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Alex Edwards 🇵🇸

@climatealex.bsky.social
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PhD candidate exploring post-growth and low energy demand climate solutions. University of Exeter. Ecological economics. Nature photography. Born at 361.88ppm. He/him. All views my own

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Alex Edwards 🇵🇸 @climatealex.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
“An overwhelming majority of members of the world’s leading genocide scholars’ association have backed a resolution stating that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of the crime.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
International Association of Genocide Scholars resolution backed by 86% of members who voted
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
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Alex Edwards 🇵🇸 @climatealex.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
“The UK government’s continued complicity in Israel’s atrocities is unconscionable, and I do not want to spend another day operating on children who have been shot and starved by a military our government supports.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
New research published by The Lancet finds that economic sanctions imposed by the USA and EU are associated with more than 500,000 deaths per year since 1970, five times more than deaths by war. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The health toll of economic sanctions
Financing for global health is the main topic of discussion in 2025, especially since the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville earlier this month. This issue contain...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 20/07/2025
Medical sources also report 116 killed across Gaza, including 38 desperate residents seeking food at GHF site.
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Weeks-old baby dies of starvation in Gaza hospital during ongoing blockade
Medical sources also report 116 killed across Gaza, including 38 desperate residents seeking food at GHF site.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
To people on this platform saying that those holding "I support Palestine Action" signs deserve to be arrested, because PA has been designated a terrorist group by the government: Remember that lickspittles and system justifiers have enabled every form of oppression, everywhere.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
“We cannot allow political cowardice to stand in the way of human rights. The world is watching – and history will remember where we stood.” greenparty.org.uk/2025/06/21/l...
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Labour government not just complicit - they are active participants in genocide, says Polanski - Green Party
Deputy leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, spoke at today’s National March for Palestine in London attended by tens of thousands of people. Polanski said: “Today, tens of thousands of people mar...
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Tad DeLay @taddelay.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
It’s incredible to see Khalil home. A few months ago we could have been on the verge of much worse. I mean I wondered if donating to Gaza relief would be called material support for terror. Now these cowards and kidnappers are losing in real ways. I love it
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/06/2025
pretty disgusting www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
While missile strike sites in Tel Aviv, Rishon ReZion and Bat Yam have been flooded with rescue workers, home front troops, police and volunteers, most of the clear-up in Tamra was done by neighbours and a handful of municipal workers.

Taking a water break on a shaded terrace, Azmeh Kiwan and his elder brother Bassam, who live directly across from the Khatib house, made clear in an interview they identified themselves as Israeli Arabs. Tamra is an ancient Arab village, they pointed out.

“I am from here. I belong to this place and I will die here,” Azmeh said. The brothers also declared themselves fully behind the war against Iran, a country they described as wellhead of terrorism.

It was only afterwards, when the tape recorder was off, that another neighbour came forward to vent his anger, which he claimed was shared by all of Tamra, at a video that had circulated since last night.

It was filmed from a nearby Jewish town, and showed missiles and Israeli interceptors streaking across the black sky, but when a missile falls short and slams into Tamra, you can hear people around the camera rejoicing.

“To the village! To the village!” one man cries, and then several women’s voices join in, someone starts clapping and together they sing a verse that has become a Jewish extremist anthem. It consists of one line: “May your village burn” sung over and over again.

