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Restoring fear: why Israeli soldiers rape
Leaked videos, starving prisoners and biblical revenge – RAMZY BAROUD peels back the layers of Israel’s desperate bid to restore fear after October 7 shattered its myths
CAPTURED AND ABUSED: Israeli soldiers hold Palestinians stripped, bound and blindfolded in Gaza, December 2023
The Islamic Republic’s suddenly weakened regional position exposes the nation to grave threats from US imperialism
DONG XUE explains why US tariffs hold no significant threat to China
ANSELM ELDERGILL asks whether artificial intelligence may decide legal cases in the future, in place of human judges, and how AI could reshape the legal landscape
Like pieces on a chess board, centrist parties lose ground as they accommodate rather than challenge far-right agendas — socialists must play things better, warns MATT KERR
Yanis Varoufakis and Jeremy Corbyn laid out a roadmap for peace, justice and equality as they celebrated the legacy of inspirational socialist Tony Benn, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
ON October 25 2023, Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News that “Muslims are not afraid of us any more.”
It might sound odd that Feiglin saw the element of fear as critical to Israel’s well-being if not its very survival.
In actuality, the fear element is directly linked to Israel’s behaviour and fundamental to its political discourse.
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