Israel

Protests around the world in solidarity with Gaza

19 August 2014
A number of protests and vigils took place last weekend as part of a national day of action for Gaza.

Government will only suspend arms to Israel if hostilities resume

19 August 2014
The British government announced the results of its review into arms sales to Israel on Tuesday of last week.

Israel launches new airstrikes on Gaza as death toll mounts

19 August 2014
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the government of Gaza, broke down on Tuesday of this week as Israel resumed its bombardment of Gaza.

Full scale of Gaza attack is revealed as families return home

12 August 2014
A 72-hour ceasefire began at midnight on Monday of this week, but the death toll from Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza now exceeds 1,900 people. The majority were civilians, including nearly 500 children.

'Zionism erased our Jewish-Arab identities'

12 August 2014
With the savage attacks on Gaza by Israel it is not surprising many see the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians to be eternal and unsolvable.

Hatreds spawned by the West - the myth of the intolerant Middle East

12 August 2014
Violence in the Middle East is often blamed on age old religious hatred. But the region's history is of coexistence—until imperialist superpowers tore it apart, argues Ken Olende

‘We will resist until we free Gaza’ - Palestinians defiant after Israel's attacks

12 August 2014
Teacher Mohammed Soliman says Gaza’s spirit of resistance is unbroken

Solidarity fills the streets in global day of protest for Gaza

12 August 2014
Global solidarity as protests fill the streets for Gaza

Criticism of Israel does not equal antisemitism

12 August 2014
On the back of Israel’s vicious assault on Gaza, there has been growing debate about whether we are witnessing a rise in antisemitism.

Arms factory occupation and Palestine protests heap pressure on Cameron

07 August 2014
The occupation of an Israeli-owned drone factory in Staffordshire came to an end last night as police scaled the roof to arrest the protesters.

Israel, Terror State - The West's attack dog has got to go!

05 August 2014
As Israel unleashes its state terror against Palestinians in Gaza bombing schools and murdering civilians a wave of revulsion has swept across Britain and the world.

Israel drops bombs on sheltering refugees

05 August 2014
Israel keeps on killing and keeps on trying to avoid responsibility, writes Adam Cochrane

How can Palestine rise from the ashes?

05 August 2014
Egyptian revolutionary socialist Hossam el-Hamalawy looks at protests for Palestine in the broader Middle East, while Palestinian activists argue for a real solution there

Israel—the state built for murder

05 August 2014
Decades of US military investment helped make Israel the monster it is today. Anne Alexander examines the special relationship at the heart of imperialism in the Middle East

Palestinian resistance is wearing down Israel's might

05 August 2014
No one should be under any illusion that the latest fighting in Gaza is anything but an episode in a much longer war between Israel and the Palestinians. Overt bouts of fighting come and go, but the war is permanent.

Reports round-up

05 August 2014
Short reports on Freedom Ride protests in south Yorkshire, Tesco/Eddie Stobart lorry drivers in Doncaster, UPS distribution workers prepare national strike ballot, Midlands TUC young workers and the National Union of Students back boycott of Israel.