3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (887+ words) How will the government of Israel react to the election success of the far-right AfD party in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, called “a nightmare” by Jewish leaders? Ron Prosor, Israel’s ambassador to Germany, quoted in the Ha’aretz article below,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (264+ words) A fascinating if at times opaque account of political manoeuvring among Arab parties and on the left in the forthcoming Israeli elections. In 2020 Arab parties running as the Joint List won 15 seats in the Israeli Knesset. It has fragmented since…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (204+ words) In September 2023, in relation to warnings about a major forthcoming attack the ruler of the UAE said “he tried to convey to Netanyahu that “something there is about to explode,” …(but) the Israeli prime minister believed the volatile area was,…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (216+ words) Peter Oborne and Imran Mulla writing in Middle East Eye praise Ed Miliband for his move to place UK sanctions on Israeli settlement goods and services, calling him “the first British foreign secretary to stand up against US power and…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (137+ words) Together with the Holocaust Survivor Descendants Against the Genocide in Gaza, Jews for Justice for Palestinians, JVL wrote to the Prime Minister urging action to stop Israel’s atrocities and “to immediately stop arming Israel.” The stand for internationalism and humanity…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (191+ words) The Lemkin Institute is one of the world’s leading organisations focused on genocide. It is named after Ralph Lemkin who was Jewish, from Poland who survived the Holocaust and who coined the term genocide. The Institute’s statement also, rightly recognises…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (230+ words) A left wing, kibbutz-style settlement in the Jordan Valley is being considered by HaMachanot HaOlim, a youth movement that calls itself “socialist-Zionist” (!). The argument they put forward is that “since new illegal settlements will likely be built in the West…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (877+ words) We hear a lot from the right wing press and think tanks about “cancel culture” when, as they see it, the left-wing “woke brigade” are objecting to a speaker or performer. However when left wing people are cancelled we seem…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (664+ words) On 13 Aug it was reported that Waverley Council in Sydney had, pending review, removed a book on the Gaza genocide from a library after a Bondi beach survivor complained about it. The review is over and we’re pleased to report…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (137+ words) This review of a new book shows a wide ranging collection of essays, written from afar but highlighting the importance of art, of culture and of language – western language in particular. The obvious question to ask is what is being…...