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Goalposts and gunfire: Israel’s deliberate attacks on Palestinian football and its players
Amid an ongoing onslaught against the Gaza Strip by apartheid Israel, the Palestinian national football team was a Cinderella story at this year’s AFC Asian Cup, reaching the knockout stages, eventually falling only to hosts and eventual winners hosted in Qatar.
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The nobodies are worth more than the bullet that kills them: The Ninth Newsletter (2024)
On 20 February, United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Linda Thomas-Greenfield had the terrible job of vetoing Algeria’s resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza. Amar Bendjama, the Algerian Ambassador to the UN, said that the resolution he tabled had been shaped by conversations amongst the 15 members of the UN Security Council.
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War on Gaza: Jewish opposition to Israel is as old as Zionism itself
European and American Jews have been at the forefront of opposition to Zionism since its birth as a colonial-settler movement at the end of the 19th century.
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Girl Scouts threatened for supporting Palestinian children
The national Girl Scouts are threatening legal action against a St. Louis troop for the crime of making bracelets to raise money for Gaza’s children.
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Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell an “indicator… of the profound change in consciousness in the United States”
People across the world have highlighted the bravery and sacrifice of the U.S. active duty soldier who was protesting the genocide in Gaza.
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Ireland must be a voice for the Palestinian people
Israel’s war in Gaza has now entered its fifth month.
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Trident missile failure exposes folly of nuclear weapons
Britain’s nuclear arsenal has failed two tests in a row. Why must we still pay for these extortionate weapons of mass destruction?
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Over 2/3 of Jewish Israelis oppose humanitarian aid to Palestinians starving in Gaza
A new Israeli Democracy Institute survey shows that 68% of Jewish Israelis oppose “the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza residents.”
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Zionism and the annihilation of Gaza: The problem in Palestine is not political, but ideological
All of this–the language of genocide, the genocide itself and the threats of committing a greater genocide–is rooted, not in a rational political theory, but in Zionism.
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By deliberately derailing the Gaza vote, Starmer shames democracy and betrays humanity
Wednesday was a day of shame for the House of Commons. Few powers around the world are more important in supporting Israel’s genocidal attack on the Palestinians of Gaza than Britain.
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Taiwan elections: U.S. beats the war drums despite the vote
When the election results for Taiwan’s president and legislature were announced on January 13, the U.S. corporate media seemed jubilant.
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Weaponizing anti-Semitism: The gift that keeps on giving
Apologists for Israel’s brutality against Palestinians in Gaza are continuing to use the past persecution of Jews to neutralise criticism of Israel.
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Israel lays siege to Gaza hospital as Rafah stares death in the face
The human rights group Al-Haq warned that such an assault on Rafah “will result in thousands of Palestinian civilians killed on a scale that has not been witnessed in the previous four months of Israel’s genocidal military campaign against Gaza.”
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Church of England urges ‘Israel’ to stop ‘relentless bombardment’
The Bishops of the Church of England urge ‘Israel’ to comply with the rulings of the International Court of Justice, and guarantee that Palestinians have access to necessities such as food, water, healthcare, and safety.
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Preventative medicine needed: Israel’s roles in genocides, dictatorships, and repression around the world
My first encounter with Israel’s role in genocide happened while caring for patients, not in Palestine but in California.
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Search for Hind comes to tragic end; found dead amid pile of bodies
The PRCS confirms that the team dispatched to rescue Hind was killed despite prior coordination with the Israeli occupation.
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From Guernica to Gaza
Raouf Halaby: “To say that I was awed is an understatement.”
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American anti-war activist Merle Ratner mourned in Vietnam
The activist will forever be remembered for her dedication and support of Vietnam-U.S. relations.
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War on Gaza: UNRWA and the West’s sickening hypocrisy
That the West did nothing after the ICJ ruling on Israeli genocide and yet defunded aid to starving Palestinians in Gaza after unproved Israeli accusations tells you everything you need to know.
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Rebellion over Gaza: the British left strikes back
The protest movement that has exploded onto the streets and inside the Labour Party in response to British complicity with Israel’s crimes is not a distraction from class politics—it’s the way forward, writes Kevin Ovenden.