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An Israeli soldier fires a grenade from a launcher. Credit: War on Want / Rich Wiles

Stop Arming Israel

The UK government is complicit in Israel's continuing violations of human rights and international law

27 July 2017

Activists from Algeria and Morocco talking with one of the agricultural workers in the oasis of Jemna in southern Tunisia about their experience since 2011 and the challenges they are still facing. This was part of an international solidarity caravan to southern Tunisia supported by War on Want in the spring of 2017. Photo Credit: Nadir Bouhmouch

Struggles and stories of resistance in North Africa and West Asia

Highlighting some stories of resistance and social justice struggles

21 June 2017

We will not falter in our commitment to the Palestinian people

Israeli policies are created to deliberately impoverish the Palestinian people

12 June 2017

Israeli embassy’s ‘take down’ tactics must not distract from the real issue

Undercover investigation shines light on ‘behind the scenes’ activities of the Israeli government in the UK

12 January 2017

DFID’s CDC Bill is ‘shameful’

The government has serious case to answer when UK taxpayers’ money ends up in the coffers of a palm oil company

07 December 2016

Palestinian prisoner solidarity demonstration with a Palestinian flag in the foreground. Credit: War on Want/Rich Wiles

Palestinian political prisoners

A political prisoner is someone who is arrested and detained because of their beliefs or political activities.

29 November 2016

Monsanto-Bayer merger won’t hide corporate horrors

The colossus that will arise must not divert attention from the true nature of Monsanto’s food crimes.

14 September 2016

Over 100 Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike

Prisoners declare mass hunger strike in solidarity with Bilal Kayed

03 August 2016

Protesters with a "UK Stop Arming Israel" sign. Credit: Rich Wiles.

Stop Arming Israel campaigners give Elbit a run for its money

Israeli arms company Elbit Systems announced that it is poised to expand in the UK

27 July 2016

Protestors hold Palestine flags and a large banner that says "G4S: Human Rights Abusers out of our city".

G4S reneges on promise to exit Israel

A common thread runs through all G4S work: profiting from violence and abuse.

31 May 2016

A map showing the partition of land under the Sykes-Picot Treaty. Image: Royal Geographical Society

The Sykes-Picot legacy, 100 years on

The British people who need reminding of the human cost of our interventions

11 May 2016

A tractor in a field, with houses and chimneys in the background. Thomas B. from Pixabay

The global food system and the expansion of corporate capitalism

Sustaining corporate profits rather than meet people’s needs.

24 February 2016