Israel and the US talk as if they’ve won a victory, but the reality is that world opinion has turned decisively against the Israeli regime, says RAMZY BAROUD
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Why waste money on bombs and bullets when ventilators are what’s needed?
SYMON HILL invites readers to join the Peace Pledge Union’s call for military budgets to be reallocated to tackling Covid-19
British and US naval warships
SOLOMON HUGHES finds one-time Cameron-centrist EU fans now promote vicious anti-migrant rhetoric in their bid to get attention for their ailing party
From terrifying the children of immigrants to pepper-spraying frogs, the US under Trump is rapidly descending into mayhem, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
Farage and other Reform-ers keep pointing to Dubai’s immigration policy – but there migrants make up most of the population and do all the work without any rights, muses SOLOMON HUGHES
Modi has rolled out the carpet for the Taliban in New Delhi — and we shouldn’t be surprised. They have more in common than you might think, argues Bhabani Shankar Nayak
HUGH LANNING says there is no path to peace without dismantling Israel’s control over Palestinian land, lives and resources
WHAT’S the difference between a ventilator and a fighter jet? Britain doesn’t have a shortage of fighter jets.
In recent years, British ministers have spent billions of pounds of public money on 48 F35 fighter jets.
They will not make us any safer. Like all weapons, they contribute to making the world less safe.
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