Israelis continue rallies against gov't judicial overhaul plan

Why is anyone surprised that Israeli Prime Minister-in-waiting Benjamin Netanyahu has been courting right-wing extremists in his bid to cobble together a coalition government? His track record in this...

Much is being made of the fact that the ongoing violence in occupied Palestine coincides with both the Jewish Passover and the Muslim month of Ramadan, emphasised by the...

I am following with interest the reaction to Israel's designation of six Palestinian human rights organisations as "terrorist" groups. The small British charity of which I was chair for...

European and American politicians and bureaucrats refer frequently to "shared values" when they seek to justify their support for the state of Israel. This is usually taken to mean...

The news that Bahrain has followed the UAE, Jordan and Egypt into Israel's criminal embrace was no surprise; nor will it be shocking to hear that Saudi Arabia is...

A few days ago, Benjamin Netanyahu condensed the history of the Zionist state of Israel into one sentence: "These European countries should be ashamed of themselves. Have they learned...

'Taking the message into our towns, cities and villages is something that we can do relatively easily, and lets the Palestinians know that they have not been forgotten'

The Big Ride for Palestine came to Britain's capital city on Saturday to fly the flag and raise awareness across London of the Israeli occupation. Almost 150 cyclists braved...

As I write this, at least 52 Palestinians, including children, have been shot and killed by Israeli troops today, Monday 14 May 2018; well over a thousand more have...

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) looks to be facing the brunt of Donald Trump's threat to cut aid to the...

It should come as no surprise that Donald Trump has declared that the US is recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. For seasoned US-Israel watchers, it merely confirms...

One of this year winner of the Palestine Book Awards, Bjorn Brenner talks about his book 'Gaza Under Hamas'

I read something last week which looked very familiar; Myanmar state violence against the Rohingya people was said to be a "response" to an attack on police officers by...

Despite Benjamin Netanyahu's claim during that shallow press conference with Donald Trump that he wants to focus on "substance" not "labels", we now know that he actually rejected a...

With the announcement that Donald Trump's choice of US ambassador to Israel is a hawkish Zionist, the campaign to move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is...

By any reasonable assessment, any state which treats international laws and conventions with contempt, flouts them with increasing regularity and maintains a brutal military occupation into the bargain has...

While the Guardian's Simon Jenkins decries the West's "meddling" in Syria – and suggests that "We must step back" – his humane cri de coeur touches fleetingly on the...

The news that a majority of voters in Britain have opted to leave the European Union has produced a lot of surprise, shock and anger, and that's just within...

Earlier this week we read about Israel being nominated to chair a UN committee which is the "primary forum for the consideration of legal questions in the General Assembly"....

On the 68th anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe), when the Zionist State of Israel was created on Palestinian land, it is worth reflecting on the propaganda that the world...

US presidential wannabe Hillary Clinton has made her extreme pro-Israel credentials clearer than ever as she seeks campaign donations and votes from lobbyists in America. According to a report...

The state of Israel has been built upon myths which distort reality in order to develop some sense of legitimacy within the state and in the international community. Ardent...

It is a waste of time for any supporter of justice in Palestine to write a letter to the editor of the Times; it won't get printed, for that...

Reports in the media claim that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is ready to "dismantle" the authority which gives him control over the occupied West Bank. Given all that...

Jeremy Corbyn has, we are told, "shaken up politics" with his surprise campaign for the Labour Party leadership. Unwittingly, perhaps, he has done much more than that. His campaign...

The closest fought UK General Election for many years has produced an unexpected victory for David Cameron and the Conservative Party. With predictions of a hung parliament built around...

Southampton University is hosting a conference next month which has stirred a whole raft of Zionist anger. "International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism" is,...

Ever since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, Israel has been able to convince the West, America and Europe in particular, that its brutal "self-defence" is part...

In March this year, EU leaders met to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. In a media statement, British Prime Minister David Cameron condemned Russia and said that the "territorial...

I have been the chair of trustees for 17 of Interpal's 20 years as a British charity helping Palestinians in desperate need; it is a privilege to be in...

"What we have seen within the past week can only be described as racist, state-controlled terrorism and military anarchy. There is no less than an apartheid system existing to...