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    • Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."
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The same officials colluding in Israel’s current crimes by shipping arms to Israel
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
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Fiji has been an independent nation since 1970 and a republic since 1987
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International justice advocate Craig Mokhiber
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In the face of a denunciation by the Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the NUJP recalls that the Philippine media has borne the attacks of Duterte-era leadership
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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Pacific Climate Warriors
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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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