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Israel’s war on Gaza and the global upsurge against it
This battle is not limited to Palestine or even the Middle East: this conflict is one between the global North and the developing world, the future and the past, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
Israeli soldiers walk through the destroyed Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, January 10, 2024
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
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After years of austerity and denial under a new Reform UK council, a failing Send service was pushed into the spotlight by staff, unions and parents — culminating in a £1.3m funding boost and a 50% increase in front-line workers. MARTIN PORTER explains
HUNDREDS of millions of people across the world have been deeply moved by the atrocity of the Israeli war on Palestine. Millions have attended marches and protests, many of them participating in such manifestations for the first time in their lives.
Social media, in almost all the world’s languages, is saturated with memes and posts about this or that terrible action. Some people focus on the Israeli attack on Palestinian children, others on the illegal targeting of Gaza’s health infrastructure, and yet others point to the annihilation of at least 400 families (more than 10 people in each family killed).
The focus of attention does not seem to be diminishing. Holidays in December went by, but the intensity of the protests and the posts remained steady. No attempt by social media companies to turn the algorithm against the Palestinians succeeded, no attempt to ban the protests — even the display of the Palestinian flag — worked.
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