Palestine

Barnet Tories try to silence solidarity with Palestine

31 July 2018
A Tory councillor has attacked the right to boycott Israel—using the same definition of antisemitism that the Labour right want Jeremy Corbyn to adopt.

New racist laws expose reality of Israeli state

24 July 2018
New laws are no aberration, but a consequence of a state based on ethnic cleansing, writes?Nick Clark

Pro-Israel rally calls Jeremy Corbyn antisemitic—as Israel passes racist law

19 July 2018
As the Israeli government passed a law entrenching discrimination against Arabs, supporters of Israel gathered in London to insist that it is antisemitic to call Israel racist.

More attempts from Labour right to cast critics of Israeli racist state as antisemitic

18 July 2018
Right wing Labour MPs are furious that their party has adopted a definition of antisemitism that allows criticism of Israel.

Labour MPs out to undermine Palestinian solidarity

17 July 2018
Supporters of Israel are piling pressure on the Labour Party to change its new code of conduct which says discussion of the foundation of Israel is “legitimate”.

Two dead after Israel bombards Gaza

17 July 2018
Israel launched its biggest bombardment of the Gaza Strip since 2014 over the weekend.

Labour reserves the right to criticise Israel - while fighting antisemitism

10 July 2018
The Labour Party’s leadership has infuriated the party’s right wing by adopting a definition of antisemitism that does not silence criticism of Israel.

Corbyn was right to back Palestinians' right to return

26 June 2018
After weeks of onslaught against the right to criticise Israel, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn still manages to speak out for Palestinians.

Palestinians rage against Palestinian Authority sanctions in Gaza

26 June 2018
Palestinians in the West Bank, Lebanon and Jordan have protested to demand that the Palestinian Authority (PA) lifts its sanctions on Gaza.

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

18 June 2018
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

05 June 2018
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

05 June 2018
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

31 May 2018
A leading critic of Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that Corbyn’s criticism of Israel means he is antisemitic.

Fresh war threats from Israel

29 May 2018
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

29 May 2018
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