Palestine and the Middle East
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Arming the occupation
Arms sales by and to Israel sustains the oppression of Palestinian people. Sam Perlo-Freeman reports on the scale of the trade – and UK involvement in it
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‘I feel trapped in violence that extends from Palestine to the UK’
Pádraig Ó Meiscill speaks to Shahd Abusalama about the enforced separation of her family, defeating smear campaigns and the cruelty of the Home Office
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The future of boycotts after Ukraine
Calls for state and civil action against Russia are an important shift in Western political discourse, writes Ben Jamal
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Israeli apartheid: an international consensus
Director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ben Jamal explains the impact of Amnesty International naming Israel’s apartheid crimes
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The uses and limits of celebrity solidarity with Palestine
Famous voices can shape public opinion on Palestine, argues Raoul Walawalker, but walking back solidarity statements does more harm than good
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How the first Gulf War shaped the British left
Thirty years on from the first Gulf War, Evan Smith considers how it exposed the limitations in the British left’s ability to build a mass movement
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Political blackness and Palestinian solidarity
The question of Palestine has become a black political litmus test, argues Annie Olaloku-Teriba, defining the very nature of black identity and politics