Explainers: It’s Time to Call Bullshit on Britain’s News
After a week in which Corbyn was branded a fascist and Theresa May a freedom fighter, Michael Walker digs beneath the bullshit of British news.
Tag: palestine
Why Migrant and BAME Groups Are Protesting the IHRA’s Definition of Anti-Semitism
Novara Reporters
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
Aaron Bastani
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.
Long Read: How Labour’s Dreadful Antisemitism Debate Has to Change
Barnaby Raine
The standard of debate around Labour’s antisemitism saga has been dire from the start, and both Corbyn's critics and his supporters on the left have been to blame, argues Barnaby Raine in this Sunday’s Long Read.
Explainers: The UK Is Complicit in Israel’s Violence
On Monday the 14th of May the Israeli military killed 60 Palestinians and injured 2771. Dr David Wearing explains how this violence to a significant extent belongs to Britain as well.
The Land Day Killings Show Palestinians Have Never Had the Right to Protest
Alia Al Ghussain
Last Friday Israeli forces launched brutal attacks on protesters in Gaza which killed 18 people. This disproportionate response is part of a pattern of excessively punishing Palestinian protest, argues Alia Al Ghussain.
Lowkey: Make It Right for Palestine
Lowkey: “it’s incumbent upon us at this time to mobilize in as large a way as possible.” #Balfour100 #MakeItRight bit.ly/2urPiqX
What You Don’t Know About Bernie Sanders’ Foreign Policy
Ali Naraghi
Bernie Sanders often gets critiqued from the Left and Right of the Democrat Party for not having a fleshed out vision for foreign policy - but is this really the case?
Unity and Hope: The Story of Palestine’s Hunger Strikers
Anonymous
Could mobilisations around the hunger striking prisoners signify a new dawn of Palestinian politics?
You can be a ‘liberal democracy’, or you can ban boycotts – not both
Thomas Seal
The Conservatives' boycott ban shows Britain’s values are all relative once our exports are threatened, says Thomas Seal.
Arts Strike Now! 5 Reasons Cultural Workers are Boycotting the Zabludowicz Collection
BDZ Group
Amid the erosion of public arts funding, the private Zabludowicz Collection has stepped up as the post-austerity arts pathbreaker. Notorious for its complicity in Israeli militarism, it is now the target of a boycott by cultural workers.
#StopArmingIsrael: 6 Reasons to Block the Factory
Sean O'Reilly
Today more than 20 activist groups are converging on a drone factory north of Birmingham to mark the anniversary of Gaza's bombardment by Israel during Operation Protective Edge in 2014.
3 Things You Need to Know About the Israeli Elections and the Palestinians
Alia Al Ghussain
Netanyahu's Likud party has won the Knesset elections, confirming the Israeli PM for a fourth term. While Israel's allies laud the latest elections in 'only democracy in the Middle East', the media narrative belies the systematic disenfranchisement of Palestinians who will be negatively impacted by the results.
Radical Lives Christmas Special: Jesus Christ
Vlad Nikiforov
In this Christmas edition of 'Radical Lives', Father Vlad Nikiforov revisits the life of Jesus to explore the revolutionary elements of his thinking and actions.
Radical Lives: Moheba Khorsheed
Linah Alsaafin
An teacher, activist and later militia fighter, Moheba Khorsheed founded the Chrysanthemum Flowers - the first all-women armed organization of its kind. She also spent her life promoting tolerance and freedom of belief alongside Palestinian liberation.
Radical Lives: Mohammed Deif
Linah Alsaafin
Mohammed Deif has been a science student, theatre troupe leader, and more recently the chief commander of the Al-Qassam brigades in Gaza. His life has been controversial, and he remains an epitome of the 'freedom fighter/terrorist' icon. Though rumoured to be dead, the Al-Qassam brigades maintain he lives. It's not clear either way: his photo hasn't been taken in 30 years and he is rumoured to be a master of disguise.
The Fuel That Fuels the Rage: 3 Key Gazan Resources Israel is Clinging Onto
Eleanor Penny
The biggest threat to Israel is not the Qassam Brigades' rockets. Beneath the regular media briefings on Hamas and its 'terror tunnels' is a fear that reveals the nature of Israel's occupation of Palestine: Palestinian independence would mean self-determination over its resources. These resources are what Israel depends on to sustain itself against the Palestinian resistance, and cut to the heart of its military strategy.
A Diary Entry from Palestine: why we don’t need ‘balance’
Alia Al Ghussain
As bombs drop on Gaza and revenge killings wreak collective punishment in the West Bank, many in the west have called for less emotion and more balance. Writing from Ramallah in the West Bank, Novara contributor Alia Al Ghussain argues this approach serves only to obfuscate the reality of the situation.