A Palestinian prisoner, 33-year-old Khader Adnan, passed his fiftieth day on hunger strike last week, protesting along with 300 other inmates against the Israeli policy of internment without trial (‘administrative detention’). Details about the case (below) can be read at the website, The Electronic Intifada. “We have reached a moment no one can be silent anymore. Khader Adn...

The GMB trade union which represents 150 staff who work as housekeepers and porters for Carillion at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital warns that a strike seems increasingly likely at the GWH. The official strike ballot result was announced today with 97.3% of members voting for strike action on a turnout of 84 per cent. GMB

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Will they or won’t they? Most political parlour games involve a question of this kind and the one about whether Israel will strike Iran – played out regularly in Washington, London and Paris – is no exception. The last couple of days have seen more sabre-rattling than before. Israeli Vice Premier Moshe Yaalon, who heads the Strategic Affairs Ministry, and is a former commander of...

Tel Aviv’s rising rhetoric does not indicate an imminent attack because the US would likely veto such action, particularly as sanctions hit Tehran

Our Secretary of Defense, in action: Panetta believes there is strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June — before Iran enters what Israelis described as a “zone of immunity” to commence building a nuclear bomb. Very soon, the Israelis fear, the Iranians will have enough enriched uranium in deep underground facilities to make a weapon — and only th...

By Tim Lezard, from Union News GMB members vote to ballot for strike action. When organiser Carole Vallelly suggested GMB members at a local hospital sign a collective grievance against bullying at work, she was expecting a dozen or so to add their names. So when the petition was returned with 109 signatories, she was

The Government is facing fresh strikes by public sector workers because of continued resistance to controversial changes to their pensions, it emerged today.

David Cameron can bestride the British political scene at the moment, calmly dispensing advice to other world leaders at Davos, with relatively little concern about being outmanouevred by the other party leaders. With the exception, perhaps, of Alex Salmond, and even he has had to force the pace of the Scottish Independence debate thanks to a Cameron tactical strike. But the two major English part...

Belgian authorities are prepared to use a military airfield to receive EU leaders for the extraordinary summit on growth and jobs, as trade unions prepare for a mass strike on Monday that is likely to block the Brussels airport. More »