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From the river to the sea: how global politics has abandoned the Middle East
Israel’s recently revealed plans for displacing millions of Palestinians into Egypt won’t bring peace, and neither will more war of any kind — what can progressives in the West call for instead, asks ALAN SIMPSON
People at a rally in Trafalgar Square, London, during Stop the War coalition's call for a Palestine ceasefire, November 4, 2023

I CAN barely decide whether to write or weep. The relentless bombing of Gaza is a tragedy of epic proportions.

Nothing excuses the atrocities committed by Hamas. But as things stand, a Palestinian child is being killed every 10 minutes from the bombings in Gaza.

Some 3,500 children in Gaza have died already; more in three weeks than the annual child deaths in conflict zones since 2019. I find it impossible to list this as “legitimate self-defence.”

From the river to the sea

Peace, like a river

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