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.
Tag: palestine
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.
Opinion: I Would Have Voted for George Galloway, But Then He Said Gay People Aren’t ‘Normal’
Aaron Bastani
Aaron Bastani once admired George Galloway’s principled stance on Palestine - but in a recent Novara Media interview, the Rochdale MP expressed “shocking” views on homosexuality.
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?
Feature: Israel Lobbyists Tried to Cancel an Event on Mental Health and Palestine – But Failed
Sophie K Rosa
Psychoanalysis has a problem with Palestine. So the Freud Museum’s decision to let an anti-Zionist event go ahead - despite threats to its reputation - is important.
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?
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.
Opinion: Who Cares About Rochdale?
Craig Gent
The Rochdale byelection has the Westminster press in rapture. But what the saga really shows is that politicians will rake over deprived towns as if all they could ever be is a means to an end, writes Craig Gent.
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.