On 31st August 2025, RAPAR members Ibrahim and Alimamy joined the call from Stand Up To Racism outside Manchester’s South Hotel to counter a demonstration by far-right activists targeting people seeking asylum.
The hotel, currently housing asylum seekers under Home Office arrangements, became the site of a protest rooted in racism, fascism, and hostility. In response, RAPAR members — including our Chair — stood in solidarity with those inside, affirming the dignity and rights of all who seek safety.
RAPAR opposes the politics of division. We stand with people seeking asylum, and we will continue to challenge the systems and narratives that dehumanise us.

Click here to read the ITV Article featuring our Rhetta Moran regarding the raid on hotels housing people seeking asylum

​"Netanyahu’s Push to Reoccupy Gaza Is a Dangerous Gamble That Threatens to Ignite the Entire Region"

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 – London

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled a major and reckless escalation: his government is now moving toward the full reoccupation of the Gaza Strip—a move that would not only destroy any remaining prospects for a ceasefire but plunge the entire region into chaos.

According to today’s report in The Australian, Netanyahu has openly declared that the Israeli military must prepare to seize Gaza completely. A quote from the article states: “The decision has been made. We are going to fully occupy the Strip. If the army chief won’t do it, he must resign.”

This is no longer a war for “security.” It is a blueprint for endless bloodshed.

What this decision means:

A return to direct military occupation of 2.3 million Palestinians, many of them displaced children, under siege since 2007.

The collapse of ongoing negotiations to free Israeli hostages and reach a humanitarian truce.

A likely resurgence of resistance across Palestine, from the West Bank to refugee camps in Lebanon and beyond.

The total breakdown of international humanitarian access into Gaza, where starvation and disease are already rampant.

The possibility of multi-front war, dragging the entire region into a wider conflict—with massive implications for Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iran.

This is not a strategic move. It is a desperate act of political survival by a man facing corruption charges and mass protests at home. Netanyahu is gambling with the lives of millions, Palestinian and Israeli alike, to stay in power.

This moment demands clarity: There is no military solution to this conflict. There is no “victory” in occupying a broken and starving people. And there is no future for Israel in the total destruction of Gaza.

The international community must act immediately. Silence is complicity.

Palestinian refugee Ibrahim addresses the beginning of the Antifascist demo in Manchester Piccadilly Gardens on 2nd of August 2025
Youtube Link:
https://youtu.be/qvnd59ypCp4

RAPAR is proud to spotlight the voices that challenge harmful systems and illuminate lived realities. In this powerful piece for openDemocracy, our volunteer explores how the UK’s modern slavery identification system—intended to protect—can instead obstruct asylum claims and deepen mistrust. Their analysis offers a vital lens on the intersection of policy, perception, and survival. Read the full article on openDemocracy.