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Why Netanyahu erased Palestine from the map
RAMZY BAROUD dissects the Israeli PM’s cartographic deceit, exposing how the erasure of Palestinian territories reflects a broader strategy of denial, displacement and eventually the extermination of an entire people
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands by a map that doesn't show Palestine's West Bank
Despite the apocalyptic destruction RAMZY BAROUD points to Gaza’s triumph of spirit against the architecture of genocide
We are demanding action from our politicians to deliver justice, fairness and decency throughout our communities – join us, says ROZ FOYER
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
It’s not just the Starmer regime: the workers of Britain have always faced legal affronts on their right to assemble and dissent, and the Labour Party especially has meddled with our freedoms from its earliest days, writes KEITH FLETT
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
WHEN asked why his latest map has erased the whole of the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retorted with the most detestable answer.
“I didn’t include the Dead Sea. It’s not shown on the map. I didn’t show the Jordan River. It’s not on this map. I didn’t show the Sea of Galilee,” was Netanyahu’s response.
The Israeli leader must have known that neither the indigenous population of Palestine nor the occupied territories of West Bank and East Jerusalem — which are recognised as such under international law — are topographical or geographical phenomena.
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