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Report: Italian Dockworkers Threaten to ‘Shut Down All of Europe’ If Gaza Aid Flotilla Is Blocked

Polly Smythe

A union representing dockworkers at one of the largest ports in the Mediterranean - a key stopping point for Israeli goods - has said it will ‘block everything’ if Israel stops the inbound aid flotilla. Polly Smythe reports.

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Report: Government Fails to Answer Novara Media’s Questions on Palestine Action Ban

Rivkah Brown

In a letter to Novara Media, the Home Office dodged questions on how the proscription of Palestine Action will affect journalists. It did, however, suggest growing insecurity within the political establishment over Labour’s controversial decision to proscribe the group. Rivkah Brown reports.

Report: Largest Ever Attempt to Break Israel’s Blockade of Gaza Sets Sail

Charlotte England

Greta Thunberg and Novara Media’s Kieran Andrieu are on board the Global Sumud Flotilla, which left Barcelona on Sunday and is attempting to open a humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza.

Mourners gather around the body of Palestinian cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a contractor for Reuters, after he was killed along with four other journalists in an Israeli ‘double tap’ attack on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis on 25 August 2025. Stringer/Reuters

Report: Israel Has a Secret Military Unit That Smears Palestinian Journalists

Harriet Williamson

Established after 7 October, Israel’s ‘legitimisation cell’ works to link Palestinian journalists to Hamas, often as the pretext for assassinating them. Harriet Williamson reports.

Report: UK Thinktank Fellow Suggests Israel Should Target More Journalists

Rivkah Brown

Andrew Fox, a former army major and research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, wrote that ‘information warriors’ should be considered combatants in Gaza. Journalist union leaders have called Fox’s comments ‘violent’ and ‘reprehensible’. Rivkah Brown reports.

A Black man wearing a keffiyeh as a headscarf holds a banner alongside Palestinian flags

Interview: Ex-Amazon Union Leader Says US Trade Unions Are Complicit in Gaza Genocide

Polly Smythe

Former Amazon Labor Union president Chris Smalls, who joined a July aid flotilla to Gaza, told Polly Smythe that the main unions in the US “continue to do the dirty work for Israel”.

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.

Report: Police Fail to Arrest Hundreds Who Defy Palestine Action Ban

Charlotte England

More than 500 people took part in mass civil disobedience against the ban. The police had claimed they would arrest everyone, but failed to remove the majority within the first hour of protest.

Report: The Royal Opera House Cancelled One Israeli Show. Staff Demand It Axe Them All

Polly Smythe

On Monday, the Royal Ballet and Opera cancelled a planned production of Tosca at the Israeli National Opera. Workers say the institution must refuse all work with Israel indefinitely. Polly Smythe reports.

Report: Meet the Pro-Israel Lawyers Hounding the NHS

Harriet Williamson

It’s had children’s artwork removed from hospitals, doctors banned from wearing watermelon pins and claimed craft pens evoked 7 October. Are UK Lawyers for Israel really the cartoon villains they appear? Harriet Williamson takes a closer look.

Counter protesters hold up signs that claim there are '2 million human shields in Gaza' and are protected by the police.

Report: ‘It’s a Free Country’, Claims Police Officer Protecting Genocide-Denying Counter Protesters

Charlotte England

100 people were arrested in one day for supporting Palestine Action. Charlotte England reports.

Police officers arrest protesters in Parliament Square on 12 July 2025 who were holding placards in support of Palestine Action, which has been banned under anti-terrorism laws. Being a member of, or showing support for, the activist group is now illegal in the UK. Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Reuters

Report: Here’s What’s Happened Since the Palestine Action Ban

Harriet Williamson

This weekend more protesters will risk arrest under terror legislation by defying the proscription of Palestine Action. Here’s a run down of what’s happened since the ban.

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Novara Live: Corbyn Confirms He’ll Form New Party With Zarah Sultana

It’s here! Or is it? On this Friday’s show – we’ll be discussing whether the rumblings of a new left party, the proscription of Palestine Action and more. With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani, Jamie Driscoll and Omar Abdel-Mannan