Acts of love and heroism continue amid Israel’s carnage in Gaza.

Acts of love and heroism continue amid Israel’s carnage in Gaza.

The story of the six Palestinian political prisoners should inspire hope and action, not throw us into despair.
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He is no different from his predecessors. He has just not masked his cruel instincts.
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Colum McCann’s latest novel mystifies the colonisation of Palestine as a ‘complicated conflict’ between two equal sides.

By imbuing Gazans with mythical bravery, the left is failing to recognise Palestinian humanity.

Alice Walker’s real ‘offence’ is not anti-Semitism; it is her unwavering support for the Palestinian cause.

Israel’s new ‘nation-state’ law follows in the footsteps of Jim Crow, the Indian Removal Act and the Nuremberg Laws.

Or how after a racist incident, Starbucks chose as a partner an organisation with a track record of racist activism.

Israel invented the word Mizrahim to strip Arab Jews of their histories as they tried to do with Palestinians.

Or how Wonder Woman turned from a hero to a war crimes supporter.
