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‘This is for Gaza’ – UK’s Labour Party Loses 5 Seats to Pro-Palestine Independent Candidates
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Corbyn, the former leader of the opposition defeated Praful Nargund, a local Labour councilor selected by the party’s executive committee as its candidate in May. Britain’s Labour Party, which ended […]

British Muslim Support for Labour Party Plummets over Gaza Stance
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A recent survey has revealed a significant decline in support for the Labour Party among Muslims in the UK, as many are dissatisfied with the party’s response to Israel’s ongoing […]

Netanyahu Government Faces vote of No Confidence over Handling of Gaza Captives
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “103 days that the State of Israel is torn between Israel and Gaza. And the government doesn’t care at all,” the party said in a statement. The Israeli Labor Party […]

Roger Waters Lambasts ‘Infantile’, ‘Despicable’ Keir Starmer Over Labour’s Suspension of Jewish NEC Member
By Omar Aziz Pink Floyd rock legend, Roger Waters, has expressed outrage at the UK Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer, for the Party’s “infantile” and “undemocratic attacks” against Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, the only Jewish member of […]

Palestine in the Elizabethan Era: Will Britain Atone for Its Sinful Policies
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle While millions of people in Britain and around the world can not stop singing the praises of the late Queen as a paragon of moderation, sensibility, and […]

UK’s Truss Attacked for Manipulating ‘Anti-Semitism’ in Her Push for Conservative Party Leadership
The British foreign secretary and the Conservative Party leadership favorite, Liz Truss, has earned a scathing rebuke from the FDA union representing senior civil and public servants, after she vowed to “protect British Jewry” from […]

Jeremy Corbyn to Al Mayadeen: This is Why I was Accused of ‘Antisemitism’ (VIDEO)
Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that his support for the Palestinian cause contributed to accusations of ‘antisemitism’ that eventually led to his downfall and his ongoing suspension as a member of […]

Didn’t Those Now Enraged at Boris Johnson’s ‘Smears’ of Keir Starmer Defame Corbyn at Every Turn?
By Jonathan Cook “Why is Boris Johnson making false claims about Starmer and Savile?” runs a headline in the news pages of the Guardian. It is just one of a barrage of indignant recent stories in […]

UK Labour Party Approves Historic Motion Calling Israel Apartheid State
The UK Labour Party Conference has voted today in favor of a motion identifying Israel as a state practicing the crime of apartheid, making it the first major political party in Europe to adopt such […]

Jewish Chronicle’s Libel Payouts were a Small Price to Pay for Smearing Corbyn and the Left
By Jonathan Cook The Jewish Chronicle, a weekly newspaper that was saved from liquidation last year by a consortium led by a former senior adviser to Theresa May, has been exposed as having a quite […]

Times Columnist Accuses UK’s Young Labour of Supporting ‘Second Holocaust’ over Criticism of Israel
Times columnist Oliver Kamm was threatened with legal action after accusing the UK’s Young Labour of supporting a ‘second Holocaust’ against Israel in a ‘libelous’ tweet. This comes after the UK Labour Party chose to […]

Ken Loach Expelled from Labour Party in Ongoing ‘Witch Hunt’
Iconic filmmaker and long-time supporter of the Palestinian people Ken Loach has been expelled by the UK Labour Party. The veteran director announced his expulsion on his Twitter account on Saturday to the shock and […]

UK Labor Leader Urges Boris Johnson to Support Palestinian State at G7 Summit (VIDEO)
UK Labor leader Keir Starmer has urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to press for the recognition of a Palestinian state at this weekend’s G7 summit in Cornwall. During Prime Minister’s Questions today, Starmer used […]

WATCH: British MP Calls for Sanctions on Israel as Civilian Casualties Mount in Gaza
British Labour Party MP Richard Burgon asked the House of Commons yesterday how many more Palestinian civilian casualties it will take before the government takes action to stop Israeli war crimes. “How many Palestinian children […]

Boris Johnson’s Lies Don’t Harm Him because the UK’s Political System is More Corrupt than He is
By Jonathan Cook Britain’s corporate media are suddenly awash with stories wondering whether, or to what extent, the UK’s prime minister is dishonest. Predictably in the midst of this, the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg is still […]

UK Labour Leader Pulls out of Ramadan Interfaith Event after Pro-Israel Lobbying
Labour leader Kier Starmer has come under sharp criticism for withdrawing from a virtual Ramadan interfaith event after a pro-Israel lobby group alerted him to the organizer’s support for the boycott of Israeli dates produced […]

Recognition of Palestine is ‘Symbolic’ but also Critical: The Australian Case
By Ramzy Baroud Australia’s Labor Party’s recognition of Palestine as a State on March 30 is a welcomed position, though it comes with many caveats. Pro-Palestinian activists are justified to question the sincerity of […]

‘Times are a Changing’: Launch of Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace & Justice Project
By Ronnie Kasrils I salute Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace & Justice initiative which could not be more timely, and I am proud to be part of it. We live in troubled times: the raging pandemic, rise […]

Against the Witch Hunt: On the Instrumentalization of Antisemitism in Britain’s Labour Party
By Ronnie Kasrils The assault on free speech within Britain’s Labour Party speaks like a ghost from my past. I was banned from public speaking in apartheid South Africa almost sixty years ago. My crime […]

Prominent Palestinian, Arab Public Figures Issue Letter of Solidarity with Corbyn
A group of prominent organizations, along with Palestinian and Arab public figures, issued a letter of solidarity with British MP Jeremy Corbyn following the decision of the Labor Party to suspend him based on ‘allegations […]

The UK Equalities Commission’s Labour Antisemitism Report is the Real ‘Political Interference’
By Jonathan Cook I recently published for the Middle East Eye website a detailed analysis of last week’s report by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission into the question of whether the UK Labour party had […]

Antisemitism, The Labour Party and Regime Change
By Roger Van Zwanenberg On October 29, the leader of the main opposition, Labor party in the UK, Jeremy Corbyn, was dismissed from the Party which he had been a member all his adult life. […]

Open Letter: Labour Party is Suppressing Palestinian Voices and Free Speech on Israel
An open letter signed by over 20 prominent British Palestinians, including academics, journalists, businessmen, philanthropists, musicians and lawyers, expressed concern over the shrinking space in the Labour Party to discuss the Palestinian struggle. They voiced […]

How the Guardian Betrayed Not only Corbyn but the Last Vestiges of British Democracy
By Jonathan Cook It is simply astonishing that the first attempt by the Guardian – the only major British newspaper styling itself as on the liberal-left – to properly examine the contents of a devastating internal Labour […]

Even with Corbyn Gone, Antisemitism Threats Will Keep Destroying the UK Labour Party
By Jonathan Cook If there is one issue that denotes the terminal decline of Labour as a force for change – desperately needed social, economic and environmental change – it is not Brexit. It is […]