Pro-Palestine activists challenge London councils

Recent weeks have seen increased tensions in two London boroughs as activists launched a divestment campaign, with mixed success. In the affluent borough of Camden, a group of volunteers, outraged by the ongoing violence in Gaza, petitioned the local council to withdraw investments from companies linked to Israel. Led by Camden Friends of Palestine, the […]

US sends record amount of military aid to Israel since October 7

Since the onset of Israel’s war on Gaza on 7 October last year, the US has sent an unprecedented $17.9 billion in military aid to Israel, according to a report from Brown University’s Costs of War project. The report, released on the anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel, outlines that this figure includes […]