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Jewish Voice for Liberation
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Formerly Jewish Voice for Labour

A community for Jews and allies who seek an end to oppression in Britain, Palestine and globally
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Rajiv Menon KC's closing speech for the defence in the #Filton24 trial is a model of moral and legal clarity setting #Elbit's arming of genocide against the actions of the young people in trying to stop them.
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The Filton Trial: Lead defence barrister's closing speech - Free the Filton 24
The first closing speech by the defence at the Filton trial was by Rajiv Menon KC, as the lead barrister, representing the first defendant Charlotte Head.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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Scholars and authors from around the world have made a declaration in solidarity with prisoners in the UK whose long detention on remand on charges relating to activism for Palestine has sparked criticism

Please urge writers and intellectuals to lend their weight to this petition.
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Support the hunger strikers
We publish an update on the movement in soldiarity with the hunger striker prisoners for Palestine and Greta Thunberg. Dozens…
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January 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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IDF backtracks on claims that Palestinian man who was shot and killed by soldiers on Saturday in Hebron tried to run them over, after saying "no evidence was found" indicating a terror attack
While in the US the government persists in its lies about the murder of Renee Good
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January 11, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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A very frightening round up of the disturbingly popular far-right US internet 'celebrities'
These are the right-wing extremists we’re watching out for in 2026
Antisemitism, Holocaust denial and neo-Nazi ideology are all the rage among the rising stars of the new right
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These are the right-wing extremists we're watching out for in 2026
With online extremism taking over mainstream conservative discourse, here are a few of the rising stars, and the conspiracies they're sharing.
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January 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Israeli-Palestinian actor Mohammad Bakri died on 24th December
He was fêted by Israel as an actor who happened to be an Arab, then reviled as an Arab who happened to tell the truth.
https://www.972mag.com/mohammad-bakri-would-not-be-crushed/
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January 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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It's interesting to read this account of how the term "domestic terrorism" is used in the US and 6 compare it to the UK designation of PA, both the similarities and the differences
US woman killed by ICE agent called ‘domestic terrorist’: What it means
Experts say US homeland security secretary misused the 'domestic terrorist' label to justify shooting Renee Good.
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January 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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No nonsense letter from University and College Union to Yvette Cooper demanding she takes action about Israel's assault on Birzeit University staff and students and on Palestinian education more generally and on scolasticide in Gaza
January 11, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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Dr Ghassan Abu- Sittah, rector of the University of Glasgow has been cleared of misconduct by a medical watchdog over alleged antisemitism and support for Hamas.
The failed case was instigated by UK Lawyers for Israel who overreached themselves again
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UK Lawyers for Israel rebuffed
In an important case Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, rector of the University of Glasgow has been cleared of misconduct by a…
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January 10, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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What Peaceniks Like Me Get Wrong About Peace: it requires the assent of the war-makers.
By Bono
We oversold the pageantry; the iconography is wrong. Doves, olive branches, handshakes, signing ceremonies … It’s a grab bag of cognitive dissonance, wildly
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#FreeMarwanBarghouti
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January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Helen Garner and award winner Michelle de Kretser among 47 speakers boycotting annual Adelaide writers’ festival to protest Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah being dumped from the lineup The board cited cultural sensitivity concerns (sic) after #Bondi terror attack
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Adelaide Festival: paying a price for axing Palestinian voices
Since this article was written, even more writers, including Zadie Smith, who were scheduled to take part in the Adelaide…
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January 10, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Pro-ICE lies
An AI-generated image claiming to show an aerial view of ICE agents approaching Renee Nicole Good minutes before she was killed has been spread widely online.
Some details are similar to what we’ve analysed in the real footage, but other key details aren't
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BBC Verify Live: Misleading ICE footage spreading after night of protests
Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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How the ICE shooting in Minneapolis unfolded
@BBCNews has done a good job of analysing videos of the murder of Nicole Good to show just how criminal her shooting was.
The next video up is a good description of the lawlessness of ICE activity
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How the ICE shooting in Minneapolis unfolded
BBC Verify breaks down how the shooting which killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis unfolded.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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This is a powerful, furious piece about the government’s mistreatment of #PalestineAction activists incarcerated awaiting trial for an unconscionable time. Even with a sustained hunger strike the government is refusing to meet their reasonable demands or meet their representatives.
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UK government meet the demands of the hunger strikers!
This is a powerful and rightly furious piece about the government’s mistreatment of Palestine Action activists incarcerated and awaiting trial…
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January 8, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Stephen Miller, Trump's mouthpiece says it plainly, we have the morality of the mafia
"We live in the real world, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time"
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What does the US ‘running’ Venezuela mean? | Labour Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
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January 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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As well as emails we keep ourselves informed by listening to podcasts. This is a list of links to a range of podcasts, all provide news, background, analysis of Palestine/Israel; some concentrate on that, others cover a wider range of political topics
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Podcasts to keep you informed
As well as reading too many emails we keep ourselves informed by listening to podcasts. This is a list of…
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January 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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At @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s block party, I observed a simple truth: people want more politics, not less
Years of scandal and disappointment have left a void in our politics. But New York’s new mayor offers an alternative to more apathy: hope
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At Zohran Mamdani’s block party, I observed a simple truth: people want more politics, not less | Samuel Earle
Years of scandal and disappointment have left a void in our politics. But New York’s new mayor offers an alternative to more apathy: hope, says author Samuel Earle
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January 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Trump’s “intervention” in Venezuela and other threats require urgent response from all. Trump is not hiding his reasons or his “ambitions”, he is acting for large US corporations. Trump's action threatens to any government that wants to protect its resources
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The mask is off: Trump’s imperial drive and the race to global catastrophe
WE HAVE entered a phase of naked imperialism driven by the Trump gang who are hurling the world towards catastrophe.No-one believes that the piratical act of war on Venezuela and kidnapping of Preside...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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He is being investigated using the Terrorism Act by the Bar Council following a complaint by UKLfI for publishing a legal analysis of legal right to armed resistance under international law. There has been no move by the police to investigate or charge him
Ousman Noor on Instagram: "I am charged with supporting terrorism and face trial in January 2026, London after publishing an anti-Zionist legal analysis on X on the legal right to armed resistance to ...
36K likes, 1,844 comments - ousmannoor on November 25, 2025: "I am charged with supporting terrorism and face trial in January 2026, London after publishing an anti-Zionist legal analysis on X on the ...
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January 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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More from the liar-in-chief
The White House marked the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot by releasing an official webpage that accuses former VP Pence of "cowardice and sabotage" claims the 2020 election was stolen and insists the president's supporters were peaceful
www.axios.com/2026/01/06/t...
White House re-litigates Jan. 6 with webpage claiming "insurrection" was a Democratic fabrication
Democrats have accused the administration of trying to rewrite the history of that day.
www.axios.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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Donald Trump has been discussing "a range of options" to acquire Greenland, including use of the military, the White House said.

