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World Condemns Israel!
by our Arab Affairs correspondent
Israeli warplanes, rockets and tanks are relentlessly hitting residential areas and civilian sites throughout the Gaza Strip as the Zionist offensive against the Palestinian Arabs enters its fourth week.
Among those killed on Monday were 10 people including eight children playing on swings in a park near the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. An aunt of one of the victims said five of the children killed were from the same family. Faiza Abu Amira asked: “What does Israel want from us for it to do this to our children?”
Israeli forces pushed forward on Tuesday in an offensive that killed 109 Palestinians and shut down Gaza’s only power plant — marking the heaviest day of bombardment in the conflict so far. Over 1,250 Palestinians have been killed and over 7,000 injured in the continuous aggression against Gaza. Most of the victims have been civilians.
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Doncaster care workers new strike
MEMBERS of the public sector union Unison employed by Care UK in Doncaster began a new strike action starting this Monday 28th July for two weeks, after the company refused to even discuss a wage rise this year.
The action came after a new ballot and is in support of a pay claim that calls for a minimum starting rate of £7.65-an-hour, which is the national living wage outside London. The current pay for basic grade staff is £7-an-hour.
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