The smearing of critics of Israeli policy as “anti-Semites” or “bigots” is an attempt to intimidate and silence, writes Johann Hari, and to a large degree it works.

An organisation which discriminates against non-Jews is having a ‘charitable’ dinner at Windsor Castle, writes Tony Greenstein.

The disproportionate coverage given to Israeli and Palestinian deaths, both in scale and in tone, demolishes media claims to impartiality and reveals them as cheerleaders for Western power, writes Media Lens.

Amnesty International and seven other human rights organisations decry Israel’s collective punishment of the Gaza Strip, carried out in collusion with the U.S. and the EU, which has led to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.

As the latest Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip escalated, mainstream reporting again failed to provide the necessary context to the violence, writes Media Lens.

On February 14, the London School of Economics Students’ Union overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on the National Union of Students to divest from companies which provide military and commercial support to the Israeli occupation.

David Morrison illustrates how the EU is complicit in the devastating Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip.

John Pilger describes how the Palestinian breakout of Gaza offers inspiration for people struggling to bring down the new Berlin Walls all over the world.

Arab Media Watch expresses concern at the lack of critical commentary in the British press on Israel’s recent decision to intensify its siege of the Gaza Strip by withholding vital fuel supplies and increasing military attacks.

Mark Steel on the surreal horror of appointing a man who helped destroy a large chunk of the Middle East to the position of “Middle East peace envoy”.

The current crisis in Gaza demands that the international community put pressure on Israel to end the siege. Jeremy Corbyn calls for support for the 28 November lobby of Parliament.

SchNEWS reports on a group of Brighton activists who recently visited the occupied West Bank to show solidarity with the Palestinian people. The oppression and abuse they found there is, they learned, being supported by companies such as Tesco and Carmel-Agrexco, who sell Israeli produce grown on stolen Palestinian land.

The organisation we look to for the protection of free speech has shut down debate on Palestine, writes Priyamvada Gopal.

A report by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) published on 25 July 2007, entitled Global Security: The Middle East, is surprisingly critical of recent British foreign policy towards the region, writes David Morrison, especially with regard to Lebanon but also Palestine. It is also very critical of Israel.