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Israeli war crimes that shock the world

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

Iran vows to avenge the death of one of its top generals amid growing outrage around the world following the news of the Israeli air strikes that killed seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity and reports of the unspeakable crimes of the Zionist troops uncovered after they withdrew from the Al Shifa hospital after a two-week siege of the medical complex. And last weekend the largest protest demonstrations since the beginning of the brutal attack on the Gaza Strip were held in Israel, demanding early elections to seek a change of government.

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Recognition Battles

by New Worker correspondent

Unite has secured a recognition deal for about a hundred of its members working at the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT). Regional officer Matt Freeman said that “nearly 72 per cent of staff voted in favour of recognition on a turnout of 90 per cent...we’re pleased to have the confidence of two thirds of staff working at the organisation below senior management level” which will result in the union having bargaining rights when it comes to pay and conditions.

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Editorial

Take on the Zionists!

The Americans, like the Israelis, want to crush Hamas and the rest of the Palestinian resistance that they believe is the major obstacle to the imposition of a surrender peace that would allow the Israelis to annex the parts of the West Bank they call “Greater Israel” while the Palestinians would get a next to nothing – a powerless “independent” statelet run by quislings that the feudal Arab oil princes need to justify their collaboration with imperialism on the Arab street. Even this “two-state” solution is too much for the Netanyahu government and its Zionist settlers’ bloc. The only thing they want to give the Palestinians is a one-way ticket off the land they want to colonise.

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