Why Britain’s far-right celebrates a saint revered in Palestine
Hundreds of far-right “Britain First” supporters marched in the streets of Manchester to celebrate Saint George.

Hundreds of far-right “Britain First” supporters marched in the streets of Manchester to celebrate Saint George.

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South Korea’s president says it’s disappointing Israel does not ‘even once reflect on criticisms from around the world’.
The Palestinian Presidency’s office condemned the plan as a ‘flagrant violation of international law’.
Palestinians displaced by settler violence confront loss of community as settlers celebrate their forced expulsions.
Israeli strikes on Gaza escalate with children among the injured and civilians killed in densely populated areas.

CCTV footage circulated online shows the moment that an Israeli military dog attacks a worshipper leaving a mosque
Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque sees intensified control, with Israeli measures resembling policies applied at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Budget of $271bn comes against a backdrop of surging violence by Israeli settlers towards Palestinians in the West Bank.
Muslim-majority nations denounce Israel’s ‘increasingly discriminatory’ practices that ‘entrench a system of apartheid’.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party had called for the strike.
Celebrations in the Israeli parliament mark the passing of legislation intended to apply to Palestinians only.