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Using the Holocaust to Sell Double Glazing?
With adverts like this for Israeli telecommunications company cellcom, you might as well be. Or am I being overly moralistic about this? The tag line at the end says “After all, we’re what are we all after? Just a bit … Continue reading
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Police Get Shirty At London Gaza Protests
“If you don’t move, we’ll move you!” “Press!” The line of fluorescent yellow police officers pushed. A sea of bodies wavered, toppled, then crashed on the Kensington street. “Angela!!!” I was holding on to the tripod. The camera and cameraman … Continue reading
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Israel Attacks Gaza, Killing Hundreds of People
27th and 28th December 2008. Israeli warplanes dropped a payload of over 100 tonnes of bombs on security sites in the Gaza strip. Hamas security sites. Hamas targets. Hamas weapons warehouses. A police station. Hamas commanders’ homes. At least 270 … Continue reading
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“I’m Sick Of Coping”: Life In the Gaza Strip
With the siege of Gaza showing no signs of abating, life — or a semblance of — goes on in the world’s sunniest open prison. Hatem was telling me about his friend Abdullah Zarandah, a 22-year-old cancer sufferer. He needed … Continue reading
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Life In Gaza
The first impression a foreigner gets upon entry into Gaza via the Erez crossing to the north is the smell of a desolate landscape. Following that is the stark contrast between the lush greenery and ever-constant agribusiness on the Israeli … Continue reading
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Palestinians Are Losing the PR War
“Your coverage of the Gaza Holocaust continues to appear biased. How can you be so cruel? don’t you have children yourselves? Why do you carry on giving the Israel officials airtime and refuse similar time to Palestine officials? What about … Continue reading →
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