Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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Putrescent politicians gobble Churchill’s rotting mast
The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
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Faced with crises in every direction, Volodymr Zelensky is rewriting his country’s complex history by paying homage to the founding fathers of Ukrainian ultra-nationalism and courting their modern heirs, writes KENNY COYLE
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CONTINUING with last week’s theme of dubious types giving up the fags — or, in this case, cigars and being lauded for their misdeeds — much has been made of the mythical Churchillian spirit in recent days with the 50th anniversary of his state interment.
It was an occasion which seemingly allowed politicians of all stripes to attempt to nail their colours to his rotting mast.
The Tories of course have been all over it like flies on excrement, boasting about being the rightful inheritors of his political mantle.
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