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Middle East ablaze Israel rocked by Palestinian attack!

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

Israeli war-planes and rockets are pounding the Gaza Strip following the Palestinians’ surprise attack into southern Israel last weekend that killed over a thousand Israelis and wounded many more. Backed by wave after wave of missiles and drones fired from the Gaza enclave Palestinian commandos, some paragliding across the Israeli lines, punched their way into Zionist settlements in southern Israel knocking out tanks and seizing hostages in what they call the Operation Al Aksa Flood offensive.

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Unite rejects ‘disgraceful’ offer

by New Worker correspondent

The Suffolk town of Stowmarket is not normally thought of as a hotbed of industrial militancy, but 200 paint workers at PPG Industries’ factory in the town have voted for strike action after rejecting a below-inflation five per cent pay offer. PPG is part of a worldwide paint and coatings conglomerate raking in quarterly net sales of $4.9 billion in July, and net income has increased by 11 per cent over the last year. The Stowmarket factory specialises in paint for the upper end of the car industry, including the Williams Formula One team and Lamborghini.

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Editorials

As ye sow…

…so shall ye reap, was what Paul told the followers of Jesus of Nazareth 2,000 years ago. Sadly, this lesson is still not understood by many of those who now live in the land that the Apostle knew so well.

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A sham democracy

Delegates overwhelmingly re-affirmed their commitment to the re-nationalisation of the railways and the energy industry at their annual conference in Liverpool last week. But any hopes for a restored public sector under a future Labour government were soon dashed when the Starmer leadership made it clear that this simply wasn’t going to happen. Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC “We’re not going to nationalise the energy system”. Asked if they would follow the vote, he said “No”.

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