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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
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Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
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Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
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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