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History unearthed: what if Trump succeeded in ethnically cleansing Gaza?
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Any positives from the government’s green paper proposals are vastly overshadowed by the scale of the cuts to vulnerable low-income households, argues JENNY RATHBONE MS
While the council can generate much-needed income with this new charge, making the city sustainable and affordable for its all-important workers needs a wider approach that’s not just focused on tourism, writes IAN MacCORQUODALE
With young people, the disabled and the elderly in Labour’s sights as ‘easy targets’ for cuts, the labour movement must remember it’s in the vital interests of us all to defend the groups being picked off, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
SOPHIE BOLT explains why Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is organising a national protest tour at nuclear bases, starting with a demo at BAE shipyard in Barrow, where Starmer and Healey have been banging the drum for war
The Employment Rights Bill is a vital opportunity to rebalance power between workers and employers. As it passes to the Lords, pressure must be brought to bear to strengthen this key legislation, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
The arrest of Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is just the beginning as the Trump administration moves to silence students and union members who support Palestine, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
“I’ve read 25 books” on the Middle East, Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, said in a 2020 interview. Such intellectual bravado wouldn’t matter if it weren’t for the fact that Kushner served as the president’s Middle East adviser, and was essentially the main architect of Trump’s policies in the Middle East.
It goes without saying that Trump’s policies in the region were a failure and, in fact, fuelled the events that followed his departure, leading to the genocidal war in Gaza.
Trump’s successor didn’t fare any better, as the Joe Biden administration largely adhered to Trump’s major mistakes and ultimately sustained the Israeli genocide, which killed and wounded— per the latest estimates — over 160,000.
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