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Pressure mounts over G4S-Israeli connection
PAUL COLLINS on how activists are turning up the heat on the notorious security firm over its contacts with Israel's deadly prison system
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Wahbe tonight starts a tour of Britain to step up the campaign against G4S's complicity in Israel's violations of international law.
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