Peace makers promote peace, not boycotts
Dr Toby Greene is director of research at BICOM Two weeks ago I attended the annual policy conference of the Institute for National Security Studies, Israel’s premier strategic think tank based at Tel...
View ArticleBoycotting Israel: Moderate voices drowned out by hard-liners
By Alex Bjarnason, organiser and communications Officer for Trade Union Friends of Israel The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most complex and difficult in modern history, with two competing...
View ArticleWe should be supporting progressive forces in Israel, not boycotting them
By Emine Ibrahim, chair of Redbridge Unison, Greater London Region Below is Emine’s speech to the UNISON National Delegate Conference on Thursday, June 20. In a long standing tradition,...
View ArticleAn interview with pro-Palestinian activist Gary Spedding about anti-semitism...
The National University of Ireland, Galway Palestine Solidarity Society (NUIG) made the news last week after a video emerged showing one of its activists demanding that pro-Israel speaker Alan Johnson...
View ArticleComment: The hypocrisy of boycotting Israel
Last week over 300 British university academics decided to boycott Israel over ‘commitment to Palestinian rights’. The writers vowed to maintain the boycott ‘until Israel complies with international...
View ArticleLabour can no longer sit on the fence when it comes to Palestine
Tony Burke is Assistant General Secretary at Unite, and a Contributing Editor of Left Foot Forward. Last week delegates at the Labour Party Conference took a momentous decision, committing Labour to...
View ArticleJewish campaign group stages protest over Tory threats to ban boycotts of Israel
Jewish campaign group Na’amod staged a protest today over government proposals to stop public sector organisations from undertaking boycotts of Israel. Campaigners dropped a giant banner reading ‘Bad...
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