Transparency records reveal senior trade officials held dinners and strategy meetings with the notorious lobbying firm even as controversy over its Epstein links deepened, says SOLOMON HUGHES
US Vice-President Mike Pence returned home from his three-nation Middle East tour yesterday, basking in plaudits from Israel’s most ardent advocates of colonial expansion.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave Pence the red carpet treatment, with visits to the Yad Vashem memorial to the Holocaust and the al-Buraq Wall of the al-Aqsa Mosque, which Israel calls the Western Wall, in occupied east Jerusalem where he declared himself “inspired” after praying there.
He was also invited to address the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to talk about the closeness of US-Israeli relations and plans for peace talks with the Palestinians, receiving a standing ovation from most MKs.
As antisemitism grows, the labour movement must recommit to defence of minorities while navigating the complexities of Gaza and global politics, argues NICK WRIGHT
ASSAF TALGAM talks to an Israeli Communist lawmaker about the need to use every tool of democratic and non-violent struggle; how Israeli society has changed since October 7 2023; and the persecution of the left in the parliamentary arena



