Israel/Palestine

See our publications on Israel/Palestine, and articles on fighting left antisemitism.

Full ceasefire, peace, two states!

In late December, 18-year-old Tal Mitnick became the first Israeli to be jailed for refusing to serve in the Israeli Defence Force since the war began. Mitnick has said : “This land has a problem — there are two nations with an undeniable connection to this place[...] we could not erase the Palestinian people or their connection to this land, just as the Jewish people or our connection to that same land cannot be erased. The problem here is supremacy, the belief that this land belongs to only one people. [...] “The violence that the army uses and has used over the years does not protect us [...

Using Gaza to undermine Ukraine

The Morning Star carries claims, some veiled, some shameless, that support for Ukraine is somehow incompatible with support for the Palestinian cause

Hamas's record in power in Gaza

Hamas built a theocratic police state, integrating their militias into new police and security forces, replacing the judiciary with their own people, merging sharia law into the legal system, and purging secular teachers from the education system.

Building an alternative in Israel

Uri Weltmann is the National Field Organiser of Standing Together (Naqef Ma'an-Omdim be'Yachad), a left-wing social movement bringing together Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel to fight for peace and equality. He spoke to Daniel Randall during a recent visit to London. The conversation took place on 12 December.

Letter: A reply to critics

many come to the Gaza ceasefire marches out of elemental human solidarity with the people of Gaza. But there is heterogeneity and heterogeneity.

Unrest increases within Israel

On 28 December, around 1,000 Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel rallied in Tel Aviv to demand a ceasefire agreement, the return of hostages, and a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.

“The change will come from us, sons and daughters of the two nations”

An 18 year old Israeli, Tal Mitnick, has gone to prison after refusing to join the military in protest at the Israeli assault on Gaza. (Pictured above holding a placard of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, murdered by an Israeli soldier in May 2022.) You can donate to support Mesarvot , the network for youth military “refusers” of which Mitnick is part, here . And the wider Refuser Solidarity Network here . Mitnick is the first public military refuser since the 7 October Hamas atrocities in southern Israel and Israel’s launching of the ongoing slaughter in Gaza. Such left-wing...

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