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On June 12, 2026, a UK judge at Woolwich Crown Court convicted four Palestine Action activists as terrorists and sentenced them to…
I was genuinely surprised by the Starmer regimeās refusal to state that the Israeli boarding of the Global Sumud Flotilla on the…
On June 8, the Palestinian Youth Movementās Mask off Maersk Campaign published a report with Oxfam Denmark demonstrating that Maersk has continued…
Judge Johnson had proved his fascist credentials through rulings much earlier in the Filton trial than his vicious sentencing. Indeed, he had arguably already…
In a decision that Amnesty International described as ācompletely disproportionate,ā four demonstrators with the outlawed group Palestine Action were sentenced as terrorists in the UK on Friday after…
Last June, train stations across France were transformed into impromptu immigration checkpoints. Citing a āsurgeā in illegal immigration, Franceās then-interior minister, Bruno…
The trial of the Filton Four reaches its climax on Friday. Judge Jeremy Johnson will decide the sentences of four Palestine Action…
On 26 September, 2025 one of Berlinās longest sagas came to an end. After 15 years, 4 years over schedule, the renovation…
In the wake of the latest American strike against Iran, many commentators have once again revived familiar narratives about a supposed “clash…
In 1895, Theodor Herzl wrote in his diary that the penniless population of Palestine must be āspirited across the border,ā discreetly and…
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