Debates

A week on from Israel's deadly crackdown on Palestinian protests in the occupied Gaza Strip on Land Day it is clear that the killing of demonstrators constituted a case...

Last week, a Knesset committee approved a final version of the controversial "Jewish nation state" bill, sending it to the plenum for its three readings before becoming law. Some...

Pro-Israel groups in Britain are facing resistance in their attempts to use a controversial definition of anti-Semitism to stifle Palestine solidarity activism. Concerns over free speech are being heeded...

For those who always saw a so-called two-state solution as a means of preserving Israel as a 'Jewish and democratic' ethno-state, goodbye is the hardest word to say. As...

There is a phrase in Hebrew which literally translates as 'shoots and cries' (or 'shooting and crying'). As explained by literature scholar Karen Grumberg, "the Zionist solider, a man...

In comparison to the focus on opposition to the move and its possible ramifications, relatively little has been said about why Donald Trump's administration has decided to recognise Jerusalem...

In an unprecedented development, Amnesty International has pledged to consider whether the Israeli government is committing the crime of apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). This marks the...

It is easy enough to understand why an ambitious politician like Priti Patel would have wanted to court Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI), described this week by The Jewish...

Following a year of build-up, the Balfour Declaration centenary has now come and gone. After the campaigns, events, articles and protests, I want to take a moment to make...

The 100-year anniversary of the Balfour Declaration is many things, but it should not pass without observing how, in 2017, Israel's friends are still justifying the Zionist project with...

The Charity Commission has warned that making grants to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) could potentially constitute a breach of the Geneva Conventions Act of 1957,...

Last month saw yet another attack on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the body supporting Palestinian refugees in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and wider region....

The pending demolitions of Khan Al-Ahmar and Susiya, two Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, along with the forced expulsion of their inhabitants, have been attracting international concern...

The Israeli government and its allies are mobilising to try and thwart a United Nations list of companies complicit in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). These...

Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the dismantling of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The call was unprecedented in terms of Israeli policy...

A BBC report on alleged "anti-Semitism" on campus failed to disclose a key interviewee's leadership role in the pro-Israel advocacy group StandWithUs. The report, broadcast twice on the 27...

Israel's Ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev, places a premium on speaking at university campuses. The context? Israel's uphill struggle to assuage a growing sense of frustration and anger...

Before Donald Trump's inauguration, it was a safe bet to assume that his administration's approach to Israel and the Palestinians would either be one of relative neglect, or serve...

Many media outlets are continuing to repeat important mistakes when it comes to covering the killing of Palestinians by Israeli forces, errors that result in a whitewashing of the...

As Israel and its advocates promote a depoliticised framework of economic improvements for Palestinians under military occupation, a new United Nations (UN) document is required reading. Late last month,...

Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) are illegal, constituting a grave violation of the Geneva Conventions. They are also an impediment to a long-term negotiated deal, in...

This time last year, I carried out an informal survey of how The Guardian was covering the issue of Palestine and Israel in its comment pages. The results were...

Extract from Ben White's new eBook: The 2014 Gaza War: 21 Questions & Answers Israeli newspaper Haaretz recently reported that State Comptroller Joseph Shapira has now submitted an "almost-final draft"...

Millions of British adults boycott Israeli goods, according to a poll commissioned by Israel lobby group BICOM and carried out by Populus. The survey suggests that despite efforts by...

Israel advocacy groups and individuals are seeking to undermine Palestine solidarity activism on British campuses, using Islamophobic abuse and false accusations of antisemitism. Last Thursday, former Israeli army officer...

Let us begin with the facts: Israeli authorities have, over the course of the last year, tightened the long-standing blockade of the Gaza Strip. Even before these more recent...

An Israeli parliamentarian has vowed there will never be a Palestinian state and rejected Palestinian identity itself, speaking to an audience in London alongside a senior official from the...

On Friday 9 September, dozens of Palestinians demonstrated next to the Gaza Strip's border fence near the Al-Bureij refugee camp, protesting Israel's ongoing occupation and its various crimes. Here...

It is one year since the beginning of a Palestinian youth-driven, anti-colonial revolt characterised by protests and attacks on Israeli forces and settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT),...

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat likes to present himself to a Western audience as the head of an open, pluralistic city, a place at ease with its ethnic and religious...

Israeli forces markedly increased their attacks on Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip during the second quarter of 2016, United Nations (UN) data has revealed, with concerns that such...

A senior Gaza-based employee of US-headquartered charity World Vision appeared in an Israeli court on Tuesday, charged with numerous counts of 'supporting terrorism'. According to the Israel Security Agency...