Israel-Palestine
Kneecap now have 1.5 million monthly Spotify listeners
Not the story — The number has tripled from 500,000 in January, and comes after months of criticism from media and politicians as the Irish rap trio have expressed support for Palestine.
Written by: Molly Baker
In photos: Hundreds gather outside court to protest Kneecap terror charge
‘Free Mo Charah’ — With drums, smoke and applause, protesters greeted the rapper outside court as he was released on unconditional bail.
Written by: Ella Glossop
Gazan amputees secure Para-Cycling World Championships qualification
Gaza Sunbirds — Alaa al-Dali and Mohamed Asfour earned Palestine’s first-ever top-20 finish at the Para-Cycling World Cup in Belgium over the weekend.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Plestia Alaqad: “Journalists should focus on humanising people”
Huck’s April interview — Having become one of the most crucial and followed voices from inside Gaza in the aftermath of October 7, the award-winning author and journalist is releasing a new memoir, ‘The Eyes of Gaza’, collating diary entries made over the past 18 months. We caught up with her to hear more about it.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The rise of Ben-Gvir is the product of Israeli apartheid
Free Palestine — While the ascension of far-right politicians in Israel has been met with outrage by the British Jewish press, it is merely the logical conclusion of Israeli colonialism, writes Emily Hilton.
Written by: Emily Hilton
The Gaza parkour group taking back a part of their city
A group of young Palestinians have found temporary freedom in the act of parkour, reimagining wreckage and ruins as a series of high-octane playgrounds. The fearless collective see freerunning as a way of taking their immediate environment to its absolute limits – and, in the process, reclaiming some of it.
Written by: Gunseli Yalcinkaya
What it’s like to be a Gaza student studying in the UK
‘I feel guilty to be safe’ — After surviving war and finding a way out, Gazan students speak about the experience of studying in Britain, their guilt, family, and the future of Palestine.
Written by: Max Kendix
The fight to boycott Israel – inside occupied Palestine
#PalestineEconomicWeek — It has long been assumed that Palestinians living inside the apartheid system have an inherently weaker capacity to mobilise. But a new campaign is educating Palestinians about the importance, and feasibility, of boycotting Israeli goods from the inside to corrode colonial-economic structures.
Written by: Amal Nazzal
A Palestinian dancer recalls Israel’s Intifada crackdown
‘I will never forget this moment’ — Two decades on from the Second Intifada, artist Raed Khatab remembers the bullet wound that left him unable to dance for two months, and how culture remains both a target of Israeli repression – and a source of Palestinian resilience.
Written by: Raed Khatab
History tells us that the Israel-UAE treaty is doomed to fail
More empty words — The ‘historic’ peace agreement has been heralded as a major breakthrough – but as long as Palestinian voices remain unheard, very little will change.
Written by: Anmol Irfan
