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Israel’s “Mental-Health Tsunami” Is Not a Mystery - It Is the Direct Consequence of a State Built on Violence

Israel’s “Mental-Health Tsunami” Is Not a Mystery - It Is the Direct Consequence of a State Built on Violence

Israeli experts are now warning of an enormous mental-health breakdown among their own population - a “mental-health tsunami” affecting an estimated two million citizens. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth describes it as a societal rupture: soaring trauma, collapsing public trust, and a population increasingly unable to cope with the psychological strain

Sudan’s Silent Catastrophe: an Understanding on the structure of the RSF and a Call for Sanctions

Sudan’s Silent Catastrophe: an Understanding on the structure of the RSF and a Call for Sanctions

A genocide you may have missed - but cannot ignore The genocide in Sudan erupted in April 2023, when tensions between the country’s official military (the Sudanese Armed Forces – SAF) and a powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), exploded into full-scale fighting. What began as an army-versus-militia

Opinion Piece: A New Dawn with Mayor Mamdani: When Justice Wins

Opinion Piece: A New Dawn with Mayor Mamdani: When Justice Wins

Let’s just take a collective moment to breathe this in - Zohran Mamdani is the new Mayor of New York City. Yes, you read that right. A young, unapologetically progressive, proudly Muslim man just became mayor of one of the most powerful cities in the world. And if you

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans To Be Refused Entry for Aston Villa match

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans To Be Refused Entry for Aston Villa match

The decision to bar Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from attending their Europa League tie at Aston Villa on November 6 has ripped the veil off a truth many in football - and beyond it - would rather ignore: stadiums are not neutral spaces when state violence, occupation and long histories

Italy’s victory over Israel eliminates them from World Cup - it is now time to strip Israel of its sporting privileges everywhere

Italy’s victory over Israel eliminates them from World Cup - it is now time to strip Israel of its sporting privileges everywhere

On Tuesday, Italy emphatically beat Israel 3–0 in Udine in a World Cup qualifying match played under heavy security and the shadow of mass protests. The result effectively ended Israel’s realistic chance to qualify for the 2026 World Cup: Italy’s win left Israel unable to catch the

Tommy Robinson - Britain’s homegrown Islamophobe, granted permission by UK judge to visit Israel while waiting for a terrorism-related verdict

Tommy Robinson - Britain’s homegrown Islamophobe, granted permission by UK judge to visit Israel while waiting for a terrorism-related verdict

By any honest reading of recent headlines, the spectacle around Tommy Robinson - the public name of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - is not merely about one man’s legal travails. It is a story about how anti-Muslim agitation, disinformation and performative grievance can be rewarded with invitations, applause and platform -

Indonesia bans Israel from the World Gymnastics Championships - a victory for Palestinian solidarity

Indonesia bans Israel from the World Gymnastics Championships - a victory for Palestinian solidarity

In a bold, principled stand for justice, Indonesia has refused to grant visas to the Israeli gymnastics team - effectively preventing Israel from competing at the 53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta later this month. The decision, made by a nation of 270+ million people that has long

Trump declares that “war is over” - Dear US, Dear Israel, the pressure has only just begun

Trump declares that “war is over” - Dear US, Dear Israel, the pressure has only just begun

When U.S. President Donald Trump strode into the Knesset today, the cameras and applause captured a photo-op that many world leaders will want to freeze-frame: the return of the last living Israeli prisoners, a US-brokered pause in a two-year bloodletting, and a president who declared - in blunt, headline-ready

Brits serving in the Israeli military can now face UK criminal charges - and that should terrify anyone who still tolerates impunity for Gaza

Brits serving in the Israeli military can now face UK criminal charges - and that should terrify anyone who still tolerates impunity for Gaza

In a seismic, long-overdue shift, British recognition of a Palestinian state has finally changed the legal playing field. Because the UK formally recognised Palestine on 21 September 2025, British nationals and dual nationals who travel to serve in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) in Gaza or the West Bank may

Israel to Release 1,950 Palestinian Hostages in “Phase One” of a Ceasefire Built on Fragile Trust

Israel to Release 1,950 Palestinian Hostages in “Phase One” of a Ceasefire Built on Fragile Trust

After decades of mass detention, Israel’s agreement to release nearly two thousand Palestinians brings a flicker of relief - and a heavy dose of skepticism. Israel and Hamas have formally agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire deal, brokered by the US, Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey - one

Britain’s Greens Demand Justice: Pass Motion To Proscribe the IDF as a Terrorist Organisation, Apologise for Balfour, and End Complicity

Britain’s Greens Demand Justice: Pass Motion To Proscribe the IDF as a Terrorist Organisation, Apologise for Balfour, and End Complicity

In a bold, unequivocal move that resonates far beyond the confines of party politics, the Green Party of England & Wales has passed a sweeping motion demanding that the United Kingdom proscribe the Israeli military (the IDF) as a terrorist organisation - and simultaneously call on the British state to

