Novara FM: Palestine 2048
Palestinian sci-fi predicts the dystopias of now, not tomorrow, as editor Basma Ghalayini explains.
Tag: israel
Analysis: What’s Up With Germany’s Pro-Israel ‘Left’?
James Jackson
Germany's anti-Deutsch used to be 'fringe weirdos'. Now their pro-Israel ideology has gone mainstream.
Report: 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.
Report: 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.
Novara FM: Fascism Is Not the Exception
To understand the threat we need to look beyond 20th century histories, explains Alberto Toscano.
Report: 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.
Analysis: The March Against Antisemitism Is a Far-Right Dream
Rivkah Brown
Rather than telling Tommy Robinson to ‘fuck off’, the march against antisemitism should question why he was there in the first place, writes Rivkah Brown.
Novara Live: Pause Extended in Gaza; Elon Musk Visits Israel
The pause in Gaza is extended by two days, more Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees are released. Plus Elon Musk visits Israel and takes on the country of Sweden’s labour laws. With Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar.
Opinion: The World Is Finally Waking Up to Israel’s Disinformation War – But Is It Too Late?
Yara Hawari
Even the BBC is starting to pick up on Israeli propaganda. Its belated epiphany won't bring back 15,000 dead Palestinians, writes Yara Hawari.
Downstream: The History of Israel’s War on Palestine. Ash Meets Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and the author of several books focussing on the Middle East including The Hundred Years’ War On Palestine. He explains some of the basic facts of the struggle for Palestinian independence and the history of the creation of the Zionist project […]
Report: 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.
Novara Live: UN Chief Blasts Israel for Thousands of Child Casualties
More than 5500 children have now been killed in Gaza, Israel’s latest targets include a refugee camp and a United Nations run school… Plus Argentina’s new ‘Anarcho-capitalist’ president. With Michael Walker and David Adler.
Analysis: A Third of Keir Starmer’s MPs Defied Him Over the Vote for a Ceasefire
Simon Childs & Moya Lothian-McLean
On Wednesday night, one third of Labour MPs defied the whip and voted for a ceasefire. Others gave stirring speeches in favour, then abstained anyway.
Long Read: Palestinian Satirical Cinema Has the Last Laugh
Juliet Jacques
The works of Elia Suleiman and David Osit capture the numbness produced by decades of occupation and in so doing offer an antidote to it, writes Juliet Jacques.
Report: 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.
Opinion: Armistice Day Is Perfect for a Peace March
Joe Glenton
Suella Braverman has tried to instrumentalise the war dead to stop a pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day. But as a veteran, I hope the streets are heaving, writes Joe Glenton.
Feature: These Pro-Palestine Activists Are on Trial for ‘Blackmail’
Rivkah Brown
On Monday, three members of Palestine Action will be the first political activists to be tried for blackmail in over a decade. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: 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.