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Attitudes such as ignoring the suffering of Gaza yield the same harvest everywhere: dehumanisation, insecurity, and the corrosion of civic trust
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Greenland and Western hypocrisy over the rules-based international order

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Australia’s invitation to Herzog sparks protest plans over Gaza genocide

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"It would not come as a shock to any of the students I teach in prison. Militarised police in poor urban neighborhoods kick down doors without warrants and kill with the same impunity and lack of accountability"
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US President Donald Trump
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"Fiji’s peacekeepers have historically operated where communities accepted their role"
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Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore

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For more than two years, free movement in and out of Gaza has been prohibited
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PSNA activist Brendan Corbett
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog
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