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Azov Battalion leader honoured in Israel
AMIAD HOROWITZ argues that the red-carpet treatment of an organisation that has never denied its Nazi roots and still uses Nazi symbols on its uniforms is a refutation of Israel’s claim to be the protector of the Jewish people
Members of the neonazi Azov battalion march through Kiev
The artist, who has just died, is embedded in the subconscious of the Palestinian people
The five young men killed in the A66 crash were responsible for a devastating tragedy — but the crash should force us to ask difficult questions about wider society, argues RENATA MEDEIROS MIRRA
The unwillingness of the British political elite to acknowledge that we are on the edge of a direct conflict with Russia leaves the peace movement with an urgent and onerous task
Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights general secretary GAWAIN LITTLE discusses the impact of the US-Israeli war on the Iranian people and economy
Capitalism has extracted itself from crisis before, argues PRABHAT PATNAIK – but through methods no longer available. So it is turning to authoritarianism, militarism and neocolonialism
AS a non-religious, atheist Jew, I am not one to make many biblical references.
However, reading the news that representatives of the neonazi Azov Battalion have been invited to tour Israel as part of a PR stunt for the Ukrainian government, I found myself remembering the words of Jeremiah: “Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
I found myself thinking of my ancestors and the millions of Jews slaughtered at the hands of Nazis.
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