Palestine

LETTERS - Boycott shows there’s no Pride in Israeli apartheid

The streets of Tel Aviv were filled with rainbow flags alongside Israeli ones as thousands took to the streets for their 20th annual Pride march recently.

Mass strikes and protests over tax rise force out prime minister Hani Mulki in Jordan

Mass strikes and protests in Jordan forced prime minister Hani Mulki to resign on Monday.

LETTERS: Brutality of US border is one more reason to stop Trump

Stories about family separation and the detention of so-called unaccompanied minors in the US have really had a ton of attention over the last few days.

Arkush attacks Corbyn as antisemitic ahead of Netanyahu's London visit

A leading critic of Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that Corbyn’s criticism of Israel means he is antisemitic.

Fresh war threats from Israel

Palestinians in Gaza were bracing for another assault by Israel as Socialist Worker went to press on Tuesday.

Livingstone case shows it’s risky for Corbyn to appease the right

Every time the Labour right have confronted Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters in open combat they’ve been defeated, usually humiliatingly. But they’ve just been allowed to score a major victory

Regional rivalries lie behind Trump shifts

22 May 2018
Why is Donald Trump destabilising the Middle East? For that’s what he’s doing by moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and withdrawing from the nuclear deal with Iran.

LETTERS - We have to act now to stop the Israeli state murder of Palestinians

21 May 2018
As I watched events in Gaza unfold on the news, I was astounded by utterly obscene contrasting pictures.

How can Palestine be free?

20 May 2018
Palestinians have bravely fought Israel through both armed struggle and mass mobilisations. But, argues Nick Clark, it will take revolution in the Middle East to win liberation

Arm yourselves with the arguments about why it’s right to oppose Israel

16 May 2018
Five key articles on the foundation of Israel, it's links to imperialism and Palestinian resistance to it:

Fury over Israeli massacre of Palestinians hits streets of Britain

15 May 2018
Thousands of people joined furious protests in towns and cities across Britain on Tuesday in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Cultural boycott is a way to expose Israel

15 May 2018
The Israeli government has poured millions of pounds into promoting musicians and artists as the liberal face of Israel, explicitly to replace stories of its occupation of Palestine.

Israel - the imperialist outpost in the Middle East

15 May 2018
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, or catastrophe. This is how Palestinians describe the expulsion of 850,000 Palestinians from their homes by Israeli forces in 1948.

Protesters portrayed as "rioters", but it's heroic to resist Israel's occupation

15 May 2018
Israel and its supporters blamed the deaths on Monday on Palestinians. They demonised the Palestinians for resisting the occupation.

Israel massacres at least 60 Palestinians fighting for justice

14 May 2018
Israeli soldiers shot and killed at least 60 Palestinians in Gaza on Monday—more than doubling the number they have killed over the past six weeks.

Palestinians remember 70 years of murder, dispossession and theft

11 May 2018
Protesters gathered outside the Israeli embassy on Friday evening to mark the year when Palestinians were expelled from their homes.

The Nakba shows why it’s right to oppose Israel

08 May 2018
The 70th anniversary of the Nakba, when Palestinians were driven from their land, shows why it’s right to show solidarity with Zionism’s victims