As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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Israel’s arbitrary persecutions have all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing
In the last part of a four-part series MARY ADOSSIDES visits the Jordan Valley and Nazareth where she witnesses further evidence of the inhumanity of Israel’s apartheid system
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
Day 9: Jordan Valley. In 1967, 320,000 Palestinians lived in the Jordan Valley and 10,000 Palestinians worked in Israeli settlements. The valley was a breadbasket and its produce was exported, mainly to the Arab world.
There are nine Palestinian villages inhabited by farmers, some Bedouin villages and 13 schools.
Now Israelis control the land and its resources and they use different strategies to harass Palestinians, including laying mines which have caused fatalities.
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