We need to be clear what we are up against; regarding Venezuela, western commentators seem able to talk about “the will of the people” without noting the huge resources that have been deployed to dominate the narrative in favour of the right and creating pro-USA civic groupshttps://is.gd/xd38DD

Labour minister [Steve **** Reed] tells local councils they could be sued for boycotting Israel Multiple local authorities have in the past year voted to boycott companies 'complicit in Israeli war crimes' www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-gove...

As soon as we know the route we will announce assembly point for the Jewish Bloc

How Israeli settlers, backed by the military, erased a Palestinian village The last family in the Palestinian village of Yanoun left their home, joining a growing list of communities erased from existence through the establishment of Israeli "shepherding outposts" in their place is.gd/pYhTpx

please sign and share this petition with your contacts. Thank you stoptrump.org.uk/sign-venezue...

Starmer’s refusal to condemn Trump’s attack on Venezuela shreds any pretence the great human rights lawyer may have had of caring about legality on the world stage. This article reminds us that Starmer is busy reneging on any commitment he may once have had to civil liberties in the UK is.gd/UZiD5z

More censorship of accurate reporting from Gaza Zionism Observer has been de-platformed by the ‘BuyMeACoffee’ platform, a day after its domain host deleted its site. The Observer publishes an archive of the work of over 300 journalists murdered by Israel. www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20... 1/2

Trump says the US is going to "run" Venezuela "until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition" Colonialist mentality lives, just like Britain would run countries till the "natives" had become "civilised". Which was when enough of them had been killed

Israel has no compunction interfering in the affairs of other countries. Latest is the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bovver boots and all, accusing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social of pouring “antisemitic gasoline on an open fire.” www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/isra... 1/2

Trump says US has 'captured' President Maduro in strikes on country www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5... Whatever Maduro's shortcomings, Trump's criminal abduction following bombings and extra-judicial killings and blatant piracy must be condemned by all including UK government

An important but harrowing read focusing on the experience of Palestinian American Mohammed Ibrahim, aged 16, incarcerated and tortured by Israel, just one of many young Palestinians so treated. Mohammed was starved, beaten and left with diseases; he feared he would never be freed is.gd/rVeHDK

Sign/share Our football pitch means the world to us. It's where we train, laugh, and feel like kids It's where we can forget, even for a moment, about the separation wall, watchtowers, the military base and checkpoints But now, Israeli bulldozers could arrive at any moment to destroy it is.gd/RCtfWe

MAP is determined to continue our lifesaving humanitarian and medical assistance across the occupied Palestinian territory, despite Israel’s decision to deregister humanitarian organisations. Our Palestinian-led teams and local partners remain, and our work has not and will not stop is.gd/tmIvFo

.@naomiaklein.bsky.social lays out why the Farage and Badenoch led mob are wrong to to demand the expulsion of human rights defender Abd el-Fatteh. His tweets were wrong but he has taken responsibility for them and offered a clear apology. In marked contrast to Farage who https://is.gd/W4ikEp 1/2

Two years (and more) of pulverising Gaza has, inevitably, had an impact on Israel’s economy as well as devastation for Gaza. For Israel there has been a dramatic increase in poverty and nearly 50,000 businesses have gone bust; there has also been some reluctance to invest https://is.gd/5Jw5HK 1/2

Oct 7 marked a paradigmatic rupture in how Palestine is discussed and imagined. Until that moment, international discourse had been trapped in the vocabulary of statehood and peace processes. The Palestinian question was framed as a conflict to be managed https://is.gd/ulFjYt 1/2

www.facebook.com/share/v/1Ffw... Labour MP John McDonnell has defended freed British-Egyptian Alaa Abd el-Fattah, after activist was forced to apologise over "vile" tweets he posted resurfaced.

British-Egyptian dissident apologises for tweets as Tories [and Reform] push for UK deportation Farage often makes me feel sick but his his stirring of the mob against Abd el-Fattah is gut wrenching. El-Fattah has owned his mistakes and apologised for them www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1/2

What growing up in war does to a child's brain - and how it really affects them years later The lessons from Gaza but also far far more www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Eyes of Silwan As settlers evict families from their homes in an East Jerusalem neighborhood, a community art project called I Witness Silwan ensures that they are always being watched. jewishcurrents.org/the-eyes-of-...

"I'm not on Bluesky because I desperately wanted something different. I am on Bluesky because I refuse to finance fascism. I refuse to participate in it. I'm grateful to Bluesky because it allowed me to surround myself with people who hold to the same principles" iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...

Impact of the Gaza Blockade and Destruction of Telecommunications Infrastructure on the Digital Economy Amidst Genocide This report documents how Israel’s blockade—combined with systematic destruction of telecomms and power infrastructure since Oct 2023 https://is.gd/RE8tRD @7amleh.bsky.social 1/2

'Hurtful Criticism': Israel's Education Ministry Gets an A in Censorship Class Education Minister Yoav Kisch and his 'order-obeying' officials are trying to intimidate educators from straying from talking points issued by the government. This is how a tyrannical regime operates archive.ph/7dTnr

‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims The evidence becomes ever more compelling by the day yet Farage wants us to continue to believe in his Trump like world of alternative facts www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

À CHARITY single in support of Palestine has topped the UK charts and become the best-selling download of Christmas week. The single has surpassed Taylor Swift, Wham!, Ed Sheeran and Kylie Minogue, raising tens of thousands of pounds for Gaza in the process www.thenational.scot/news/2572417... 1/2

A cohort of 168 Palestinian doctors have received their advanced medical certifications in Gaza amid the rubble of what was once the Palestinian territory’s largest hospital The graduation took place in front of the destroyed facade of al-Shifa Medical Complex www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12... 1/2

Grassroots group’s bank account frozen due to ‘Palestine Action investigation’ Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine, which has no affiliation to direct action group, informed by deputy mayor www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3

À very merry Christmas to all our friends who celebrate Christmas and a very happy Thursday to those who don't

[Friend of Israel] Vance declines to draw a line against rising influence of antisemitic figures in Republican party forward.com/fast-forward...

How Israel’s hilltop settlers coordinate attacks to expel Palestinians Israeli settlers in the Or Meir outpost take to Telegram to spell out their plans to chase Palestinians off the land and take control of “strategic” hilltops in the West Bank. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

CAA gets a well deserved bloody nose from judge. Will they learn and stop throwing out unwarranted attacks-if only A court summons issued against Reginald D Hunter has been quashed after judge said Campaign Against Antisemitism misled him when bringing a private prosecution https://is.gd/8HjTz1 1/3

Democracies allow free and critical media. What does this say about #OnlyDemocracy ? Israel Extends Order Allowing Closure of Foreign Media Outlets - Even Without State of Emergency https://archive.ph/bgjbg#OnlyDemocracy 1/2

Greater Israel in size remains the aim; still further diminished Israel in morality is the outcome Israeli Defense Minister Vows Israel Will Stay in Gaza, Permanent IDF Settlements in Strip's North https://archive.ph/6PbMc 1/2

A route out of Gaza’s shattered universities – and the student who made it to the UK In today’s newsletter: Aseel Mousa was one of the few to leave Gaza to study abroad. She reflects on escape, guilt and how the war followed her www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Starmer has no coherent social mobility plan, says top government adviser Warning from Social Mobility Commission chair comes after UK report found ‘entrenched disadvantages’https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/21/keir-starmer-lacks-coherent-social-mobility-plan-says-advisory-body-chair

A nuanced look from an African anti-colonial perspective at the ways in which “Zionism’s long-standing fusion of Jewish identity with a sovereign state has global consequences that do not stop at Israel’s borders.” ” www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/zion... 1/2

Can Standing Together negotiate its contradictions and collapse the traditional distinctions in Israeli society to build “a new political majority” on shared material interests — a broad camp to include Palestinians and Jews, and both leftists and those who have not identified as such? is.gd/FALsJw

Met using outdated powers to police pro-Palestine protests, say legal experts ‘cumulative disruption’ regulations were quashed in May and cannot be used www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Experience tells us whatever powers the police are granted they will stretch them to the limit and beyond.

This is clear an unequivocal in demanding release of the hunger strikers and end of the Palestine Action ban But Starmer would rather see them die than admit he is wrong www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If this report is accurate then this is a totally wrong action and is not a way to assist the Palestinian cause Police are investigating a damaged Menorah in Notting Hill, with further reports of damaged public Chanukiahs in Muswell Hill and West Hampstead www.jewishnews.co.uk/menorahs-dam...

This is a seriously disturbing report Why Poland’s president canceled his menorah lighting9 Ending the menorah lighting at Poland’s presidential palace isn’t a minor break with tradition — it’s the predictable result of years of accommodation with Holocaust distortion and antisemitism is.gd/Rs7Xzf

Don't think it couldn't happen here, stage by small stage it is A former official from Trump’s first term said the FBI will be able to throw the full might of the surveillance state at “Americans whose primary ‘offense’ may be ideological dissent.” www.commondreams.org/news/fbi-cra...

Jewish Voice for Liberation (JVL) @jvl.org.uk has hit out at the Met and #GreaterManchester police chiefs, who have said protesters who chant “globalise the intifada” will be arrested #Israel #Palestine #Gaza morningstaronline.co.uk/article/jewi...

There should be more letters like Barry Gardiner's sent to David Lammy to insist that he meet Filton24 hunger strikers' representatives and prevent their deaths. Tell your MP to write a letter; write to newspapers telling them to end the media blackout; call radio phone-ins Young lives are at stake

This report from Defence for Children International Palestine is a catalogue of horror outlining the experience of Palestinian children in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Gaza is probably the most dangerous place to be a child at the moment www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/beca...

JVL response to the Met and Manchester police statement JVL is well aware of the increased anxiety of many British Jews following the murderous attacks in Manchester and Bondi but the response of the London & Manchester Police Chiefs is inappropriate www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/statement/po...

Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, criticizes university over antisemitism and protests He said students feel targeted and ‘terrorized’ after university changes its approach amid antisemitism allegations and response to Palestine protests is.gd/cJpIYc

JVL statement on Bondi Jewish Voice for Liberation extends our deepest condolences to the families and friends of all those killed and injured in the barbarous antisemitic attack that took place on Bondi Beach as people were gathering to celebrate the beginning of Hannukah https://is.gd/8kVifN 1/3

Israeli military raids Palestinian seed bank Since the Trump inspired fake ceasefire in Gaza the Israeli government and military have been unrelenting in the continued genocide of Palestinians, taking life and destroying the conditions for the flourishing of life https://is.gd/jUHzFP 1/3