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The international community laments the end of ‘liberal’ Israel — but it was never a democracy
The howls of outrage over the new far-right ministers are a form of whitewashing of Tel Aviv’s long anti-democratic history, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Israel's new Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, (right) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Israel's new right-wing government is sworn in at the Knesset
While working people face austerity, arms companies enjoy massive government contracts, writes ARTHUR WEST, exposing how politicians exaggerate the Russian threat to justify spending on a sector that has the lowest employment multiplier
ANYA COOK reports from the Newcastle citizens’ assembly, where over 240 people gathered to create a people’s manifesto ahead of next year’s local elections – part of former mayor Jamie Driscoll’s Majority movement
While claiming to target fraud, Labour’s snooping Bill strips benefit recipients of privacy rights and presumption of innocence, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE, warning that algorithms with up to 25 per cent error rates could wrongfully investigate and harass millions of vulnerable people
Real security comes from having a secure base at home — Keir Starmer’s reckless and renegade decision to get Britain deeper into the proxy war against Russia is as dangerous as it is wasteful, writes SALLY SPIERS
The plan is to stigmatise and destabilise South Africa in preparation for breaking it up while creating a confused and highly racialised atmosphere around immigration in the US to aid in denying rights to non-white refugees, explains EMILE SCHEPERS
ALAN SIMPSON warns that Starmer’s triangulation strategy will fail just as New Labour’s did, with each rightward move by Labour pushing Tories further right
EVEN before the new Israeli government was officially sworn in on December 29 2022, angry reactions began emerging, not only among Palestinians and other Middle Eastern governments but also among Israel’s historic allies in the West.
As early as November 2, top US officials conveyed to the Axios news agency that the Joe Biden administration is “unlikely to engage with Jewish supremacist politician, Itamar Ben-Gvir.”
The US government’s apprehensions surpassed Ben-Gvir, who was convicted by Israel’s court in 2007 for supporting a terrorist organisation and inciting racism.
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