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The graver Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, the quieter the BBC grows
Once again the UK state broadcaster goes missing in action – this time at the discovery of a mass grave of emergency workers executed by Israel
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Listen: The complete idiot’s guide to world affairs
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The complete idiot’s guide to world affairs
The left and right take the same reality-based view of the world but respond to it in different moral terms. Liberals, on the other hand, live in an…
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In killing Nasrallah, Israel chose to open the gates of hell. We'll all pay the price
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Why is the 'liberal' media peddling the vilest genocide apologism?
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Israeli torture chambers aren't new. They are what provoked the violence of Oct 7
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Police escalate the British state's war on independent journalism
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Indeed, there is no comparison: Israel's crimes are far worse than Hamas'
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Israel's burning alive of Shaaban al-Dalou also incinerated the western-led global order
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Listen: Israel is the new fascism's template for Trump and Europe’s war on freedom
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The new fascism: Israel is the template for Trump and Europe’s war on freedom
The wide-ranging crackdown on political speech is being framed as a 'war on antisemitism'. But fascism was always going to return in disguise, calling…
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Would it be okay for Hamas to strike a hospital treating Benjamin Netanyahu?
Israel has justified bombing a Gaza hospital, killing civilians, because an injured Hamas politician was there. The laws of war only ever seem to be…
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Listen: 'Where was the UN?' asks freed Israeli captive. Its staff were busy being killed
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'Where was the UN?' asks freed Israeli captive. Its staff were busy being killed
Sympathy for Israeli former captive Eli Sharabi must not obscure the bigger picture: he has allowed himself to be recruited to Israel's propaganda…
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Israel doesn't care about the captives. It always planned to reboot the genocide
It is President Trump and his administration that must be held responsible for every Palestinian death from here on out
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Listen: The forever wars may be over, but Trump is no peacemaker
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The forever wars may be over, but Trump is no peacemaker
The new guard of kleptocrats are seeking quick deals on Gaza and Ukraine, not because they want peace but because they've found a better way to make…
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Listen: New BBC documentary 'The Road to 7th October' is an utter travesty
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