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Bombs fall again in Gaza as Netanyahu fights for re-election
The Palestinians trapped in the open-air prison of Gaza are being pulverised in the run-up to Israel’s election day, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
Israeli soldiers sit on top of mobile artillery near the border with Gaza, in southern Israel, Wednesday, March 27
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THE bombs start again. Israel, as if on a timer, begins to pulverise Gaza. The bombs strike from one end of the country to another, a warning against the protests that have been ongoing for a year.
There is a shudder from Gaza, phone calls to friends who say that they are fearful this bombing run will escalate.
Nothing is beyond Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, who will use these bombs as an advertisement for his campaign to be re-elected when Israel goes to the polls on April 9.
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