PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas challenged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today to condemn the abduction and murder of teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir in east Jerusalem.
He accused extremist Jewish settlers of “killing and burning a little boy” and demanded that Israel “hold the killers accountable.”
Just hours after Israel buried three teenagers murdered over a fortnight ago on the West Bank, relatives of Mohammed Abu Khdeir said that the 17-year-old had been forced into a car in east Jerusalem before it sped off.
As antisemitism grows, the labour movement must recommit to defence of minorities while navigating the complexities of Gaza and global politics, argues NICK WRIGHT
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER


