In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
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Israel’s war crimes in Gaza
With the death toll now over 20,000, and just about 1 per cent of the Palestinian population in Gaza wiped out, still no let-up to the Israeli bombardment is in sight, warns VIJAY PRASHAD
BRUTAL: Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech showed that far from being stuck in the past — he’s learning from it, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Rising temperatures and human activity are making life far harder for these vital pollinators. ALEX DITTRICH explains
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners co-founder MIKE JACKSON talks to Matt Kerr about the enduring power of Pride, protest and trade unionism
Behind the language of military strategy is a confrontation that risks drawing the wider Middle East into war, says STEVE BISHOP
ON THE night of December 19 2023, Israeli military forces surrounded the al-Awda building in Gaza City’s al-Remal neighbourhood. Four families were inside the building, including the Annan family, after whom the building is popularly known as the “Annan Building.”
The al-Remal area, along the Gaza coastline, was a middle-class area of apartment buildings. During the early days of the war, the Israelis cruelly bombed this residential area, turning this residential quarter into rubble.
Some buildings — such as the Annan Building — remained intact and had become shelters for extended families. Israeli forces raided the building, separated the men from the women and children and then shot to death about 15 of the men. According to the United Nations, the Israeli military then “allegedly ordered the women and children into a room, and either shot at them or threw a grenade into the room, reportedly seriously injuring some of them, including an infant and a child.”
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