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Arab leaders condemn Israel. But their ties to Western imperialism mean they aren’t real allies in the fight for Palestinian liberation, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans

There is a ghastly familiarity about Israel’s assault on Gaza. The scenes of carnage and destruction inflicted by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) recall very similar scenes during Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9.

The world is recoiling in horror at Israel’s mass murder in Gaza. More than a million people have marched in anger around the globe. Even some of Israel’s staunchest backers have gone pale at the scale of the bloodshed.

Israel has blood on its hands. The murder of over 1,000 Palestinians in recent weeks is not its first massacre.

Up to 100,000 people filled the streets of central London today, Saturday, in protest at Israel's continuing assault on Gaza.

When Israeli forces mow down Palestinians in Gaza they can count on help from across the world—including Britain.

Doctors in Gaza say they are treating injuries consistent with experimental Dense Inert Metal Explosive (Dime) weapons.

As Israel’s relentless attacks on Gaza claim hundreds of Palestinian lives, hundreds of thousands of people around the world are rising up in anger. There were protests every day last week.

More than 100 Palestinians were killed in Gaza last weekend, pushing the death toll from Israel’s ongoing attack to over 500. Most of those killed are civilians.

Over 500 of us in 11 coaches set off in a “People’s Convoy” from Cairo early last Saturday morning to take medical supplies into Gaza and show solidarity.

People in France were outraged by the bombings on Gaza. But the French state tried to deny them the right to express their view and their anger.

Protesters have marched in solidarity with the Palestinians in Aleppo and elsewhere, even as people suffer their own bombardment and shelling from Bashar al-Assad’s regime.