Tag: Israel-Palestine
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Britain: Palestine hunger strike – free the Filton 24! Lock up the real terrorists!
Eight political prisoners locked up for the ‘crime’ of fighting the genocide in Gaza have been starved and left to languish by the British state. If they die, the blame will lie with Starmer’s government and the system it upholds. Free the Filton 24! Lock up the real terrorists! [Originally published at communist.red] Starved, neglected,…
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Israel rampages towards catastrophe on the West Bank
Trump’s peace plan in Gaza is unacceptable to the Jewish supremacists in Israel’s ruling coalition. Even though it submits Gaza to an American-led occupation, even though it gives Israel a free hand to kill as it pleases, it holds out vague hope for a Palestinian state, at least in words. Their whole programme is to…
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The meaning of the ceasefire in Gaza
Celebrations have erupted in Gaza and Israel at the announcement by Trump on Truth Social that a peace agreement has been reached between Israeli and Hamas negotiators in Egypt. That there is celebration is understandable, especially for Gazans who until this point faced a future of certain death by bombardment or starvation. However, we must…
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Two years into the Gaza genocide: will Trump bring “eternal peace”?
Last week, US President Donald Trump stepped in to impose his 20-point peace plan to end the genocide in Gaza. He is now proposing that Gaza be handed over to an American-led transitional authority, chaired by himself, with the assistance of the destroyer of Iraq, Tony Blair. All the western and collaborationist Arab leaders are…
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Italian general strike: a dramatic turn in the world situation
What happened in Italy on Friday 3 October has very few precedents. Think about it. A political strike. A political general strike. A political general strike over internationalist solidarity and against imperialism. Millions participated in industrial action, two million participated in mass demonstrations and hundreds of thousands took direct action under the slogan of “let’s…
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The history of Israel-Palestine to 1993
Trotsky warned in 1940 that the attempt to solve the ‘Jewish problem’ in Europe through the dispossession of the Palestinians would be a “bloody trap”. These words ring true to this very day. But the real history of Israel-Palestine has been buried under mountains of falsification. In this article, Francesco Merli explains the shady dealings…
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The Occupied Territories Bill de-fanged: no more trust in Leinster House!
For seven years Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have played hide-and-seek with the Occupied Territories Bill. What began in 2018 as a stand against Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians has since been delayed, shelved, rewritten – and, most recently, gutted of all substance.
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‘Humanitarian city’: Netanyahu’s ‘final solution’ for Gaza
Since breaking the ceasefire in March, Israel has aimed to render Gaza uninhabitable, to drive it towards total collapse, and thereby to prevent anyone from staying or returning.
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State repression of the Palestine movement intensifies
On Mother’s Day, Mothers against Genocide held a candlelit vigil followed by an all-night camp outside the Dáil. They held a letter outlining their demands for the Government in regard to its complicity in the genocide in Palestine.
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Kneecap witch hunt: the establishment are the real terrorists
Irish rap group Kneecap have been victims of a vicious smear campaign for supporting Palestine. This reeks of imperialist hypocrisy. It is the capitalist system and its politicians that have blood on their hands. Kneecap have nothing to apologise for.