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Human Rights Watch is the latest major organisation to accuse Israel of apartheid. In a detailed report released on Tuesday the mainstream and widely respected NGO said Israel is guilty of crimes of apartheid against Palestinians.

Protesters have continued to take to the streets, and other ruling classes are concerned. writes Yuri Prasad

Israeli politicians were up in arms at the idea that an Arab party might enter government following elections last week.

Israel held its fourth election in two years as Socialist Worker went to press. The election was called after a coalition government led by warmonger Binyamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz collapsed.

Farmers in India stepped up their battle with the government last week with blockades of railway tracks.

Israel has blocked a shipment of coronavirus vaccines from reaching Palestinians living in the besieged Gaza Strip, while Israeli politicians consider withholding them as blackmail.

In the middle of a pandemic the Tories have decided to launch further attacks on the left and anti-racists, while also claiming they want to protect free speech.

The battle to defend the right to speak out for Palestine has returned to universities. Some students in Oxford tried to stop left wing ¬filmmaker Ken Loach from speaking at a university event last week.

Issa Amro spoke to Socialist Worker about what his case reveals about Israel’s military occupation in the West Bank

An authoritative report calling the occupation of Palestine ‘apartheid’ is an important statement from an Israeli organisation, explains Nick Clark

The latest outrage shows that the so-called ‘two-state solution’ is a sham, says Nick Clark

The Boris Johnson government has recently awarded a contract for running the Navy and Marine training establishments to the Fisher Training consortium.