Peu avant les élections, le contraste entre les événements politiques les plus importants aux Pays-Bas ne pouvait guère être plus marqué. Le 20 septembre, des fascistes ont semé le chaos à La Haye. C'était l'expression de la confiance en soi d'une extrême droite qui se sent encouragée par la croissance de partis aux opinions similaires au parlement. Mais le 5 octobre, un quart de million de personnes ont défilé dans les rues d'Amsterdam pour montrer leur solidarité avec la Palestine, (…)

Shortly before the elections, the contrast between the most important political events in the Netherlands could hardly be sharper. On 20 September, fascists rampaged through The Hague. This was an expression of the self-confidence of a far right that feels emboldened by the growth of parties with similar views in parliament. But on 5 October, a quarter of a million people marched through the streets of Amsterdam to show their solidarity with Palestine, often encouraged by local residents. (…)

Deux députés du Parti communiste d'Israël ont été expulsés de la Knesset — le parlement israélien — lundi, alors que le président américain Donald Trump s'adressait à l'assemblée législative. Ayman Odeh et Ofer Cassif ont été expulsés pour avoir brandi des pancartes indiquant : « Reconnaissez la Palestine ! » Les deux députés ont été traînés hors de l'hémicycle par la sécurité tandis que les parlementaires de la coalition gouvernementale de droite du Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu (…)

« JE n'accepte pas l'affirmation selon laquelle la société israélienne est perdue et qu'il n'y a rien pour quoi se battre en son sein. Nous ne devons pas abandonner. » Ofer Cassif, membre du Parti communiste d'Israël et de la coalition Hadash (Front démocratique pour la paix et l'égalité) à la Knesset, parle de la lutte pour arrêter la guerre d'extermination à Gaza et contre le pouvoir croissant du fascisme en Israël. MK Ofer Cassif lors d'un protestation en 2021. Photo : Shay (…)

“I DO not accept the claim that Israeli society is lost and that there is nothing to fight for within it. We must not give up.” Ofer Cassif, a member of the Communist Party of Israel and part of the Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) coalition in the Knesset, talks about the struggle to stop the war of extermination in Gaza and against the growing power of fascism inside Israel. MK Ofer Cassif at a protest in 2021. Pic: Shay Kendler/Creative Commons Assaf Talgam: We are (…)

Two lawmakers from the Communist Party of Israel were hauled out of the Knesset—Israel's parliament—on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump spoke before the legislative body. Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif were expelled for holding up signs that read, “Recognise Palestine!” The two were dragged from the chamber by security whilst the parliamentarians of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing right-wing coalition chanted, “Trump! Trump! Trump!” In a statement provided to the press (…)

October 1990 is a cruel and unforgettable month in the history of Sri Lanka's Northern Province Muslims. It was in October 1990 that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) forcibly expelled the Tamil-speaking Muslim people from the Northern Province in an atrocious act amounting to ethnic cleansing. Within a few weeks, the Muslims were chased out of their homeland, where they had lived for many centuries, by their gun-toting linguistic brethren. Over 50,000 Muslims were expelled from (…)

Red Cross vehicle helps coordinate the return of Palestinians who were held captive in Israeli prisons to Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025, Photo by Doaa Albaz. Just two days after the ceasefire agreement went into effect, Trump was in Israel for his victory lap. “We make the best weapons in the world, and we've given a lot to Israel frankly,” Trump declared triumphantly before the Israeli Knesset, prompting a standing ovation. “Bibi would call me so many times: Can you get me (…)