Judging by statements he has made to the media, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was determined that the IDF press ahead with a ground operation
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For any objective observer of British politics, Michael Gove’s new definition of ‘extremism’ is only remarkable for the absence of any mention of his own

Jeremy Hunt’s budget on Wednesday, as is usual for this government, was all smoke and mirrors. Pretending to help working-class people while doing the opposite,

Keir Starmer’s supine support for the Israeli onslaught on Gaza has cost Labour – at least his version of it – the parliamentary seat of

Editorial: chaotic games in Parliament, while Gaza suffers
Two key lessons come out of the chaos in the House of Commons on Wednesday: that the Labour leadership is being dragged, kicking and screaming,

Editorial: Starmer fiddles while Gaza burns
As every political commentator knows, there are limitations to what by-elections tell us about national politics. Turn-out is always smaller than in a general election

Where there was growing harmony between the interests of the ruling elite in Saudi Arabia and the capitalist class of Israel, the war in Gaza

The savage war that Israel is conducting against the population of Gaza will have profound and lasting effects throughout the Middle East, including Israel. The

There is a profound historical irony in the fact that the 1948 international Genocide Convention, which was set up in response to the Nazis’ murder

It isn’t just the weather that is grey and gloomy this first week of January. It is also the political and economic outlook for the