No more ‘we must avoid any act that will derail the peace process’ please

Image from the Guardian Western powers have been adamant over the years that they will not firmly criticise, let alone sanction Israel because any act could derail the peace process. Let us out to one side the fact that the process has become an illusion that has not led to peace. In fact it has …

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Is Israel’s reliance on unconditional backing coming to an end?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Image from the Telegraph I am not jumping to conclusions and assuming the US, or the EU for that matter, is making a radical change in policy towards Israel. Should a veto be required in the UN Security Council, the US Index finger will rise without hesitation. But for the …

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Palestine: a vital issue for Trade Unionists

Will be speaking at GMB Conference Fringe meeting in Nottingham

Abu Hayya, an example of the brutality of the IDF

Wattan News Agency today carried a story about how the IDF arrested and abused wounded prisoner Abu Hayye. Daoud Abu Hayye (27) from Nablus described how he was arrested by the Israeli army to the Prisoners' club lawyer who visited him in Alramle prison surgery. On the 11th of March an Israeli force raided his …

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