The power of pluck
When David fought Goliath, what if the big guy was just ill-equipped and poorly trained? Frances Coppola reflects. As I mulled over what I was going to write for this …
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Bread line not the cashline
Food for thought on Gaza’s runaway inflation from Frances Coppola. Inflation, we are told, is “always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon”: too much money chasing too few goods. Allowing the …
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Microsoft Bans the Word “Palestine” in Internal Emails
Microsoft has quietly implemented a policy blocking employee emails containing the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” or “genocide” on its internal Exchange servers, according to No Azure for Apartheid, a group of …
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How Hamas Sees the Current Moment: An Exclusive Interview With Osama Hamdan
In an exclusive interview with Drop Site News, a senior Hamas official said that the movement will not capitulate to any demands from Israel or the U.S. to lay down its …
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Pakistan: Protesters attack KFC restaurants over Gaza war
Pakistani authorities have arrested scores of people in response to a string of mob attacks on KFC restaurants. The crowds are targeting the US chicken chain because they view …
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From textiles to steel, Brussels reveals items to face stricter sustainability rules
The Commission has selected the first group of products that will soon have to meet higher sustainability standards, with manufacturers required to increase product durability and increase the use of …
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Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign to Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram
A sweeping crackdown on posts on Instagram and Facebook that are critical of Israel—or even vaguely supportive of Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel, according to internal Meta …
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Red Sea crisis: supply chain issues set to continue despite Gaza ceasefire
The world’s major shipping companies say they won’t be sending vessels back to the Red Sea any time soon despite a pledge by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen not to attack them …
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Firm behind £4m Labour Party donation invested in weapons for Israel
The Labour Party’s largest-ever donation came from a hedge fund that stood to profit from Israel’s war in Gaza, openDemocracy can reveal. Quadrature Capital held $121m worth of shares in …
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The shadow of Hormuz: Why oil prices are finally reacting to Middle East crisis
Oil is no longer insulated from the volatile situation in the Middle East. After weeks of stagnation, with crude prices at their lowest point in almost three years, Iran’s involvement in …
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