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The only position of conscience is to oppose war
To withdraw into cold geopolitical analysis is unforgivable — there is nothing inevitable about the massacre being carried out against the Palestinians and our calls for peace matter, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Palestinians stand and others search for survivors and bodies following Israeli airstrikes at the Jabaliya refugee camp on Gaza City’s outskirts

WHEN I was a kid I had ambitions to play for Aston Villa. In Gaza, the ambition of most children is likely just to stay alive.

There is a genocide taking place in plain view — but those of us who call this indisputable fact out and demand a ceasefire are attacked.

I was raised in a Roman Catholic family where the only books in the house other than school or library books were ones with Bible stories.

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