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A year of erasing a people

It has been a year of erasing a people, systematically, ruthlessly and unrelentingly. A massacre here and another there. 500 killed yesterday and...

07.10.2024 10

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The attempt to smear and silence Mary Kostakidis is both shocking and alarming

For those of us familiar with Mary Kostakidis’ untiring work for justice and human rights, the news that she has been accused of antisemitism...

18.07.2024 10

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Palestine is an issue of justice not religion

At the coming elections, many of us will vote on the basis of a party’s or a candidate’s stance on the issue of Palestine. It will be a vote to...

06.07.2024 7

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In Gaza, more Palestinians will be killed by starvation and disease than those killed by bombs

We are told that the high intensity phase of Israel’s war in Gaza is coming to an end. As world leaders contemplate new wars and a compliant media...

01.07.2024 10

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About that elusive ‘context’

Why do mainstream journalists write as if today’s events just popped up out of nowhere? Why has it become de rigueur to ignore the events of all the...

05.06.2024 7

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Papering over our pain in the time of genocide

Keeping silent, while a genocide is in full swing for all to see, is not good for social cohesion. These days any expression of grief over the...

19.05.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

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