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Hamas claims victory as Israel accepts truce

by our Arab affairs correspondent

Hamas, the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood that runs the Gaza Strip, has forced Israel to accept a ceasefire and prisoner exchange, bringing an end to more than 15 months of relentless Zionist aggression. Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza following the announcement that will hopefully bring an end to more than 15 months of relentless Zionist aggression. But fighting continues as the truce doesn’t come into force until Sunday.

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The socialist answer to the energy crisis

by John Marion

The discovery of fire by our ancestors and it’s use for keeping warm, cooking food and deterring wild beasts marked a deceive step for the human race. Since those early days our increasing dependency upon accessible, affordable energy supplies has grown sharply. Today no advanced civilisation could survive without access to abundant supplies of energy.

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Editorial

Gaza: What next?

The Gaza ceasefire agreed this week has brought relief to the long-suffering Palestinian Arabs in the beleaguered Palestinian enclave and hope at last to the relatives of the prisoners held on both sides whose fate hinged on the success of the talks in the capital of the Arab state of Qatar. It remains to be seen if the Israelis honour the agreement they signed up to in Doha. But it’s difficult to see how they can go back on their word over the truce that was pushed through on the insistence of an emissary of President-elect Donald Trump who returns to the White House on 20th January.

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