Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike east of Rafah
AS Rafah awaits the IDF meat grinder and more Palestinian civilians prepare to die or watch their families die, remember – your taxes are paying for this.
For the UK this is done by the two main parties at Westminster (England) only. The devolved administrations of Scotland, Ireland and Wales have all called for ceasefire and an end to arms sales to Netanyahu.
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Look hard at your pay slip or your tax returns and know that at least a part of your hard-earned income has gone to killing 13,800 children in Gaza in an on-screen orgy of horror that is doing nothing to free hostages or to make Israel safe in the future.
Amanda Baker
Edinburgh
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