Palestine

The Labour Party apologized after banning Member of Parliament Jeremy Corbyn and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) pro-Palestinian group from speaking at an annual conference on Friday. According to the Middle East Monitor, this came amid a "crackdown on pro-Palestine activism." Jess Bernard, chair of the party's youth wing Young…

Published: 12:55am, 3 Sep, 2021 Updated: 12:54am, 3 Sep, 2021 Read More

Palestinian official dismisses warning, says Israel trying block any political solution to Israel-Palestine conflict. Israel has said that the United States’s plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem is a “bad idea” and could destabilise Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government. The previous administration of US President Donald Trump signalled support…

GAZA: Leaders of Palestinian factions, including the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), on Monday slammed the meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz. Hamas spokesman in Gaza Hazem Qassem said the meeting "would deepen the Palestinian internal division," adding "it will encourage some parties in the…

THE DEATH OF another Palestinian teenager was in the headlines again this week, with 15-year-old Imad Khaled Saleh Hashash killed by Israeli gunfire in the Balata refugee camp. The Israeli army said it had conducted an overnight operation in the camp to apprehend “a suspect”. The young boy is just…

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, just two months on the job, will meet with United States President Joe Biden in a visit in which both are expected to attempt to reset relations between Israeli leadership and Biden’s Democratic Party. Bennett’s first trip abroad as leader of a diverse – and…

A depressingly familiar theme has dominated the reports and commentary that have surfaced in the wake of the Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan in the aftermath of U.S. withdrawal: The end of 20 years of imperial war is a feminist disaster. “Women in Afghanistan Fear Return to a Repressive Past…

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PORTSMOUTH, Rhode Island — A group of activists blocked the entrance to a Raytheon plant in Rhode Island on Thursday morning to protest what they allege is the company’s role in the “killing of civilians” and “other human rights abuses.” Some members of a group called the Fang Collective chained…

Ben and Jerry’s recently announced that it will not renew its agreement with its Israeli licensee when it expires in 2022, stating that it is “inconsistent” with the brand’s values “to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).” The decision, which has created tension between the brand’s independent board…