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Amid government attempts to clamp down on civil liberties and the right to protest it has never been more important to raise your voice for Palestine and for peace, writes ANN CZERNIK
A Palestine protest at the Israeli embassy in London

THE unfolding horror of the Palestinian people in Gaza has been called “a defining global justice issue of our time.” 

An important truth, and fundamental human rights have been lost in the rhetoric of this conflict. Human rights are universal and apply to all.

But today, in Israel and Palestine, and in Britain, these rights are qualified by which side  of the political divide you are on. 

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