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A tale of two perspectives on Palestine
SOLOMON HUGHES explores the different ways in which Palestinians and Jewish people view the Israel-Palestine conflict
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
THERE are big people — hello, President Trump — who take sides in the Israel-Palestine conflict for bad reasons.
But that shouldn’t make us forget that the intense conflict over Israel and Palestine is also driven by very genuine passions on both sides.
Two groups of people can look at the same situation and honestly see something completely different.
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