Monthly Archives: December 2024

After enduring sniper attacks, fires, bombings, and all forms of violence, the displaced residents of Gaza now face the deadly threat of freezing temperatures sweeping through their makeshift camps as winter sets in. This crisis is compounded by a severe lack of supplies, blankets, and winter clothing. According to medical...

NEWS LINE EDITORIAL BOARD NEW YEAR STATEMENT 2025 THE News Line Editorial Board sends revolutionary greetings for 2025 to all our readers and to the working class, youth and masses of the world. Across the world the workers and masses are rising up against a bankrupt capitalist system that is in...

JUMA AL-BATAN, a 20-day-old baby, died from ‘severe cold’ yesterday, while his twin brother remains in the intensive care unit at a local hospital, Gaza’s Health Ministry said in a statement. Marwan al-Hamas, head of field hospitals in Gaza, confirmed the death, saying it brings to five the number of...

LAST month, foreign ministers representing the European Union categorically dismissed proposals to halt the sale of arms to Israel, despite a rapidly growing body of evidence indicating the potential commission of war crimes – as well as what may amount to genocide – outlined in a confidential assessment procured...

THE Palestinian Ministry of Health said yesterday that the Israeli occupation army had burned Kamal Adwan Hospital – the last operating hospital in northern Gaza – setting fire to several parts of the hospital, including the surgery departments, the laboratory, maintenance, ambulance units and warehouses. The fire has now...

ISRAELI forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza yesterday morning setting it alight. This was after airstrikes on a nearby building killed 53 people, including medical personnel. At dawn, the Israeli military escalated its operations around Kamal Adwan Hospital. At 7.15am local time (05:15 GMT), Israeli forces used loudspeakers to...

EVERY JOURNALIST welcomes the judgement of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal published Monday December 17, which ruled that the former PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) Chief Constable had failed to meet the legal standard necessary to justify spying on journalists, and had neglected the need for heightened scrutiny of...

The Guardian paper has published an exclusive report that revealed that Thames Water, the UK’s biggest water company, diverted cash meant to clean up polluted water supplies, into the pockets of their bosses and shareholders. According to the newspaper, ‘Thames Water diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups towards...

DIRECTOR of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, said that Christmas Eve was one of the most difficult nights in Kamal Adwan Hospital and the surrounding area. Abu Safiya confirmed in a press statement on Christmas Day that Israeli soldiers detonated about ten robots near the hospital, which resulted...

ISRAELI authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinian civilians in Gaza of adequate access to water since October 2023, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths and thus committing the crime against humanity of extermination and acts of genocide, Human Rights Watch says. In a 179-page report: Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel...

GAZA’S Government Media Office (GMO) has announced that the Israeli occupation army has killed 20 Palestinian Christians in the Gaza Strip during over 14 months of genocidal attacks, designed to eradicate every last Palestinian. 20 Palestinian Christians killed represent 3% of the total number in the enclave. Ismail Thawabteh, GMO Director...

ISRAELI forces have intensified their military operations across the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, leaving a devastating toll in their wake. In the past two days alone, airstrikes and ground raids have claimed the lives of dozens of civilians, with significant casualties reported in both Rafah and Khan Younis...

YESTERDAY the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revised down its estimates of the UK’s economic growth as measured by the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP is the measure of the total wealth produced by the UK and is the main indicator used by the Bank of England and economists...

A group of Palestinian children arrived in Dublin on Friday to receive medical treatment in Ireland. The eight children were evacuated from Gaza, accompanied by eight carers and 11 siblings. The Irish government responded to an appeal on behalf of children in the region from the World Heath Organisation which was...

AS ISRAELI Knesset members accused PM Netanyahu of blocking a ceasefire deal being reached with Hamas for personal reasons in order to avoid prosecution, the IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces) escalated their genocide in Gaza, with attacks around the clock, killing dozens of Palestinians, including children. Knesset Opposition leader Yair Lapid,...

