"The two-state formula has become an impossibility." The Solution: An Internationalist Perspective We are republishing this article by Yacov Ben Efrat, from Challenge magazine. He looks at the present struggle of the Palestinians and shows that an internationalist solution is the only way forward.
Letter from Palestine (23.12.00) - On the Israeli elections and Arafat's negotiating efforts This is the latest letter from the Palestinian Socialist Students on the question of the Israeli elections and Arafat's negotiating efforts.
Is there a left alternative to the Middle East question? This is a letter from a Russian Jew living in Israel, together with a short note from an Israeli Marxist on the lack of civil rights in Israel.
Letter from Palestine (18.12.00) This is a letter from the Palestinian Socialist Students on the question of Arafat and the Arab leaders.
Intifada from the Bottom Up We republish here these two articles by Yacov Ben Efrat, from the Challenge Magazine which give a very interesting analysis of the current uprising in the Occupied Territories and amongst the Arabs in Israel
Understanding the New Intifada We republish here these two articles by Yacov Ben Efrat, from the Challenge Magazine which give a very interesting analysis of the current uprising in the Occupied Territories and amongst the Arabs in Israel.
Palestine Socialist Students arrested! - Latest letter from Palestine It is URGENT we step up the solidarity campaign with the Palestinian Socialist Students. The Israeli army have targeted this organisation among the Palestinians, obviously because of its left and socialist orientation. As you know this is a Student Union organisation. It is called the USSC, Union of Secondary Student Committees. It has a Socialist orientation, and takes a militant stance.
Letter from an Israeli Marxist, 23rd November, 2000 An update on the situation in Israel and the possibility of ethnic cleansing.
Three Palestinian Socialist Students Killed In the aftermath of the events unfolding in the Palestinian territories after 28th september we launched a Palestinian Socialist Students Solidarity Campaign. We now know that three of these Palestinian students are among those that have been killed. Below you will a letter we have received from palestine about these three victims.
Letter from an Israeli Marxist, 14th November, 2000 A correspondent from Israel describes the situation that is developing in Israel/Palestine
The condition of Russian Jews in Israel (by a Russian Jew living in Israel) Israeli society is not as united as the right wing would like us believe. Apart from the Israeli Arabs (the Palestinians who stayed in Israel in 1948) the Jews who emigrated from Russia have also suffered discrimination.
Letters from Palestinian Students Letters we have received from Students in Palestine, giving a flavour of what is happening inside the West Bank.
Letters from an Israeli Marxist He gives his interpretation of the situation, together with an account of how Jews have been patrolling Arab neighbourhoods to defend the Arabs against possible attacks from right-wing Jewish reactionaries. There is also an appeal from an Israeli activist who has suffered beatings at the hands of the Israeli police.
Middle East - On the brink of the abyss The scenes of massacre and mayhem in the occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank have aroused general indignation and condemnation throughout the world. Almost one hundred people - almost all of them Palestinians - have so far been killed by the Israeli army of occupation.
After withdrawal from Lebanon crisis in Israel After 22 years of the military occupation of South Lebanon, Israel's withdrawal marks an important change in the situation. Fred Weston looks at the history of Israel's occupation, the current state of the "peace process" and outlines an internationalist way forward.
