Opinion: Prestigious Science Institute in Meltdown Over ‘Alleged Peaceful’ Palestine Cake Sale
Simon Childs
A bizarre tale of censorship, hypocrisy and home baking.
Tag: israel
Feature: Andrew Feinstein Is the Left’s Anti-Keir Starmer
Rivkah Brown
A former South African MP thought his politician days were behind him – until a UK Labour leader came along who embodied everything he’d ever fought against. Rivkah Brown meets Andrew Feinstein.
Novara FM: Whatever Happened to the Israeli Left?
Israel has swung hard to the right in the last few decades, but a left remains. They are calling not just for a ceasefire, but for an end to the apartheid regime. What power do they have?
Analysis: South African Muslims Didn’t Vote for Pro-Palestine Parties. Why Not?
Ilham Rawoot
In the country’s recent general election, South African Muslims voted overwhelmingly for the centre-right, white-controlled Democratic Alliance. The results have exposed ethnic tensions that have bubbled away under the surface for decades.
Opinion: Netanyahu Doesn’t Want a Deal – He Wants to ‘Finish the Job’
Rivkah Brown
As the two sides inch towards a US-brokered settlement, the Israeli PM is throwing his toys out of the pram at the prospect of ending his beloved military campaign, writes Rivkah Brown.
Report: Students Are Catching Their Universities in Bed With Arms Companies
Zac Larkham
Student Palestine protesters are investigating their own institutions and discovering genocide profiteering. Zac Larkham reports.
Report: Damaging Property Justifiable to Save Palestinian Lives, Court Finds
Rivkah Brown
A Leicester court acquitted two Palestine Action activists of criminal damage, accepting that their actions were necessary to save lives and prevent greater property damage in Palestine.
Report: Arts Council Warning Against Political Statements Came After Government Talks on Gaza
Simon Childs
ACE warned arts organisations against ‘overtly political or activist’ statements after talking to the government about ‘reputational risk relating to Israel-Gaza conflict’.
Feature: Young Jews Are Sick of Being Lied to About Israel
Rivkah Brown
For decades, diaspora Jews have been raised to believe in Israel. A new documentary tracks their loss of innocence, writes Rivkah Brown.
Report: Palestine and Climate Activists Are Joining Forces at UK University Encampments
Clare Hymer
Students from climate and Palestine campaigns are working together to highlight universities’ links to arms and fossil fuel companies and share lessons in how to hold occupations. Clare Hymer reports.
Report: Business Department Blockaded in Protest at Arms Exports to Israel
Polly Smythe
The government department was surrounded by protesters, as similar blockades took place at arms factories across the UK.
Report: Did an Israel Lobbyist Confect an Antisemitism Story About a Palestine Demo?
Rivkah Brown
Gideon Falter claimed he was an ordinary bloke who’d been antisemitically abused by police on a Palestine demo. Evidence seen by Novara Media suggests he staged the altercation. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: When Governments Fail, We Sail: Massive Aid Flotilla Prepares to Head for Gaza
Rivkah Brown
On Sunday, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla will set sail from Istanbul carrying 5,500 tonnes of aid and delegates from over 30 countries. Unarmed, their safety will depend entirely on Israel’s willingness to obey international law. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: Activists Are Putting Themselves Between Israeli Settlers and Palestinian Shepherds
Daisy Schofield
Israeli settlers are attacking Palestinian shepherds in the West Bank, in a bid to drive them from their land. These activists won't let them win.
Opinion: Israel Keeps Pushing Western Leaders’ Limits – And Discovering There Aren’t Any
Moya Lothian-McLean
The deaths of US and British citizens in an apparently targeted Israeli attack seems unlikely to result in either sanctions or a reduction of security ‘aid’ to the country. What will?
Report: Germany Is Seizing Jews’ Money Again
James Jackson
On Tuesday, a German Jewish group had its account frozen after the bank demanded a list of its members’ details, in what experts believe is a clear breach of EU law. James Jackson reports from Berlin.
Opinion: Meet the Unelected Lord Shutting Down Peace Protests to ‘Save Democracy’
Simon Childs
An ‘independent’ government expert calling for a crackdown on Palestine protests is a lobbyist who works for the arms industry.
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?