ISRAEL launched a new crackdown in the occupied West Bank yesterday after a settler was shot dead on Tuesday night.
The lockdown around Nablus came as Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki accused the US of giving the green light to 1,285 new homes in illegal Israeli settlements.
Israeli occupation forces set up roadblocks and cordoned off and searched Palestinian villages around Nablus, searching for the suspects in Tuesday’s attack near the illegal Havat Gilad settlement.
As antisemitism grows, the labour movement must recommit to defence of minorities while navigating the complexities of Gaza and global politics, argues NICK WRIGHT
On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, HUGH LANNING warns that the US-led “Comprehensive Plan” entrenches decades of Western complicity in Israel’s domination and denial of Palestinian land and rights
Taking a brief look at who the US president surrounds himself with reveals a team dedicated to the complete erasure of Palestine, not justice and civil rights for its people, writes TERRY HANSEN