AS THE genocidal attack on Gaza intensifies and Israel expands its crackdown, thousands of Palestinian civilians, including medical workers, labourers and journalists, have found themselves detained in recent months. Many have endured harsh interrogations, physical abuse and deplorable conditions, with little or no transparency regarding their status or whereabouts. Their experiences...

THE Israeli occupation forces in Palestine are continuing with their genocide and have committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 32 Palestinians and the injury of 54 others, according to medical reports. Local health authorities confirmed...

The Teamsters union started the largest strike against Amazon in United States history on Thursday morning. The nationwide action follows Amazon’s repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain with the thousands of Amazon workers who organised with the Teamsters. Teamsters General President, Sean M. O’Brien, said: ‘If your package is...

YESTERDAY Israeli forces and colonists intensified their assaults across the occupied Palestinian territories, killing numerous civilians including entire families. In the early hours of Friday morning, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Al-Azza neighbourhood in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, killing a Palestinian man, his wife, and their two daughters. Several others...

THE BANK OF ENGLAND has issued a warning that not only will the bankrupted UK economy not grow in the wake of the Rachel Reeves Labour Party bosses budget, but that the near bankrupted capitalist industries will respond to it by raising prices and slashing hundreds of thousands of...

THE Assistant UN Secretary-General, Khaled Khiari, has urged the international community to categorically reject any Israeli moves to establish settlements in the Gaza Strip or annex its territory. His remarks came during a briefing to the UN Security Council on the Middle East crisis held on Wednesday. ‘Any attempt to establish...

THE Bank of England yesterday held UK interest rates at 4.75% until at least next February. This follows two cuts to the interest rates this year, on the back of falls in inflation, which the Bank proclaimed was a sure sign that inflation had been defeated and that a return...

AS the Israeli occupation army intensifies its acts of extermination and ethnic cleansing in the northern Gaza Strip, waves of displacement continue towards Gaza City, where the displaced live in dire humanitarian conditions within temporary shelters. New camps have emerged in public squares, clubs, and playgrounds in Gaza City to...

THE UNITED Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed resolution on Palestine statehood on Tuesday, with 172 countries voting in favour of the resolution. The resolution affirmed the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, with just eight countries opposing it. Hamas welcomed the UN General Assembly’s adoption of the resolution affirming the Palestinian people’s...

FOOD, clothing, footwear, fuel, non-alcoholic drinks, alcohol, tobacco, and gig & play tickets all rose at a faster pace last month, leading to another increase in UK inflation. The inflation rate went up for the second month in a row, with prices rising at their fastest pace since March, hitting...

THE NUJ (National Union of Journalists) has welcomed the judgement of the Investigatory  Powers Tribunal published Monday morning, December 17. The tribunal judges have ruled that the former PSNI Chief Constable had failed to meet the legal standard necessary to justify spying on journalists and he had neglected the need...

THE Hamas Movement said yesterday that the sight of stray dogs devouring the bodies of martyrs in northern Gaza before the eyes of Israeli occupation soldiers reveals the extent of their brutal, sadistic, criminal, and inhumane behaviour. ‘The horrific footage shown of stray dogs devouring martyrs’ bodies in the streets...

THE DECISION by the Israeli regime on Sunday to close its embassy in Dublin brought a swift response from Ireland’s taoiseach (prime minister) Simon Harris, who said the move was an attempt by Benjamin Netanyahu to distract from the killing of children in Gaza by Israeli forces. Harris, responding to...

Agnes Callamard, secretary-general of Amnesty International, has said that ‘for over a year, Israel has convinced its allies, and much of the world, that its efforts to annihilate Gaza are a legitimate act of self-defence.’ ‘For over a year, the government of Israel has waged a brutal and relentless military...

HAMAS said yesterday that ‘a Gaza ceasefire is possible if the occupation stops setting new conditions’, while Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was reportedly heading to Cairo. Egypt has also summoned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ‘for an urgent visit’, said the Lebanese Al Mayadeen channel. It said Abbas is travelling from...

