The tens of thousands of people who have died in Gaza are not the result of ‘collateral damage’, in that … More
Category: Israel
Palestinian civilians suffer “incidental harm”, according to Luke Akehurst!
One War crime does not justify another “It is similarly possible to argue interdicting water and electricity is legal, if … More
One war crime does not justify another
The deliberate killing of civilians and the seizure of civilian hostages are war crimes. Hamas’s atrocity should be condemned unequivocally. … More
New Israeli government – “not in our name”?
Debate rages in Jewish communities over the new Israeli government The electoral success of extreme right wing organisations in the … More
Peter Beinart, Israel and the Labour Party
“It is time for liberal Zionists to abandon the goal of Jewish-Palestinian separation and embrace the goal of Jewish-Palestinian equality.” … More
Labour should reject the McCarthyite 10 Pledges – defend freedom of speech on Israeli
In a video of the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism, an ecstatic Joe Glassman, drunk on his ‘victory’ in the General Election, … More
War and democracy in the Middle East
Martin Luther King famously said that “The Vietnamese must look upon us strange liberators.” So must the Iranians in the … More
“A state for some of its citizens”
Netanyahu inadvertently shows why a key IHRA “example” is false Netanyahu’s disagreement with an Israeli actress has created something of … More
Witch hunting socialists, including Jewish ones
“Because it’s very much part of their politics, of hard left politics, to be against capitalists and to see Jewish … More
Adoption of “the full” IHRA document – prelude to a witch-hunt?
“My fear is, if we similarly enshrine this definition into law, outside groups will try and suppress – rather than … More
