Israel

Israel's massacre at Deir Yassin

24 March 2018
After the massacre, the militias boasted to the press of how many Arabs they had killed.

Corbyn antisemitism smears are unfounded

13 March 2018
A relatively unknown Facebook group has become the focus of an effort to discredit critics of Israel—as well as Jeremy Corbyn and the left.

How the crisis in Syria was caused by imperialist ambition

23 February 2018
The Syrian regime’s horrific bombing in Ghouta is the legacy of a defeated revolution and a struggle for power over the Middle East

Israel threatens new assault on Gaza—and war with Iran

20 February 2018
Israel is threatening a new and bloody war on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who are already suffering from a deepening crisis.

The Middle East is on the brink of a major imperial clash

13 February 2018
Israel took the Middle East one step closer to a major war last weekend

Exclusive—how ‘free speech’ minister Jo Johnson stifled Palestine debate

05 February 2018
The Tories love to cast themselves as brave defenders of free speech on college campuses, but documents prove a minister’s orders prompted Uclan university bosses to ban a Palestine debate

Israeli siege leaves Gaza on the brink of collapse

23 January 2018
The basics of life are in short supply, and an Israeli minister has called for more deaths, writes?Nick Clark

Israeli blacklist bans BDS activists from entering the country

09 January 2018
Israel has published a list of 20 organisations—including the Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Britain—whose activists and senior officials are banned from entering the country.

Iran in revolt - Iranian socialists on what sparked the protests and why they matter

05 January 2018
Nick Clark spoke to two Iranian socialists, Nima Soltanzadeh and Massoud, about what lies behind the recent protests—and what they mean for the struggle

Tim’s view - Ahed Tamimi

27 December 2017
A military court in Israel has extended the detention of a Palestinian teenager who was filmed slapping Israeli soldiers.

Fury in Palestine as Trump declares Jerusalem ‘capital of Israel’

06 December 2017
A speech by Donald Trump could trigger a new wave of Palestinian resistance—and protests in solidarity across the Middle East.

Mass slaughter at Egyptian mosque follows repression by dictator el-Sisi

27 November 2017
Egypt’s dictator General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi promised to respond with “brute force” after an appalling terror attack on a mosque

Stop the drive to a new war in Middle East

14 November 2017
The prospect of another war hangs over the Middle East—this time in Lebanon.

Saudi-Iran rivalry is behind new turmoil

14 November 2017
Saudi Arabia has mostly been a stable pillar of the imperialist order in the Middle East.

Fall of Priti Patel brings vile Tory government one step closer to the brink

09 November 2017
Two cabinet ministers have now resigned from their posts in the space of a week. Disgracefully both remain as MPs. The government is in an even deeper crisis.

The scandal of Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights is bigger than Priti Patel

08 November 2017
Priti Patel, the Tory international development minister, is expected to be sacked over secret deals to fund Israel’s army in the occupied Golan Heights.

Tory cabinet in crisis and we can get them out

07 November 2017
Tory rule stands on the shakiest of foundations.

Thousands march for justice for Palestine

04 November 2017
Supporters of Palestine marched through central London on Saturday, to call for justice 100 years since the Balfour Declaration was signed. The declaration gave Britain’s official support to the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine and signalled the beginning of a century of Palestinian oppression.

Bloody Balfour’s century of oppression in Palestine

28 October 2017
One hundred years ago Tory foreign secretary Arthur Balfour's declaration laid the basis for Palestinian oppression. Nick Clark looks at its legacy today