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A Palestinian youth is pinned down by Israeli police after he was detained at a protest against the forcible eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Jerusalem yesterday
UNIONS have urged the British government to hold Israel accountable for ongoing ethnic cleansing in East Jerusalem, where protests have erupted this week over evictions.
Six Palestinian families face imminent removal from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah after an Israeli court ruled last Sunday that they should make way for Israeli settlers.
The order sparked protests among residents and a sit-down solidarity demonstration by activists on Tuesday. Israeli forces responded by raiding homes in Sheikh Jarrah and spraying crowds with foul-smelling “skunk water.”
As antisemitism grows, the labour movement must recommit to defence of minorities while navigating the complexities of Gaza and global politics, argues NICK WRIGHT
Bezalel Smotrich’s measures to extend Israeli property law into the West Bank are a continuation of a decades-long project to dispossess Palestinians and preclude statehood, argues HUGH LANNING
MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS explains how Britain’s largest union is putting pressure on the British government to recognise the Palestinian state and end its complicity with Israel’s murderous actions