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  • June 2, 2014

    Israeli authorities prevent Mordechai Vanunu from traveling to Britain

    Israel’s Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar and the legal adviser to the Israeli Government Yehuda Weinstein have barred the country’s nuclear whistle blower, Mordechai Vanunu, from travelling to Britain for...

    News
  • June 2, 2014

    Netanyahu lost for words over peace

    I find it rather strange that while Israeli leaders accuse Hamas of refusing to acknowledge the right of the Zionist State to exist they themselves are incapable of using...

    Blog
  • June 2, 2014

    Make or break time for President Abbas

    On the eve of the swearing-in of his new government, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas seems headed for the biggest test of his political career. Not only has the Israeli...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • June 2, 2014

    New report sheds light on Tony Blair and Alistair Campbell's links with Al-Sisi

    Fresh allegations have emerged about the links between Tony Blair and his former spin doctor Alistair Campbell, and the post-coup Egyptian military regime. According to a report in The...

    News
  • June 1, 2014

    The Almond Tree

    The frailty of hope and the power of resistance weave an intricate story of contrasts. When the country in question is Palestine, hope and resistance merge and deviate as...

    Reviews
  • June 1, 2014

    After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine

    “We come together on this book not because we agree on everything – we don’t – but because of a shared belief that Jews and Palestinians are destined to...

    Reviews
  • June 1, 2014

    Beyond occupation

    Flouting international human rights law and international humanitarian law, Israel’s occupation of Palestine veers towards the illegal and illegitimate. Beyond Occupation: Apartheid, Colonialism and International law in the Occupied...

    Reviews
  • June 1, 2014

    Leila Khaled: Icon of Palestinian Liberation

    It’s 2012 and Leila Khaled can still manage to stir-up controversy. In May, the staff members at Manchester’s branch of the Blackwell’s bookshop were inundated with phone calls; the...

    Reviews
  • June 1, 2014

    The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist: A Personal and Political Journey

    Antony Lerman has spent his whole working life at the heart of the Jewish community. While he is now well known for his radical views on Israel, it was...

    Reviews
  • June 1, 2014

    It's All Right, I'm Only Crying: A Chronicle of Love and Grief by Kathleen Christison

    I never met Kathleen’s late husband Bill, though after reading ‘It’s All Right, I’m Only Crying’, I feel as though I know him. I know that he liked to...

    Reviews