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A nice hot day in Palestine
For a decade, JENNY KASSMAN has returned to the occupied West Bank to bear witness to the increasingly brutal treatment of native villagers by Israeli settlers and soldiers — without international pressure, the outlook remains bleak
DESPICABLE: Jamila next one of the olive trees cut down overnight
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BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
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The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
EVERY October, when I tell people I am travelling with a group to the village of Burin in Palestine for the olive harvest, someone will respond — not really knowing what else to say — with “oh, how lovely! The weather will be nice and hot!”
In fact, in October the weather in the part of Palestine where we stay — the occupied West Bank — tends to be variable, with overcast and rainy days, particularly in the second half of the month.
However, our group from Britain and Ireland feels the heat in other ways — the heat generated by the burning of olive groves belonging to Palestinian farmers by Israeli settlers (who I prefer to call colonists) who also attack village homes.
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