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Rebuilding Hope in Gaza

Karama Fadel

Earlier in November, Israel botched an undercover raid into the besieged Gaza Strip, resulting in the breaking of a fragile ceasefire. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades fired rockets into southern Israel, while Israeli warplanes began bombing sites in Gaza. One of those sites was right next to Karama Fadel's home. This is her account.

4 Ways the Labour Movement Must Move Forward on Palestine

Aliya Yule

Following an ugly and protracted battle over Labour’s adoption of the full IHRA definition of antisemitism during the summer, at party conference this year Palestinian solidarity was stronger than ever. Here are four ways the labour movement must move forward in demanding justice for Palestine.

Interview: Palestine: Not Our Problem? | Ash Sarkar Meets Karma Nabulsi

Ash sat down with Karma Nabulsi (Fellow in Politics at St Edmund Hall, and Associate Professor at the University of Oxford) to talk about why Palestine is Britain’s problem – and what the left should do about it.

Novara Live: Disppearing Palestine With Ash Sarkar and Salma Karmi-Ayyoub

As Trump withdraws funding for UNWRA and Labour considers IHRA, Palestinian barrister Salma Karmi-Ayyoub joins Michael and Ash to discuss the politics of visibility and Palestine. Hosted by Michael Walker Produced by Gary McQuiggin http://www.twitter.com/MichaelJSWalker http://www.twitter.com/AyoCaesar

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.

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.

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