Last week, the Israeli army embarked on a ground offensive into Gaza. Whilst hundreds of Palestinians die at the hands of the Israeli state’s criminal attacks, the imperialists continue to offer their support to Israeli’s “proportionate actions to defend itself”. Fred Weston analyses the cynicism and hypocrisy of the Israeli government and of the international bourgeois media and politicians.

We publish here a draft document to be discussed at this year’s World Congress of the International Marxist Tendency. Written earlier this month, before the recent recapture of Slovyansk by the Kiev government, the document explains the origins and processes behind the current war and crisis in Ukraine, as well as outlining the tasks of the Marxists internationally.

A storm of bombs and fire grotesquely denominated “Operation Protective Edge” has been unleashed by the Israeli government on the civilian population of Gaza. Francesco Merli discusses the latest attacks by the Israeli state and the hypocrisy of the imperialists.