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Gaza: Trump pushes new truce deal

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

Fierce fighting continues throughout the Gaza Strip as partisans take on the might of the Israeli army in the ruins of what’s left of the Palestinian enclave. The International Committee of the Red Cross has issued an urgent warning about the intensifying Israeli terror campaign that has overwhelmed the Strip’s few remaining hospitals. And President Trump is, once again, talking about a cease f ire as he prepares to welcome the Israeli leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, for talks in Washington next week.

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Starmer backs down…

by New Worker correspondent

Climbdowns and U-turns may have been a humiliating setback for Sir Keir Starmer but whether they have derailed the central drive of the bill of this Labour government that will take huge amounts of money from future Universal Credit claims by disabled people is another matter altogether. .

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Editorial

Creeping fascism

Only the Starmer leadership and their toadies in the BBC could turn the Glastonbury music festival into a massive rally in support of the Palestinians. But that’s what they did when forgot about the rap-punk Bob Vylan duo and tried to censor Kneecap. These musicians are not afraid of police action. Nor are their fans nor the millions upon millions who had never heard of them until last week but are now echoing their calls for “free Palestine” and “death to the IDF [the Israeli army]” all around the world.

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