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We have received this interesting comment from a Marxist in Israel, who
looks at the logic behind the Israeli attack on Gaza, how it is being used for
domestic political interests in Israel, the chauvinism whipped up by the
mainstream media, but also the voices of protest from within Israel, which
although relatively small at this stage can grow later. He also looks at the
role of Hamas and its inability to solve any of the problems facing the Palestinian
masses.
Two years after
the Israeli ‘Defence’ Forces indiscriminately slaughtered over a
thousand Lebanese civilians in the quaintly-titled Operation Just
Reward, Israel has turned its attention to Gaza, in the form of
Operation Cast Lead. Stripped of its innocuous-sounding name, this
operation becomes a lot less palatable: according to Palestinian medical
sources, nearly 300 Palestinians have been killed, including numerous
women and children. Israel’s targets have included police stations
(which are unsurprisingly situated in densely-populated areas), the
headquarters of a Hamas-owned satellite television channel, and the
Islamic University, Gaza’s only higher education institution.
The food crisis has pushed the
number of hungry, undernourished people
in the world to almost 1bn, in what
the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation described on Tuesday as a
“serious setback” to global efforts to
reduce mass starvation.
Jesus Pino, a representative of the Revolutionary Front of Steel Workers
in Venezuela, visited Britain at the end of November 2008, invited by the Hands
Off Venezuela campaign to attend its National Conference in London. Jorge Martin interviewed him.
Hands Off Venezuela Britain held its 4th annual conference on Saturday November 22nd at Birckbeck College, London.
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