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In human rights
Afraid to sleep, afraid to wake
- By Mohammed Omer
- 08 January
As the invasion intensified, Mohammed Omer, a Gazan journalist injured by Israeli police last year and now in hospital in Amsterdam, spoke by telephone to former contacts and friends
Israel's politicians, and people, are seeking total victory in Gaza. They won't get it. By Haim Baram
A revenge strategy
- By Haim Baram
- 08 January
Israel’s politicians, and people, are seeking total victory in Gaza. They won’t get it
Voices from an unwinnable war
- By James Macintyre
- 08 January
Until now, young Israelis have been able to ignore the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. The invasion has changed all that
Cable wades into Chagos injustice row
- By Sean Carey
- 07 January
Senior Lib Dem Vince Cable has thrown his weight behind a new cross party group that aims to persuade David Miliband to right a very old British injustice
Israel's targets in Gaza
- By Ben White
- 06 January
Ben White looks at some of the objects of Israel's military onslaught in Gaza - an attack that has already cost hundreds of civilian lives
No time for comedy...
- By Jonathan Calder
- 06 January
The economic crisis, the relentless attacks on Gaza and a very real threat to trainspotting. Jonathan Calder returns with his unique perspective of the world
Feature
Gaza under fire
Every war Israel has waged since 1948 has had the same objective: expulsion of the native people and theft of more land. But why are we in the west silent on this truth?
More in human rights
Golden thread, national myth
- By Tom Holland
- 18 December 2008
Their right to liberty
- By Alice O'Keeffe
- 18 December 2008
Beware of Groundhog Day
- By John Pilger
- 11 December 2008
An abuse of power
- By Martin Bright
- 04 December 2008
Open your eyes, Dave
- By Fatima Bhutto
- 04 December 2008
I miss the Bailey not Blunkett
- By Helena Kennedy
- 27 November 2008
Plight of the unpeople
- By John Pilger
- 27 November 2008




