We will never stop our protests until Palestine is free
A temporary ceasefire does not change the brutal reality of the military occupation and the daily injustices inflicted on the Palestinian people, writes BEN JAMAL of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
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SOME 150,000 people took to the streets of London last week in protest against Israel’s brutal bombardment of the Gaza Strip, its ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Jerusalem from their ancestral homes and its violent, repressive treatment of Palestinians inside Israel exercising their right to protest.
Yesterday a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect and many think this will be the end of it, calling on all parties to now restore “calm.”
And while there is no doubt that life for the Jewish-Israeli population will indeed go back to normal, with the beaches and clubs of Tel Aviv heaving, calm is not a concept Palestinians get to enjoy along with them.
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