PALESTINIAN women’s organisations called for international solidarity today after the arrest of prominent feminist and left-wing activists in a series of raids in the early hours of Monday morning.
Israeli occupation forces stormed the homes of women’s movement and student leaders in the occupied West Bank on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration of November 2 1926.
President of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPCW) Khitam Saafin was detained along with Shatha al-Tawil, a student at Birzeit University, in their homes in al-Bireh.
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI


