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‘Without accountability, impunity will prevail, and the cycle of violence will continue’
Force likely to allow Gaza demonstration near Broadcasting House following criticism from MPs and campaign groups
Netanyahu’s Government is stepping up its plans ahead of the arrival of a sympathetic Trump administration
Celebration is mixed with mourning and despair in Beirut as the scale of destruction is revealed
The admission came in a legal statement by Keir Starmer’s Government to the High Court, amid a challenge to the UK’s arms and F-35 exports to Israel
After 80 years, Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin’s idea is more relevant than ever
Trump plans to accelerate Israel’s violence in Gaza, male violence against women and industrial violence against the earth. He must be stopped.
Israel banned Gaza’s largest provider of humanitarian support on Monday in a decision UNICEF dubbed ‘a new way to kill children’
Clare Short tells Keir Starmer’s Government to stand up for its principles and end Britain’s role as a “lieutenant” for the United States
The French intellectual’s book on October 7 and the Gaza war reveals the failure of some of Israel’s defenders to see Palestinian suffering
These technologies are removing accountability from warfare and making it harder to hold individuals or governments responsible for extrajudicial killings
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy is being urged to go much further in response to violence by Israeli settlers
Hezbollah managed to breach the Iron Dome with an attack on a military base that resulted in the deaths of four soldiers and the wounding of over 60 – amid concerns Hamas may have found a way to breach the iron curtain dividing Gaza from Israel
The growing conflict, an analyst suggests, ‘represents a real opportunity to redraw the political map… and dismantle the Axis of Resistance’
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the October 7 attack on Israel was the ‘minimum punishment’ it deserved for ‘astonishing crimes’
Why Israel has a ‘right to defend’ itself, but Iran’s ‘revenge’ does not qualify as ‘self-defence’. Unpicking the double standards playing out in Western media
The warning comes as Israel began a ground incursion into southern Lebanon and after the US told Iran it will get directly involved if it attacks Israel
As the anniversary of Hamas’ 7 October 2023 attack on Israel nears, the Muslim Association of Britain urges the UK not to be on the ‘wrong side of history’ and to act now
At a UN General Assembly, there was enormous sympathy for the Palestinians and strong criticism of Israel’s treatment of them. Wednesday marked the third day of a wave of new strikes on Lebanon
An estimated 30,000 foreign-born soldiers are fighting for Israel – and many are leaving a questionable trail of evidence on social media
An ‘extraordinary’ new poll reveals some uncomfortable truths about the war in Gaza
A series of columnists have resigned from the paper over fabrications in articles by former IDF soldier Elon Perry. Now victims of the publication’s false claims are speaking up
A new much publicised report that claims the BBC is “heavily biased against Israel” flies in the face of other specialist and academic studies
‘It may be that Israel was able to believe that pressure on the ICC was working and that its eight years of impunity from international law since 2014 would continue’
Palestine Solidarity Campaign hits out at ‘unacceptable’ orders from police to change protest times and routes at late notice
‘You do not respond to genocide with gestures; you do not continue to treat a state that is suspected of committing genocide as an ally; and cancelling a number of export licences does not cancel Britain’s complicity’
Sufyan Gulam Ismail offers some advice on how Labour can win back British Muslim voters after losing so many over the issue of Gaza
The discovery of the bodies in a Hamas tunnel has set off a chain reaction in Israel
The Government’s constant attempts to second guess its critics are only disappointing its supporters and emboldening its opponents
The governing body is due to make a decision before the end of August. Israeli football officials claim FIFA will find ‘all our arguments justified’
A report last week suggested 115 journalists and media workers had been killed since 7 October 2023, but others say the number is as high as 171
The Democrats are showing “unprecedented” party unity this week – but the Uncommitted Movement has signalled that the fight over Gaza is far from over.
CCTV footage has emerged allegedly showing Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee. Human rights groups say the abuse has been ‘going on for decades’
From giving birth at a refugee camp as bombs rained down, to the daily struggle of finding food and water; taking refuge in Rafah to paying smugglers to help them escape to Egypt. A harrowing story of survival
The sell-off is part of a larger series of share sales by Charles Woodburn so far this year amounting to over £10.9 million
It’s the “most dangerous place in the world to be an aid worker” – and every day it gets worse
The chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism appears to have got ‘exactly what he came for’ at the march, according to a witness who was there
Yoav Har-Even’s direct involvement in supporting the IDF operation in Gaza, despite also being tasked to lead the investigation into the conduct of the operation, is an obvious conflict of interest
The Israeli army is using an AI-assisted targeting system called Lavender in Gaza. Are we really willing to entrust an algorithm with the lives and deaths of human beings?