The Macklemore controversy demonstrates that the cost of speaking up for Palestine is diminishing.


Palestinian political analyst and playwright
The Macklemore controversy demonstrates that the cost of speaking up for Palestine is diminishing.

A potent narrative is emerging linking migration to anti-Semitism in an effort to undermine pro-Palestinian solidarity.

The end of Hamas governance in Gaza may change who administers it, but not who holds power over Palestinian life.

The Filton 4 case reveals a democracy more frightened of protesters than of the destruction they protest against.

The collapse of that distinction protects no one — least of all the Jewish communities it claims to defend.

Britain’s PM visited the Gulf and said many of the right things. But when you do the wrong things, words don’t matter.

The threshold the Israeli authorities have set for the use of a nuclear weapon is dangerously low.

Moral clarity has not shifted Western policy; persuasion must extend into the arenas where power actually sits.

The political settlement underpinning Labour’s governing model is starting to fracture.

British football fans are regularly banned without scandal. Why is it that Israeli fans cannot be?
