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The US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026 killed at least 156 people -- 120 of them children, 26 teachers, all women
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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national coordinator John Minto and another protester at the New Zealand aerospace summit
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TUC unions back motion demanding boycotts and sanctions to oppose the "catastrophic destruction of Gaza"
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Labour's Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni
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Zionist quartet
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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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