Blissett
The ARC conference saw dreary, repetitive rightwing talking points, but the real action happened at the unofficial afterparty: a boozy gathering of racists, trolls and fantasists.
Opinion: Tory Councillor Accused of Smearing Teenager As Antisemite for Palestine Petition
Simon Childs
When Tommy Oliver started a BDS petition, he had no idea it would be debated on Holocaust Memorial Day. That didn't stop the leader of the Sutton Conservatives calling the petition antisemitic and running to the Times.
Feature: We Asked Legal Experts: Is 2025 the Year Israel Faces Justice?
Nadine Talaat
From the ICJ’s plausible genocide ruling to the ICC issuing arrest warrants, last year the wheels of justice began to move against Israel. Nadine Talaat asks legal experts whether 2025 could finally end its decades-long impunity.
Report: UN Official Slams David Lammy’s Refusal to Call Gaza a Genocide
Sebastian Shehadi
In an interview with Novara Media, the UN rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories said the foreign secretary was 'wrong' to suggest it was premature to call Gaza a genocide. Sebastian Shehadi reports.
Report: Palestine Marchers Set to Defy Police Ban
Rivkah Brown
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has always cooperated with police, until now. Rivkah Brown reports on why the group is refusing to cancel Saturday's central London march, despite the Met doubling down.
Report: British Jews Call Bullshit on Met’s Palestine March Ban
Rivkah Brown
Over 720 British Jews, including prominent human rights lawyers and academics, have signed a statement slamming the Met’s ban on an upcoming Palestine demonstration over supposed synagogue disruption. Union leaders, MPs and cultural figures have joined them. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: ‘This Is Genocide’: Amnesty Publishes Landmark Report on Gaza
Rivkah Brown
Amnesty International has published a 290-page report analysing 102 Israeli official statements, 212 interviews and a cache of documentary evidence. Its conclusion? “This is genocide.” Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: Berlin Police Brutalise Women at Anti-Violence Demonstration
James Jackson
Protesters marking the international day for the elimination of violence against women were choked, pepper-sprayed and kettled in a show of police force that has become quotidian in the German capital.
Analysis: Philosemites, Anti-Vaxxers and Waterboarding Enthusiasts – Trump’s Cabinet Picks So Far
Rivkah Brown
With a month to go before he enters office, the president-elect has set about naming his cabinet picks, a potpourri of the most egregious elements of his programme. Here are 10 of them.
Opinion: Maccabi Tel Aviv Thugs Made Israeli Apartheid Relatable
Rivkah Brown
Come to a foreign country gaming for a fight, receive street justice and have the world leap to your defence – if you didn’t know a thing about Israel and Palestine last week, you do now, writes Rivkah Brown.
Report: Germany Ties Cultural Funding to Israel Allegiance
Rivkah Brown
On Thursday a cross-party group of German MPs voted to withhold culture and science funding from those who boycott Israel or breach a pro-Israel definition of antisemitism. Rivkah Brown reports.