Israel/Palestine

By John O’Mahony A. For socialists in Britain, what are the most important political issues in relation to the situation in the Middle East after the Israeli-Hizbullah war? B. • To oppose any American-British attack on Iran. • To give solidarity to the beleagured Iraqi workers’ movement, and those fighting for secularism and women’s rights in Iraq. • To reject and oppose both Jewish and Arab chauvinist approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. • To oppose and fight the Islamophobia that threatens all Muslims, and those who “look like” Muslims, with victimisation by the state and by...

Stop the slaughter! Israel out of Lebanon! Stop rocket attacks on Israeli civilians! This is a demonstration against Israel and the USA. We are together here because we oppose the policy and "strategy" of Bush and Blair... most of the ideas and more or less all of the policies advocated by the leaders of the ‘Stop the War Coalition’ make no sense... You hold to some or all of the following ideas. Comrade, This is a demonstration against Israel and the USA. We are together here because we oppose the policy and "strategy" of Bush and Blair, and because we share all or most of the following...

The hundreds of civilian casualties and the vast destruction of the infrastructure of Lebanon's economic and social life by the Israeli armed forces is provoking world-wide indignation and anger. And so it should! Does Israel have a right to defend itself from those whose stated political and military objective is to wipe out the Jewish nation? Yes, it has. But, apart from any other considerations, the disparity of power as between Israel and Lebanon, and Israel and the Palestinians, is such that the reckless destruction and slaughter in Lebanon can not be justified in terms of Israel's need...

By Mark Osborn The Israeli government plans to withdraw 9,000 settlers and the troops that protect them from the Gaza Strip in mid-August. Israel will maintain control of Gaza’s borders, coastline and airspace. As the pull-out nears Ariel Sharon’s Israeli government is facing mobilisations from right-wing settlers who oppose the withdrawal. A mass protest began on Monday 18 July and ended on 20 Wednesday 20. They wanted to march into the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip, via the Kissufim border crossing, but were stopped by police. The protesters are, as we write, heading home. The...

Anti-semitism in Britain is at its worst for decades: attacks on Jews, on the streets and on college campuses, have become endemic. Ninety-two such attacks were reported in July.....The role of the kitsch-left is creating the culture in which anti-semitism is now beginning to thrive, has been recorded over many years in “Solidarity” -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anti-semitism in Britain is at its worst for decades: attacks on Jews, on the streets and on college campuses, have become endemic. Ninety-two such attacks were reported in July, after the recent...