PROTESTERS held a “die-in” outside the Israeli embassy on Saturday following an escalation of violence and revenge attacks in the occupied Territories.
More than 1,000 people brought traffic to a standstill at the embassy in Kensington to decry the burning alive of a Palestinian teenager following the prior kidnap and murder of three Israeli boys.
The demonstrators also called for an end to Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian land.
As antisemitism grows, the labour movement must recommit to defence of minorities while navigating the complexities of Gaza and global politics, argues NICK WRIGHT
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER


