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[31 Oct 2011 ]

Sgt Shalit was freed after Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas agreed a deal…

[7 Oct 2011 ]

Members of the Jewish Labour Movement took part in a March and Rally to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the “BATTLE OF CABLE STREET”, when London’s East End took to the streets to stop Oswald Mosley’s fascist Blackshirts from marching through its then largely Jewish districts.

[19 Sep 2011 ]

The Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) is concerned that the 66th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will be asked to support an application by the Palestinian Authority for full recognition of a Palestinian state even though such a step would be taken without the underpinning of ongoing peace negotiations seriously pursued both by Israel on the one hand and on the other, by the Palestinians at a stage where the Palestinian Authority does not exercise control over the boundries proposed for a future state.
JLM has consistently long supported a negotiated …

[9 Sep 2011 ]

According to face-to-face surveys conducted according to the highest international standards, more Palestinians in east Jerusalem would prefer to become citizens of Israel rather than citizens of a new Palestinian state…

[9 Aug 2011 ]

The JLM will be participating in the Cable Street 75 March and Rally in October.

[6 Jul 2011 ]

A recent article in Haaretz caught my eye. It was by Carlo Strenger who is Chair of the Clinical Graduate Programme of the Department of Psychologyat Tel Aviv university…

[21 Jun 2011 ]

Truth is hard to confront but Israelis seem to have no incentive to support a peace process…

[28 Mar 2011 ]

Israel and the world Jewish community have been shocked by the  barbaric murder of five members of the Fogel family in Itmar.   These deaths throw into bold relief the fraility of life for many  living in Israel today.  We can only grieve for the shocking loss of life, wish the mourners “length of days” and work ever harder to create a safe Israel,  at peace with its neighbours.
Reports from many sources agree that across the Middle East dramatic events of historic magnitude are unfolding.  Bicom reporting on 18th March said …

[7 Mar 2011 ]

While the government’s highly contentious “Health and Social Care” Bill is progressing through parliament it is useful to ask whether Aneurin Bevan’s principles are still relevant in today’s very diverse NHS.

[7 Mar 2011 ]

The uprisings in the Middle East are still being played out and it may be some time before an assessment of the situation in relation to Israel’s security can be properly assessed.