ANALYSIS by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has found that over 32,000 student nurses in England could drop out of their courses by 2029 – enough to fill every nursing vacancy in the NHS in England. The RCN said: ‘To rescue nursing and deliver its NHS reforms, the UK...

HEZBOLLAH Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese resistance movement who was killed in a massive Israeli bombing attack in September, lived a simple life in regular residential apartments in the Lebanese capital and never went underground, says his daughter. This was so ever since 2006, when Hezbollah...

‘CARE delivered in corridors and other non-clinical spaces is unsafe, undignified and unacceptable,’ the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said yesterday in response to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s (RCEM) new position statement on corridor care. RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, continued: ‘It violates the privacy...

ISRAELI forces bombed another United Nations-run school in southern Gaza yesterday, killing at least 20 displaced Palestinians sheltering in the building. More than 60 people have been confirmed dead as a result of Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours, according to Palestinian officials. Israel’s war in Gaza has killed at...

AT LEAST 15 Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces stormed a Gaza school sheltering displaced families, amid a wave of attacks across the besieged Palestinian territory killing dozens more, including two journalists overnight on Saturday night. Several others were also injured in the Israeli attack on Khalil Oweida School in...

STUDENTS protested against the genocide in Gaza clashed with Italian police last Friday. The students reject ‘the war economy’ imposed by Giorgia Meloni’s ‘reactionary and militaristic’ administration. Last Friday, police clashed with Italian students protesting in Turin during a general strike against the policies of far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. ‘We are...

WITH the number of Palestinian dead in Gaza rising to nearly 45,000 due to the US-backed Israeli genocide campaign, the Israeli occupation army’s appetite for killing Palestinians shows no signs of stopping. Even the hope of survival is denied to those escaping the ongoing massacre. Those who manage to evade...

A PARLIAMENTARY session in Westminster has called on the British government to urgently issue medical visas for injured children from Gaza, enabling them to receive life-saving treatment amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the besieged enclave. The session, organised by the Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK (APC-UK)...

The Teamsters union in the Unites States said on Thursday it will ballot its members about taking strike action after the supermarket chain Costco rejected or refused to accept nearly all of the unions proposals. The proposals included critical language on seniority, inclement weather, paid family leave, bereavement policies, sick...

SHOCK economic data on Thursday revealed a crash of 0.1 per cent in the UK’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two consecutive months, with Britain on the verge of a full-blown slump, demolishing PM Sir Keir Starmer’s delusion that he was growing the UK economy to raise living standards...

THE humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza continues to escalate, with over two million Palestinians – half of whom are children – facing relentless bombardment by the Israeli occupation forces. For the 433rd consecutive day, the Israeli military has targeted various areas across the Gaza Strip, intensifying attacks particularly in the northern...

THE Bank for International Settlements (BIS) this week issued a warning that governments across the world are at risk of imploding unless they deal with the massive national debts that are spiralling out of control. The BIS (the central bank for central bankers) has long been warning that highly indebted...

‘THE ISRAELI entity’s occupation of additional Syrian territories and targeting of military capabilities there constitutes a dangerous and strongly condemned act of aggression,’ Hezbollah said in a statement on Tuesday. ‘The UN Security Council, the international community, and Arab and Islamic nations bear the responsibility of rejecting as well as...

HEALTH and education unions have warned the Labour government that they won’t accept its imposition of a miserly 2.8% pay cap on them for the year 2025/26 and that strike action will ensue. RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said yesterday: ‘Nursing is in crisis – there are...

HUNDREDS of farmers descended on Parliament on their tractors yesterday, demanding ‘Save Family Farming!’ Having driven to the capital from as far afield as Exmoor, Shropshire, Somerset and Northumberland, the vehicles lined up on Whitehall from 10am ahead of speeches at noon and a slow drive around central London from...