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Items by Hilary Wise
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Israel is on a winning streak, but can it last?
How much does someone reliant on the mainstream media know about what is happening in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories? A few more Palestinians shot dead in Gaza – Israel acting purely in self-defence, of course – and that’s probably about it. But anyone who reads reports by...
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The Antisemitism Wars
With accusations of antisemitism hitting the headlines on a regular basis involving high-profile figures such as Ken Livingstone or Britain’s former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, who can be unaware that a passionate battle is being waged? What, though, is the reality behind the headlines? Karl Sabbagh’s clinical analysis of the...
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The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine
The ‘spring’ of the title has a double meaning. Mainly it refers to the life-giving spring in the village of Nabi Saleh on the West Bank, taken over by illegal Israeli settlers and for years the focus of weekly protests by the villagers. It is also an ironic reference...