In a statement, the White House told the BBC that acquiring Greenland was a "national security priority".

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US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House
It came as European allies rallied behind Denmark after renewed US insistence it must have Greenland.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Elbit Systems is shutting down its facility in North Carolina
Elbit, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, had been operating Logos Technologies, which produced aerial surveillance equipment for ICE, Border Patrol, the U.S. military, and various police departments.
Power & Pushback: Activists push Elbit out of Raleigh
Activists have successfully pushed Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer out of Raleigh, North Carolina.
mondoweiss.net
January 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Packer who took part in 6 January wearing a Camp Auschwitz sweatshirt was pardoned by Trump, along with about 1,500 others
Since then, Packer has been arrested for an animal attack in Newport News. The dog attack left four people hospitalized and requiring surgery
https://is.gd/lIpaN9
January 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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We need to be clear what we are up against; regarding Venezuela, western commentators seem able to talk about “the will of the people” without noting the huge resources that have been deployed to dominate the narrative in favour of the right and creating pro-USA civic groupshttps://is.gd/xd38DD
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Labour minister [Steve **** Reed] tells local councils they could be sued for boycotting Israel
Multiple local authorities have in the past year voted to boycott companies 'complicit in Israeli war crimes'
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UK: Labour minister tells local councils they could be sued for boycotting Israel
Multiple local authorities have in the past year voted to boycott companies 'complicit in Israeli war crimes'
www.middleeasteye.net
January 6, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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As soon as we know the route we will announce assembly point for the Jewish Bloc
January 5, 2026 at 9:59 PM