Gaza agreement: from a truce of necessity to the redrawing of conflict equations
Fouad Baker analyses the recent Gaza ceasefire agreement
The Gaza ceasefire proposal: a test of intentions
Fouad Baker provides insight on the recent Gaza ceasefire proposal
Israel’s UN membership should be suspended
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine argues for an unequivocal international response to Israel’s recent genocide in Palestine
Palestinian prisoners threaten hunger strike over Israeli abuses
Palestinian prisoners have again taken to protest against their abuse by Israeli prison authorities, threatening mass hunger strike if their demands go unmet.
Tories continue with plans to outlaw BDS movement
Tory MP, Robert Jenrick, said this week that the government will, “In the following months, be working to outlaw BDS in the UK”
Starmer faces embarrassment at Labour Conference
Monday (September 27) was an embarrassing day for Labour Leader Keir Starmer, with Labour conference passing motions that defied his own line on the same day as a shadow cabinet resignation.
Palestine Action keep the pressure on Elbit
Pro-Palestine group Palestine Action have recently taken direct action across the UK coinciding with their first anniversary yesterday (7 August 2021), a part of which has involved occupying the central London loft offices of the arms dealer Elbit, who have been accused of selling parts of weaponry to the Israeli government, a government currently committing atrocities in the Middle East.
Communist Party: ‘take to the streets’ in June
The Communist Party has issued the June edition of its news sheet Unity! focusing on solidarity with Palestine, the upcoming People’s Assembly demonstration on 26 June, the fight against unemployment and international developments.
Workers worldwide block Israeli ships in solidarity
Following apartheid Israel’s massacre in the besieged Gaza strip last month, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions and all other notable Palestinian trade unions have urged fellow workers around the world to refuse to handle Israeli goods and build Israeli weapons. Dock workers in Livorno and South Africa took heed of this call last month when they refused to offload cargo from a ship owned by the Israeli company ‘ZIM’, the eleventh largest shipping company in the world.
‘Keep up the pressure for Palestine’ – Communists urge
The Communist Party of Britain has welcomed the upsurge in mass demonstrations around the world in solidarity with the Palestinian people. But the Party’s International Secretary John Foster called for the protests to continue and even escalate, to put pressure on national governments to force Israel to the negotiating table with Palestinian representatives. “Persuasion having failed over recent decades, sanctions against the Israeli state are necessary in order to bring such talks about”, he told the CP Political Committee on Wednesday evening (2 June 2021).
