Geopolitics
Politico – Pedro Sánchez wants Israel banned from international sporting events
This could be a watershed in the boycott Israel movement in Europe. Read the article HERE.
BDS
Geopolitics
Kadal Jesuthasan – French Dockers Block Weapons to Israel
‘Last Wednesday, workers at a port in southern France searched a cargo ship headed for Haifa — and found it carried 19 pallets of machine-gun parts. They blocked the shipment, refusing to be complicit in […]
Geopolitics
France Can’t Ban Solidarity With Palestine: Interview w/ Salah Hamouri
‘Emmanuel Macron’s government is calling for a ban on one of France’s largest Palestine solidarity campaigns. The proposal is repression of free speech — and makes a mockery of Macron’s attempt to sound more critical […]
Geopolitics
Arthur Neslen – Swedish Dockworkers’ Union leader sacked for Gaza solidarity action asks “whose ‘national security’ is Swedish law really protecting”?
Inspiring example of worker solidarity and internationalism. Arthur Neslen writes about the environment for The Guardian. He has previously worked as a correspondent for Thomson Reuters, Politico, Al-Jazeera and others. Cross-posted from Equal Times Security is a funny elixir. The […]
Geopolitics
Peter Leary – Labour Is Trying to Silence Palestine Solidarity
‘Revulsion towards Israel’s genocide has produced the largest, most sustained English protest movement since Chartism — yet Labour is trying to prevent Palestine from being even discussed at its conference.’ In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Aisling Walsh – The ‘progressive’ musicians putting profit over Palestine
As artists pressure music festivals to cut ties with Israel, prog-rockers like Radiohead and Nick Cave keep rejecting calls to boycott. Their stance is morally bankrupt. Aisling Walsh (she/her) is a queer and neurodivergent writer […]
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Court orders Netherlands to halt delivery of fighter jet parts to Israel
Incredible that it takes courts to order this, rather than the initiative of politicians, but that is sadly where western politics is at. Read the article HERE.
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Ramzy Baroud – Who Said BDS Has ‘Already Failed’?: European Cities Boycott Apartheid Israel
Government boycotts of Israel in Barcelona, Liège and Oslo is proving that the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement still has legs Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He […]
EU politics
Fidaa Al Zaanin: Germany Believes in Free Speech, but Not for Palestinians
This month, Palestinians mark the Nakba, the wave of ethnic cleansing that began their decades of displacement. But in Germany, trumped-up antisemitism allegations are being used to suppress the commemorations — showing that speech isn’t […]