How New Protest Laws Threaten the Right to Speak for Palestine

How New Protest Laws Threaten the Right to Speak for Palestine

When Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced that the government would give police more powers, in regards to our right to protest, after an attack on a Manchester synagogue, she framed it as an act of responsibility. Demonstrations, she said, must not “inflame community tensions.” Yet to many observers, the timing

Israel’s Dangerous Tango with Britain’s Far-Right racist Tommy Robinson - And The Reason We Must Question Everything

Israel’s Dangerous Tango with Britain’s Far-Right racist Tommy Robinson - And The Reason We Must Question Everything

An Israeli minister has rolled out the red carpet for Tommy Robinson this week, and it wasn’t a diplomatic courtesy. It was a provocation - one that many in Britain see not as a bridge of solidarity but as a deliberate attempt to stoke division in Britain, at a

Is There A Ceasefire In Gaza?

Is There A Ceasefire In Gaza?

Hamas’ Partial Acceptance: A Pause, Not Peace In the midst of Gaza’s unending suffering, there has come a sudden glimmer of hope: Hamas has agreed to parts of Donald Trump’s peace proposal. A moment that many hope marks the turning of a tide, yet carries danger if it

Gaza’s Bloodied Toll, the Flotilla mission and Israel’s Extremist Minister

Gaza’s Bloodied Toll, the Flotilla mission and Israel’s Extremist Minister

In the past 48 hours, Israeli military strikes have officially claimed the lives of at least 70 Palestinians, including 37 in Gaza City alone, according to medical sources speaking to Al Jazeera. These devastating losses underscore the urgency of addressing the actions and rhetoric of people like the Israeli National

Jennifer Lawrence Calls Gaza crisis a Genocide - Hollywood’s Growing Voice for Palestine

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Jennifer Lawrence Calls Gaza crisis a Genocide - Hollywood’s Growing Voice for Palestine

At the San Sebastián International Film Festival, where she was being honoured with the prestigious Donostia lifetime achievement award, Jennifer Lawrence could easily have kept the spotlight on her latest film Die, My Love. Instead, she used the platform to say something far bolder. Asked about Gaza, the Oscar-winner didn’

The Manchester Synagogue Attack - Could It Be a False Flag?

The Manchester Synagogue Attack - Could It Be a False Flag?

When I first heard of the tragic attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Crumpsall, Manchester, a car-ramming and stabbing on Yom Kippur that killed two victims in total, one of the victims being shot dead by the police; and injuring others, again, one injured by gunshot(s) from

Gaza has the highest number of child amputees in modern history

Gaza has the highest number of child amputees in modern history

Gaza: The World’s Largest Tragedy of Child Amputees - A Living Genocide Gaza is living through what legal experts and many activists, including myself, call a genocide - a systematic campaign of destruction that spares nothing, not even children. Today, Gaza holds an unbearable distinction - it has the

Palestine likely to reject Trump’s plan

Palestine likely to reject Trump’s plan

A senior official from Gaza has told the BBC this week that the US-brokered ceasefire-and-disarmament plan is “likely to be rejected” - and it’s not hard to see why. What Washington and Jerusalem are calling a pathway to peace, reads, to many Palestinians, like a recipe for permanent occupation:

Italy Backs Down - But the Flotilla Still Sails for Gaza

Italy Backs Down - But the Flotilla Still Sails for Gaza

The Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying more than 500 people - activists, parliamentarians, lawyers, and high-profile figures like Greta Thunberg - is moving closer to Gaza, as the world watches, they sail with one clear purpose: to break Israel’s illegal blockade on Gaza and deliver aid directly to a besieged

Reebok Folds Under Israeli Pressure

Reebok Folds Under Israeli Pressure

Reebok’s Cowardly Retreat: A Logo, a Team, and a Surrender to Israeli Pressure In what should have been a moment of principle, sportswear giant Reebok instead chose a path of cowardice. The company initially demanded that its logo be removed from Israel’s national soccer uniforms, but quickly reversed

Gaza’s Future Sold

Gaza’s Future Sold

Trump’s Gaza Plan: A False Choice That Leaves Palestinians Trapped Between War and Occupation Washington, D.C. — At the White House yesterday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled what they claim is a path to end the genocide in Gaza: a 20-point proposal

Trump & Netanyahu Talk Ceasefire as Palestinians Warn of Another Betrayal

Trump & Netanyahu Talk Ceasefire as Palestinians Warn of Another Betrayal

Washington, D.C. – U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet today at the White House, where discussions will center on a possible ceasefire in Gaza. But for Palestinians, the talks evoke more fear than hope. After years of broken promises, ceasefire breaches,

IDF Member Killed In West Bank Incident

IDF Member Killed In West Bank Incident

The Israeli military has confirmed the death of a soldier in the occupied West Bank following an incident described as a car-ramming attack. The soldier, identified as Staff Sergeant Inbar Avraham Kav, aged 20, served in the Paratroopers Brigade’s 890th Battalion and was from the Israeli settlement of Lotem.

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