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Propaganda, Palestine and repression: our dangerous trajectory
The tragic events of last week will now be used by the Tories to further restrict the right to protest, writes BEN CHACKO
Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration near the Israeli Embassy, in Kensingston, London on Monday

THE immediate priority of demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine this weekend will be to urge an end to the collective punishment of Gaza for Hamas’s deadly raids a week ago.

The denial of electricity, food and water to more than two million Palestinians in the strip is unambiguously a war crime, whether the one-time human rights lawyer Keir Starmer recognises that or not.

As Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) director Ben Jamal pointed out at a fringe meeting at Labour conference, Benjamin Netanyahu’s warning to civilians in Gaza to get out can only be interpreted as covering his back for huge numbers of civilian deaths he already plans — which, indeed, are already happening. They cannot get out, because Israel itself besieges them.

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