Lord Carlile, a prominent Jewish member of the House of Lords, has resigned as a patron of UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), a controversial activist group… Read more
31st August 2024
The Barbican Centre in London has become the latest recipient of threatening letters from the notorious "UK Lawyers for Israel" organisation ... Read more
19th August 2024
Friday was Mark Smith’s last day as a British diplomat and he said goodbye to colleagues in a humdinger of an email accusing his former employer of complicity in Israeli war crimes... Read more
15th August 2024
Last week the so-called “High Level Military Group” — consisting mainly of retired officers whose speciality is whitewashing the Israeli army — sent a 10-page memo to the International Criminal Court … Read more
13th August 2024
6th August 2024
Today is the last day for submitting legal “observations” to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the validity of warrants for the arrest of… Read more
2nd August 2024
Far away from the carnage in Gaza there’s a small army of lawyers in Britain battling against critics of Israel. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) uses… Read more
17th February 2024
Publishing an independent newspaper is a hazardous business in countries where there is no tradition of a free press and where the authorities are… Read more
1st December 2023
At the height of the AIDS epidemic millions of people, especially in the world’s poorest countries, faced illness and death without access to proper treatment — and desperation opened the door for charlatans raising false hopes with quack cures.
24th October 2023
An accident involving a Palestinian rocket is the most likely scenario but exactly what happened is still far from clear.
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
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