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‘We have created a little of Sheffield in Palestine and a little of Palestine in Sheffield’
Links of friendship and support between groups in Britain and communities in Palestine are a seldom-publicised stratum of solidarity activities, and are today more vital than ever, writes PETER LAZENBY
Musheir al-Farra of Sheffield Palestine Solidary Campaign takes part in an activity with children at New Horizons centre, Nussairat refugee camp
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
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MUSHEIR AL-FARRA knows the value of direct links between Palestine activists in Britain and Palestinians living under the reality of daily repression and violence inflicted on them by Israel.
Although he has lived in Sheffield in South Yorkshire since 1989, he is from Khan Younis in Gaza, currently under bombardment.
He came to Britain to study for a master’s degree in civil and structural engineering in Cardiff and decided to stay. He is chair of Sheffield Palestine Solidarity campaign. The group’s links with Palestine go back to 1995 and are understandably with people in Gaza.
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