Topic: Israel

Kamel Hawwash Q&A: ‘Political parties have a machine, I don’t’

The academic, engineer and outgoing chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, on standing for parliament in Birmingham and how Gaza has changed the political landscape

Samir Jeraj
Is Labour trying to split the Muslim vote in Dewsbury and Batley?

Independent candidate Iqbal Mohamed hopes to send Labour packing in this northern seat. But Starmer’s party has selected its own Muslim, pro-Gaza candidate — and some are sceptical

Yousra Samir Imran
Exclusive: UK Muslim leaders condemn abuse of MPs and Labour members

Religious, business and community leaders share statement singling out minority of Muslim activists who have confronted MPs in the wake of the ongoing crisis in Gaza

Burhan Wazir

‘Why are we a country of billionaires and food banks?’: Jeremy Corbyn talks Labour, Gaza and Islington North

Former Labour leader slams “cynical calculation” by party HQ that disaffected voters will still back Starmer as they have nowhere else to go

Sam Gelder
Independent candidate Leanne Mohamad — Gaza has been an awakening for a new wave of politics

Standing against shadow health minister Wes Streeting in the Ilford North constituency, the British-Palestinian activist wants to make democracy about people, not parties

Saman Javed
‘Will my family still be alive when I wake up?’

Palestinians in the UK are calling for a way for loved ones in Gaza to join them here, as Afghans and Ukrainians have done

Naomi Larsson Piñeda
My literary idols have failed the moral test on Gaza

At school, books by Zadie Smith and Margaret Atwood taught me about identity, feminism and justice. Yet now those same writers are largely lost for words in the face of Palestinian deaths

Nadeine Asbali
Spain, Ireland and Norway have recognised the state of Palestine. What will this change?

Activists and academics welcome Spain’s support of a two-state solution but question whether it’s too little, too late

Natalie Donback
Cabaret act highlights the potential for Arab-Jewish harmony

A queer, non-binary Syrian performer is promoting unity and dialogue from Germany’s drag clubs

Jessica Bateman