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Gaza: can we dream of optimism?
Gideon Levy of the Haaretz newspaper sees the latest 20-point ceasefire deal regarding Gaza as a time to have, at least, dreams of optimism; of hoping that the international world has finally taken on its responsibility to remove the “Israeli boot” from Palestinian necks. In the process, he perhaps gives too much credit to the […]
Israel: a sick lion, not a rising one
June 19, 2025
By Gideon Levy, Haaretz, 18/06/2025 The fate of the war now depends on the whims of a capricious and voluble American president. He bombs Iran; there might be a victory. He doesn’t bomb, and Israel will have embarked on another futile war, more superfluous and dangerous than all of its predecessors. The involvement of the […]
Trump, ‘Boers’ and propaganda
June 4, 2025
(First published in Groundup, South Africa) Words can be plucked out of historical and literary context and weaponised. As such, they can be used to harm individuals and groups or to rally bullies and persecutors. There have been classic examples in recent history, and last week there was a globally broadcast example of a more […]
Fight for a “peoples’ vaccine”
July 12, 2020
With the Trump administration playing ball with the pharmaceutical companies, democrats everywhere should rally to fight for the "peoples' vaccine" demanded in May by 140 experts and world leaders, including President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa.
Terry Bell Writes 
October 13, 2025
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