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Why is Douglas Murray smearing me to distract from this damning UN report on Israel in Gaza?
By Owen Jones - 12 March 13:01

Owen Jones made the same error as the Telegraph, Mail, Haaretz, Guardian, Sun, Washington Post, Human Rights Watch and Spectator. If Douglas Murray wants that to be addressed, he also knows that Israel could be guilty of committing war crimes. So why the silence?

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Hebrew teaching to be expanded in the Gaza Strip
By Lucy Provan - 05 February 15:40

Hamas say Gazans should "better know their enemy".

A Palestinian woman walks past destroyed tents near bombed smuggling tunnels
With Israel and Gaza, separation is no guarantee of solution
By James Rodgers - 22 November 10:50

There must be a limit, though, to how long bombs, bullets, and barbed wire can contain Gaza.

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As Gaza is savaged again, understanding the BBC’s role requires more than sentiment
By John Pilger - 22 November 8:33

We must understand the BBC as a pre-eminent state propagandist and censor by omission, says John Pilger.

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Palestinians inpect the rubble of a destroyed house in Gaza.
The human cost of violence in Israel and Gaza
By Phoebe Greenwood - 22 November 6:44

Phoebe Greenwood in Gaza reflects on the recent violence.

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The ceasefire was announced at a press conference today.
Egypt and US broker Gaza ceasefire
By Martha Gill - 21 November 18:39

Bombardment to stop at 1900 GMT on 21 November, says Egyptian foreign minister.

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Israelis emergency services inspect a destroyed building.
Why Israel's action in Gaza is not "disproportionate"
By Prof Alan Johnson - 21 November 12:51

Proportionality is not the same thing as symmetry. Israel must counter the developing threat from Hamas.

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Labour lawyer and convoy organiser Haitham Mohamedain
“We give our lives to Gaza” - the Egyptians who entered Gaza from Egypt
By Bel Trew and Nada El-Kouny - 21 November 12:32

Bel Trew and Nada El-Kouney report from the civilian convoy that travelled into the violence in solidarity.

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A Palestinian man inspects a damaged building.
Israel's policy is an invitation to disaster
By David Miliband - 20 November 16:12

The country needs to remember that self-defence is not the same as smart defence.

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Palestinians search the debris of a destroyed home. Photograph: Getty Images.
Israel must "flatten Gaza" like the US flattened Japan, says Sharon's son
By George Eaton - 19 November 8:32

A chilling article by Gilad Sharon, son of the former Israeli prime minister, in the Jerusalem Post.

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