Report: Campaigners Are Planning a Tax-Strike for Gaza
Charlotte England
Campaigners want 100,000 people to withhold tax in protest at the British government’s complicity in Israeli war crimes. Could it work?
Tag: israel
Long Read: How the Guardian’s Editor-in-Chief Caved to Pro-Israel Pressure
Rivkah Brown
Having started her career as an unflinchingly pro-Palestine author-activist, Guardian editor Katharine Viner has since risen to one of the most powerful positions in media. The ascent has changed her, colleagues say. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Politicians Don’t Feel Unsafe, They Feel Uncomfortable
Janey Starling
MPs say Palestine protesters make them feel unsafe. What they mean is that they feel uncomfortable being challenged by their constituents, writes Janey Starling.
Report: A Pro-Israel Group Is Trying to Intimidate Palestine Protesters With Claims of ‘Infiltration’
Clare Hymer
A group of anonymous pro-Israel digital vigilantes claims it’s embedding ‘agents’ behind ‘enemy lines’ in order to make people scared of publicly supporting Palestine. Clare Hymer reports.
Report: Indian Port Workers Refuse to Handle Israeli Weapons
Polly Smythe
The massive and growing arms trade between the two countries kills innocents in Palestine and helps repression in India, trade unions say.
Interview: Does Bernie Sanders Think Israel Is Guilty of Genocide?
Bernie Sanders needs no introduction. Ash caught up with the senator to talk about his new book ‘It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism’, the speed of political change and whether what is happening in Gaza constitutes a genocide.
Report: UK Fossil Fuel Giant Sends Millions of Pounds to Company That Helps Illegal West Bank Settlements
Andrew Kersley
Exclusive: Ithaca Energy, one of the main operators of Rosebank, paid out hundreds of millions of pounds to a company accused of human rights abuses in Palestine.
Novara FM: Can International Law Protect Gaza?
Legal scholar Rob Knox offers an urgent account of the limitations of international law as Israel prepares for its Rafah offensive.
Report: Google’s Internal Rebellion Over Israel Goes Global
Rivkah Brown
On Tuesday, workers at Google’s London offices followed their US colleagues in protesting the company’s provision of cloud services to Israel. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: Pregnant Women Are Desperate to Flee Gaza
Adam Ali
Palestinian women are giving birth in appalling conditions, with some facing extortionate fees to escape Gaza. Adam Ali reports.
Long Read: The Chief Rabbi Has Always Been a Servant of Empire
Joseph Finlay
Ephraim Mirvis’s comments about Israel have shocked many who think of the chief rabbi as an apolitical office. That’s never been the case, writes Joseph Finlay.
Opinion: Palestine Expected More From Latin America
Sabrina Fernandes & Bruno Huberman
The region’s history of anti-colonial struggle and its new cadre of progressive leaders promised a robust response to the ongoing genocide. Instead we’ve had rhetorical flourishes void of concrete action, write Bruno Huberman and Sabrina Fernandes.
Report: Pro-Palestine Protester Arrested for Using Pins to Put Placard on MP’s Door
Simon Childs
A pensioner was subjected to a dawn raid in an ‘act of intimidation’, after some drawing pins were put in the door of the local MP’s office.
Report: UK Charity Honours IDF Soldier Who Rummaged Through Gazan Women’s Underwear
Rivkah Brown
Levi Simon, a dual UK-Israeli national who’s just returned from three months in Gaza, is being hosted by The Boy’s Clubhouse.
Opinion: Mehdi Hasan’s Exit From MSNBC Is an Embarrassment to US Journalism
Nathan J Robinson
The MSNBC host, who announced his departure from the network on Tuesday, brought relentless pugnacity and fearless critique of Israel to American screens - and was punished for it, writes Nathan J Robinson.
Opinion: Meet Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, the Irish Lawyer Supporting South Africa’s Case Against Israel
Jad Salfiti
Ireland may have refused to back South Africa in its case against Israel, but one star barrister is continuing a long Irish tradition of solidarity with Palestine.
Analysis: Bombing Yemen Won’t Protect Britain’s Precious Trade Interests
Ash Sarkar
There’s a ghoulish irony that after stoking a humanitarian crisis in Yemen by cutting off its maritime trade, the West is bombing Houthi targets in the name of protecting commercial shipping, writes Ash Sarkar.
