Israel

Labour conference round-up—delegates show solidarity with Palestine

Delegates to Labour Party conference near-unanimously passed a significant motion on Palestine solidarity on Monday afternoon.

Hong Kong fight rages on streets

Protesters in Hong Kong defied police repression as they took part in a 16th successive weekend of protests last weekend.

New book Bad News for Labour busts antisemitism claims

A book on Labour, the media and antisemitism is both rigorous and accessible

International round-up—Strike to defend French pensions

Workers across France are set to strike next Tuesday against the government’s assault on pensions.

Protesters take to the streets for Netanyahu visit

Protesters greeted Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu as he made a surprise visit to Boris Johnson in London on Thursday.

Why the history of Israel is deliberately forgotten

A new book on the origins of Israel is welcome and useful, but flawed

Israel drone strikes are a threat to Middle East

27 August 2019
Israel launched air strikes across the Middle East last

Democrats barred from Israel

20 August 2019
Israel barred two prominent US politicians from entry last week because of their support for Palestinians.

Israeli cops fire tear gas at Palestinian worshippers in East Jerusalem

13 August 2019
Israeli police attacked tens of thousands Palestinian worshippers in East Jerusalem last Sunday on Eid

Crisis in Israel flows from the occupation

07 August 2019
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is facing a crisis. In just under six weeks, the racist warmonger will stand in his second general election in a year.

Israel hijacks Palestinian taxes

30 July 2019
Israel has reportedly transferred some £117 million worth of Palestinian taxes to the Israel Electric Corporation

Israeli state smashes up Palestinian homes

23 July 2019
Israel began a major demolition of houses in East Jerusalem and the West Bank this week

Exclusive - the Steve Bell cartoons the Guardian refused to publish

17 July 2019
Socialist Worker exclusively publishes the Steve Bell cartoons the Guardian newspaper has refused to.

Labour right launches new attack over antisemitism claims

16 July 2019
Right wing Labour MPs launched a fresh assault on the left last week

Suppressed report reveals the horror of the Nakba

14 July 2019
A report—hidden for years, now uncovered—reveals the crimes during the creation of Israel in the words of those who committed them

Panorama programme on Labour was a shoddy attack on solidarity with Palestine

11 July 2019
The BBC Panorama documentary on Labour and antisemitism on Wednesday was a naked attack on solidarity with Palestinians and legitimate criticism of the Israeli state.

Israel tries to hide its bloody, racist past

09 July 2019
Israel is desperate to hide its bloody, racist history. Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed last week that Israel’s defence ministry has been quietly hiding, removing and censoring documents for more than a decade.

Racist police killing of Solomon Tekah sparks angry protests across Israel

09 July 2019
Ethiopian Israelis rioted and protested last week after a cop shot and killed an unarmed teenager.

As smears continue against the Labour left - be proud to stand up for Palestine

09 July 2019
Left wingers in the Labour Party are facing fresh accusations from the right this week, writes Nick Clark

Britain’s legacy of brutality in Palestine

18 June 2019
Israeli attacks on Palestinians today rightly horrify millions of people. But the Zionist state has learned many of its repressive techniques from Britain, writes Nick Clark