Tag: israel

Analysis: Of Course Israel Exports Arms and Policing Practices – It Has Spent Decades ‘Battle-Testing’ Them on Palestinians
Israel has made a lucrative business out of exporting arms and policing techniques. To deny this is to deny the lived experience of Palestinians - as well as countless books, research papers and human rights reports, write Riya Al'sanah and Rafeef Ziadah.
Opinion: We Have Let Israel Dispossess, Displace and Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians for Decades
As Israel intensifies its campaign against Palestine by preparing to annex the West Bank, we must remember that its actions have not come out of nowhere, writes Malia Bouattia. Instead, they are the outcome of decades of inaction and complicity by foreign governments and companies.
The Hundred Years War on Palestine With Rashid Khalidi

The imminent annexation of parts of the West Bank represents the latest episode in a century long war against the Palestinian people. Tonight Aaron Bastani is joined by author and academic, Rashid Khalidi, to discuss 100 years of settlement, occupation and struggle.

Opinion: Long-Bailey’s Sacking Shows How Antisemitism Has Been Dangerously Redefined

On Thursday afternoon Labour leader Keir Starmer sacked the lone leftwinger in his shadow cabinet, accusing her of antisemitism. Barnaby Raine traces a recent history of how antisemitism has been redefined by liberals and the right.
Stop DSEI: the People Disrupting the ‘World-Leading’ Arms Fairs
One of the world’s largest arms fairs will begin in London on Monday. For a week, state of the art weapons will be exhibited at the DSEI Fair to select buyers invited by the UK government - including eight countries accused of human rights abuses. In the run up to the event, we spent a week talking to protesters and documenting their attempts to disrupt the fair.
How the US Green Lit an Israeli Movement to Change the Demographics of East Jerusalem
Since the opening of a new US Embassy in Jerusalem last year, human rights groups say Palestinians have been evicted from the city faster than ever before.
5 Reasons People Are Boycotting Eurovision This Year
Eurovision  doesn’t usually set off discussions around international law, apartheid and human rights. But with Israel hosting the 2019 competition, this year is different. Alia Malak explains why.
Israel – Palestine: Not a Fair Fight.

Netanyahu’s fifth election win and last weekend’s bombardment of Gaza means it’s more urgent than ever to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Donate. Divest. Protest.
Netanyahu’s Electoral Alliance With the Far Right is Frightening, But It’s Nothing Radically New
Back in February, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was forming an electoral alliance with the nation's foremost fascist party Otzma Yehudit. Douglas Gerrard argues that while this alliance is certainly bleak, there’s much Western journalists discussing these elections are missing.
Bibi One More Time? Israeli Elections and Palestine.

On the 9th April, Benjamin Netanyahu will defend his premiership in Israel’s General Election. On tonight’s #TyskySour, we ask whether after 50 years of occupation, elections in Israel matter for Palestine. With Salma Karmi-Ayyoub and Yair Wallach
Israeli Apartheid Week: Why We Need to Reject the Commodification of Anti-Racist Heroes
With apartheid very much alive in Israel, the history of the anti-apartheid movement and the legacies of anti-apartheid activists must be remembered and drawn on in fighting against these systems of racism and discrimination, writes Nelson Mandela's grandson, Nkosi Zwelivelile.
AIPAC is Not the Reason for US-Israeli Ties
Since Ilhan Omar drew attention to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on social media last Sunday, there’s been much discussion of the significance of the 'Israel lobby’ in US politics. David Wearing argues we’d do better to situate our analysis of US-Israeli relations within a broader account of imperial US power.
Rebuilding Hope in Gaza
Earlier in November, Israel botched an undercover raid into the besieged Gaza Strip, resulting in the breaking of a fragile ceasefire. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades fired rockets into southern Israel, while Israeli warplanes began bombing sites in Gaza. One of those sites was right next to Karama Fadel's home. This is her account.
4 Ways the Labour Movement Must Move Forward on Palestine
Following an ugly and protracted battle over Labour’s adoption of the full IHRA definition of antisemitism during the summer, at party conference this year Palestinian solidarity was stronger than ever. Here are four ways the labour movement must move forward in demanding justice for Palestine.
Palestine: Not Our Problem? | Ash Sarkar Meets Karma Nabulsi

Ash sat down with Karma Nabulsi (Fellow in Politics at St Edmund Hall, and Associate Professor at the University of Oxford) to talk about why Palestine is Britain’s problem – and what the left should do about it.

Disppearing Palestine With Ash Sarkar and Salma Karmi-Ayyoub

As Trump withdraws funding for UNWRA and Labour considers IHRA, Palestinian barrister Salma Karmi-Ayyoub joins Michael and Ash to discuss the politics of visibility and Palestine. Hosted by Michael Walker Produced by Gary McQuiggin http://www.twitter.com/MichaelJSWalker http://www.twitter.com/AyoCaesar
Why Migrant and BAME Groups Are Protesting the IHRA’s Definition of Anti-Semitism
Over eighty groups representing migrants and BAME communities (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) have signed a letter urging Labour to not adopt the full IHRA definition of anti-semitism for fear it will silence critique of Israel.
Labour’s Obligation to Peace Between Israel and Palestine Starts by Rejecting the IHRA Examples
It is not an opinion to say Israel was founded on violence, racism and ethnic cleansing - it is a historic fact. The Labour party’s proposed code of conduct on antisemitism should be refined, not discarded, argues Aaron Bastani.

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