Guest post by Irfan Chowdhury, researcher and contributor to Middle East Eye Irfan speaking at the Hastings Says No To War March Felicity Laurence writes: On Sunday 29 th April, members of Hastings Jews for Justice joined a Stop the War action in which we marched slowly from Hastings town centre to the Peace Garden in Alexandra Park.  People from many different organisations came together to proclaim their opposition to the war against Iran, and to the accompanying invasion of Lebanon and...

HJJ members Felicity, Shelley and Richard with the Jewish bloc by Ann Kramer & Richard Wistreich 28 March was an historic day – at least 500,000 people marched through London to show our opposition to the far right.  HJJ was well represented, with seven or eight of us joining almost 200 people who travelled together up to London on a joyfully crowded train. The march brought together more than 80 different organisations: trade unions, political organisations, cultural groups, families and...

The powerful action drew onlookers and made a bit impact online. Members of Hastings Jews for Justice took to the streets on Saturday 21 March to protest the planned execution law currently going through the Israeli parliament which targets Palestinians only. The legislation, initiated by the far-right Otzma Yehudit party led by the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has passed its first reading and is due to have its second and third readings next week. Dressed all in black with...