It has been a huge week for Labour as Ed Miliband shifted the party’s stance on Israel by announcing sanctions on the illegal settlements in the West Bank and describing what is happening in Gaza as ethnic cleansing. What is...
Read MoreOur sanctions aren’t about the Israeli people, but about the unacceptable policies of the Israeli government, and the suffering they cause PalestiniansIn a difficult and dangerous world, a decade on from Brexit, there is a risk...
Read MoreIt is not enough now for war to kill, it must eradicate a people’s cherished and precious heritage tooWars may not take summer holidays, but they do sometimes see exhaustion. As drones race back and forth across Ukraine and the...
Read MoreIn July, Andy Burnham told the Guardian’s political editor, Pippa Crerar, that Labour ‘didn’t get it right’ on Gaza. He apologised for the party’s slow response in calling for a ceasefire, but stopped short of describing what...
Read MoreWaste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes it’s a Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyedThe campaign group Led By Donkeys has received £27,000 in compensation after a giant banner it displayed in Parliament...
Read MoreRefugee family reunions in limbo, despite Foreign Office saying it is ready get people out of war-torn territoryThe Home Office is blocking the evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza, despite the Foreign Office...
Read MoreRefugee family reunions in limbo, despite Foreign Office saying it is ready get people out of war-torn territoryThe Home Office is blocking the evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza, despite the Foreign Office...
Read MoreThe suffering of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is no isolated case. The abuse of Palestinian detainees is happening in plain sight, yet nothing changes“This is the end. I don’t see myself surviving. They brought me here to kill me.”...
Read MoreIt remains unclear how much of substance will change – and whether it will be enough to rebuild electoral coalition On the final day of Labour’s party conference in 2023, when the public was still reeling from the brutal Hamas...
Read MoreAndy Burnham has apologised for Labour’s slow response in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. In an exclusive interview with Pippa Crerar, he says that more pressure should be put on the Israeli government, including a ban on trade...
Read MoreWith food and medicine already scarce, emergency services, bakeries and water supplies are increasingly being pushed to the brinkPalestinians in Gaza already grappling with limited supplies of food and medicine face new threats...
Read MoreEx-health secretary was described as ‘hysterical’ on issue by Peter Mandelson in messages disclosed this weekUK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has said he felt he was “hitting up against a brick wall” when he tried...
Read More