Gaza shows how UK strikes on Syria won’t defend innocent lives
In racing to fall in line with Trump and have the US President’s Foreign Policy agenda dictate our own, the UK Government bypassed Parliamentary scrutiny to join the war in Syria. The claim is that the...
View ArticleGreen Party leadership candidate in antisemitism storm over Gaza video
A Green Party leadership candidate has been accused of antisemitism, after a speech re-emerged of him apparently linking Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to the Holocaust. In a speech made in...
View ArticleAs the bombs drop on Gaza again, a new group is standing up for Palestine
A new network has been launched in Labour, with a founding statement that we need to ‘speak up for Palestine’. Labour and Palestine’s purpose is to build solid support for Palestine across the Labour...
View ArticleAnti-Semitism should have no place in the pro-Palestinian movement
It’s up to all pro-Palestinian campaigners to stamp out any anti-Semitic sentiments when they see them 70 attacks have been reported on Jews in the UK since the Israeli war on Gaza began on July 8, two...
View ArticleBaroness Warsi is a product of her own failed analysis
I value any principled stand, but I worry when the principles don’t stand up to scrutiny Sayeeda Warsi has today resigned from the coalition cabinet, in which she held senior roles in both the Foreign...
View ArticleHow Britain can help prevent another Gaza war
On 1 December 2014 my colleague Grahame Morris led a Westminster Hall debate on ending the conflict in Palestine. I spoke in that debate and championed my belief that the two-state solution was the...
View ArticleHamas is only mentioned six times in UNHRC report on Gaza
As the first anniversary of the outbreak of last year’s Gaza war approaches, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report serves as a timely reminder of the tragic loss of life and destruction caused...
View ArticleHave British weapons been used in the ongoing atrocities against Palestine?
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is calling on the UK government to investigate whether arms made in Britain and exported to Israel have been used in the ongoing bombing of Gaza. As Israeli...
View ArticleAs a British Palestinian I feel let down by the Labour Party
Hamza Ali Shah is a British Palestinian political researcher and writer based in London. The brutality in Gaza over previous weeks was met with a global chorus of condemnation everywhere but Britain....
View ArticleLabour can no longer sit on the fence when it comes to Palestine
Tony Burke is Assistant General Secretary at Unite, and a Contributing Editor of Left Foot Forward. Last week delegates at the Labour Party Conference took a momentous decision, committing Labour to...
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