The Israeli occupation’s genocide in Gaza has inflicted unprecedented devastation on the enclave’s agricultural sector

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According to a statement from the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture Israel have inflicted “unprecedented devastation” on Gaza. In the almost three years since the genocide began Israel have repeatedly carried out damage to Palestinian infrastructure. Gaza: agricultural losses estimated in the billions Damage exceeded 85 percent across most agricultural sub-sectors, resulting in a near total collapse of the agricultural production system. Losses were estimated to be worth around £2.6 billion. More than 87 percent of agricultural land used for growing crops was damaged, so local food production severely declined, Around 8700 agricultural water wells were also rendered inoperable. The agricultural irrigation…

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Polanski calls out Labour plan for ‘more gambling, more addiction, more devastation’

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Labour’s gambling minister has said she’d like to see the industry “grow.” This provoked criticism, because the gambling sector has profited by preying on those who are most vulnerable to addiction. Among said critics is Green Party leader, Zack Polanski: Labour’s plan for growth More gambling, more addiction, more devastation to household finances. Utter shambles. pic.twitter.com/tCoQek9TdF — Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) June 18, 2026 Growth Baroness Fiona Twycross made the comments in a Lords’ committee, where she said: It’s a regulated licensed sector we would like to see grow. Twycross was talking about it growing in opposition to the illegal gambling sector.…

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