Activism

John Bercow, the speaker of the UK's House of Commons, will be standing down soon. He has been an animated figure, whose gesticulations and dressing downs of MPs have...

Egypt has denied media reports about refusing to host Palestinian reconciliation talks in Cairo. In a Saturday statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry described the reports about refusing to host...

A U.S. Congressional delegation arrived Monday in Cairo for talks with senior Egyptian officials, the second visit by a U.S. Congressional delegation to the Egyptian capital within a week,...

The Executive Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold a meeting of foreign ministers at the Secretariat in Jeddah on Thursday to discuss the grave situation...

A former leader of Tunisia's Ennahda Party announced on Wednesday that he has obtained the legal license for the establishment of his new party, which is expected to include...

Cracks are appearing in the diplomatic wall that has long protected Israel from international censure. Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu was given a reality check this week when he met...

For the first time in 19 years the Palestine Liberation Organisation/Palestinian Authority has raised publicly the possibility of revoking the Oslo accords with Israel. Several press reports have quoted...

As Israelis celebrate the 64th anniversary of the creation of their state in the land of historic Palestine, officials are warning of a new security threat. This, it seems,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was right to say that Palestinian reconciliation is a blow for Israel. However, he was wrong to suggest that it is damaging to the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that he will seek to enact a law that defines Israel as a Jewish state, in a move that is set to...

Human Rights Watch yesterday urged US Secretary of State John Kerry to raise concerns about Egypt's human rights record during his meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi scheduled...

This is a revised version of the original article posted on Monday 20th September 2010Celebrations have taken place in Israel to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of...

Before writing his Comment is Free article (Before we talk to Hamas, the Guardian, 20 August), I wonder if Israel's Ambassador to the Court of St. James's (that's London...

Tariq Ali applauds an attempt to analyse the Arab-Israeli conflict Since the fourth century after Christ," wrote the late Raul Hillberg in his masterwork, The Destruction of the European...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made three mistakes that caused the peace talks with the Palestinians to fail and his actions are used to evade the problems rather than...

The Israeli occupation authorities told Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that the last batch of veteran prisoners, slated to be released on 29 March, would not...

Israel's former Navy Commander General Eliezer Marom may have escaped from Britain last October for fear of arrest over charges of committing crimes against humanity during the Israeli attack...

The Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) issued on Sunday a final warning to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in regards to its debts amounting to about half a billion dollars, Israeli...

Throughout the months of February and March, students and activists around the world are organising activities for Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), which aims "to educate people about the nature...

The UN has declared 2014 to be the "Year of solidarity with the Palestinian people", a move that reflects the rising level of international support for equal rights and...

In the days following the official resumption of US-led "peace talks" between Israel and Palestine, the Israeli government decided to expand its list of illegal settlements eligible for government...

Eight years ago this week, a coalition of Palestinian civil society organizations issued the global call for a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel in response to...

Much of the world may not know this, but there are many tens of thousands of opponents of the State of Israel living in and around New York City....

Historically the US political and media mainstream has often dismissed those who are critical of Israeli policies as anti-Semitic, making it difficult for solidarity activists, including Jewish Americans, to...

Recent events in Egypt have polarized more than just Egyptians. Activists around the world have also been divided ever since the mass protests against President Morsi on 30th June....

After much political drama and media fanfare, US Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to rekindle "peace talks" between Israel and Palestine finally commenced this week with a meeting...

Last April, the Zionist Organization of America and the student group Owls for Israel invited Israeli Colonel Bentzi Gruber to speak at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Gruber was traveling...

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington two years ago, the US Congress gave him 29 standing ovations, four more than they had given to President Obama...

In 2007, Israel strengthened its occupation of Palestine by placing the Gaza Strip under a siege, restricting the movement of people and goods in and out of the enclave....

Like many US presidents passed, President Obama is determined to violently attack others in the name of morality and the common good. He and other American exceptionalists tell us...

While France and Russia are busy engaging in last minute diplomacy to prevent a US strike against Syria, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is deploying hundreds of...

Many Western activists are sceptical of the role of religion in Palestine solidarity. Beyond the problem of Islamophobia, which is sadly manifest across the political spectrum, activist views of...