Israel’s petulant fascists are determined to wreck any chance of peace

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Israel’s petulant fascists are determined to wreck any chance of peace

Pariah state Israel appears determined to wreck any chance of peace between the US and Iran. The settler-colonial state has kept hitting Lebanon after failing to achieve its major aim — regime change — in the war it coaxed a rudderless Donald Trump into starting. Legacy outlet Newsweek reported on 19 June: Israel said it carried out strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon overnight into Friday, after Israel’s military said four soldiers were killed in fighting with the Iran-backed group that threatens to derail a U.S.-Iran framework intended to halt hostilities across the region. UPDATE | Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health…

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Shadow equalities minister wants any explanation other than racism for Black maternal deaths

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Shadow equalities minister wants any explanation other than racism for Black maternal deaths

Shadow Equalities Minister Claire Coutinho has suggested that we need to be “clear-eyed” when considering the issue of Black maternal deaths. Apparently, ‘the left’ (and also, you know, the NHS) are too quick to blame racism for the fact that Black people are three times more likely to die during childbirth. We’re having this whole ridiculous ‘debate’ again because, over the last week, Reform leader Nigel Farage has redoubled his attacks on DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) initiatives. Those of us who don’t receive our talking points directly from Trump’s fascist America may know these better as EDI (Equality, Diversity and…

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Israeli occupation’s aim is ethnic cleansing by any means possible

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Israeli occupation’s aim is ethnic cleansing by any means possible

Every minute of every day there are numerous Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians taking place somewhere in the occupied West Bank. Many attacks involve direct violence, but settlers also intimidate, steal and destroy land and property. Their purpose, by whatever means possible, is to steal Palestinian land for the Zionist’s colonial project of a “Greater Israel”, in the occupied Palestinian territory. And they have the full support and protection of the occupation’s police, military and government. Here are just a few of the recent attacks on Palestinians by these illegal settlers… Israeli settlers terrorise towns and villages On 19 May, settlers and…

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