“Please write about this,” the neighbour said. “If I say anything I will have 20 police cars at my house.”
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Let’s be clear: Israel, an occupier, has no authority under international law to board or divert the Madleen. This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board. Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Keir Starmer and David Lammy must speak and condemn this interception. All humanitarian aid must be able to reach people desperately in need. The UK govt have been active participants in the genocide. The eyes of the world must be on Gaza. Release the Madleen crew.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Jeremy Bowen's long, measured, objective, but ultimately entirely clear and conclusive essay on Israeli war crimes. As Jonathan Sumption puts it: "These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza
Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
“Reuters examined the data from the Gaza Health Ministry to look more closely at those who have died. It found that more than one-fifth of those killed in the territory were children under the age of 12. More than 1,200 families were completely wiped out”
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The lives lost in Gaza: A closer look at those killed in the conflict so far
The death toll from the war already dwarfs the numbers killed in previous bouts of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza over many decades.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
A British surgeon currently in Gaza: "These children are so malnourished they are wasting away. Its shocking to see this degree of malnutrition..." Israel is deliberately starving over 2 million people. Half of them are children. And the UK govt is helping them while they do it.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
"The worst attack [overnight] was on a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, which killed at least 30 people. The victims include mostly children who were burned to death"
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24/05/2025
Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen. The dangerous practice has become ubiquitous during 19 months of war, they said.
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Israeli soldiers and former detainees tell AP Israel's use of human shields in Gaza is widespread
Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen.
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Alex P. 👹 @saddestrobots.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
israelis are more into wholesale genocide now than they were in october 2023 because it's not about momentary panic or revenge, it's just endlessly stewing in hate and convincing yourself to embrace brazen crimes against humanity tomorrow to cover the crimes your country already committed yesterday
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/05/2025
Israel is using starvation as a weapon - not just genocide and mass murder of civilians, but torture. It is evil beyond belief, and it is evil that the world isn't rising collectively to stop this country. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Israeli attacks kill at least 16 people in Gaza as aid agencies warn of famine
Latest wave of bombings brings number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to nearly 70 in less than 48 hours
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Unprecedented, there's that word again. ‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon, Cornwall and Ireland Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon, Cornwall and Ireland
Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/05/2025
Israeli assaults continue across Gaza, at least 51 killed today None of this inevitable, if the world's nations grow a spine and a collective conscience and decide to force Israel to stop murdering families. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Israeli assaults continue across Gaza, at least 51 people killed today
UNICEF chief warns ‘we’re running out of time’ in Gaza as aid runs out and children continue to be killed in bombings.
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
"When future generations learn for 19 months, we woke up every morning to videos of children being burned alive, bombed with weapons that the US taxpayer helped pay for and the western world helped justify, will you be able to say that you spoke up?" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
It's great news that this profoundly selfish landowner has been beaten in court, and many congrats to the National Park and those supporting it. But wild camping is a fundamental right that we should be able to exercise in many parts of England, not just Dartmoor. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Absolutely insane headline. This is what genocide looks like. This is what our ruling classes have decided will be normal.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18/05/2025
The Israeli military has killed hundreds of Palestinians in the past several days as it expands its ground invasion.
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‘Brutal crime’: Children burned to death as Israel steps up attacks on Gaza
The Israeli military has killed hundreds of Palestinians in the past several days as it expands its ground invasion.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
'Oxfam’s Khalidi said today that #Israel ’s actions represent a “total disregard for humanitarian norms”. “This isn’t just a crisis – it’s a collapse. It’s a collapse of basic survival. It’s a collapse of dignity. It’s a collapse of the international order,” ...' www.thejournal.ie/familines-in...
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Families in Gaza eating grass and animal feed as doctors witness record levels of malnutrition
Israel’s blockade has entered its eleventh week.
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Israeli government: repeatedly promises genocide for the last 19 months Israeli military: kills at least 53,000 people, mostly civilians; demolishes most buildings in Gaza, bombs hospitals, makes 2m people refugees, does not allow food in for 75 days Reach your own conclusions
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
No one who cares about wildlife and ecosystems is now likely to vote Labour in 2029. Or about Gaza. Or poverty. Or inequality. Or international aid. Or corporate power. Or democratic reform. Or racism. Or trans rights. So that's goodbye to just about its entire vote. What are they playing at?
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Among all the mayhem: truly historic news. Western nations need to understand that China is leading on decarbonisation. Doubtful that govts will concede it publicly, but this is where we are.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Starmer's Britain. Not even subtle.
They found ourselves made strangers in their own country. Enoch Powell. We risk becoming an island of strangers. Keir Starmer.
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spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I will forever be haunted by this footage. Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity. What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives. 🌎🦑🧪
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Alex Edwards 🇵🇸 @climatealex.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
It’s only taken 19 months of genocide and unimaginable suffering for a major Western newspaper to finally speak out
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 07/05/2025
New article from me (the plan is to write more frequently so please subscribe!). jamesdyke.substack.com/p/as-dreams-...
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As dreams of 1.5°C melt away, net zero’s reckoning is overdue
People’s inability to see past net zero shows it is no longer fit for purpose
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 06/05/2025
Israel are planning to 'move' the population of Gaza as part of a new plan to "capture" the territory. It's clear for everyone to see. This is ethnic cleansing.
CALL IT WHAT IT IS: ETHNIC CLEANSING
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Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
This is an official plan for ethnic cleansing. If you supported Israel for the past 18 months or so under the assumption that this was about the hostages you were taken for a ride. If you still support Israel's assault on Gaza, you support ethnic cleansing. It's that simple.
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Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump's trip
Trump has effectively given Netanyahu a green light to do as he sees fit, Israeli officials say.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
We need bold leadership. Now. That's why I'm running to be the next leader of the Green Party. Join our campaign: backzack.com #BackZack
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Netanyahu — wanted by the ICC for war crimes — has declared plans to ethnically cleanse Palestinians and annex Gaza. This follows 64 days of starving a besieged population by blocking food and aid. The UK must implement a full arms embargo and expel the Israeli Ambassador NOW.
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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Over two centuries, global work hours fell - but only through massive political mobilization and legislative reforms. Work time reduction should continue its historical trajectory in the 21st century, as part of the broader struggles to preserve planetary habitability and achieve social justice.
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
"Liberal parties have failed and we need a real democratic socialist alternative that can advance the interests of working-class communities, environmentalists and other progressive forces with a shared vision for a better world." nowthenmagazine.com/articles/jas...
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Jason Hickel - "We need a real progressive alternative – a democratic ecosocialist movement"
In the run-up to his event at this year's Festival of Debate, economic anthropologist Jason Hickel speaks to Alice Flanagan about degrowth and his hopes for mass mobilisation across the globe.
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.
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The Last Hospitals in Gaza
In the ruins of a health-care system, many medical facilities have become graveyards. Doctors continue to deliver lifesaving care—but they risk their own lives in the process.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
"Join young presenter Jaz as she sets out to discover why these conspiracy theories are so popular, whether any of them actually hold a grain of truth - or whether they are threatening our ability to deal with the greatest challenge humans have ever faced" #Climate www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrFo...
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#ClimateScam? Who's Shaping the Climate Debate?
YouTube video by Cornwall Climate Care
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
One of my favourite techniques for assisting natural regeneration, instead of planting trees, is to set up bird perches and artificial bat roosts in deforested areas The birds and bats are attracted to them, fly around and poo a lot, and deposit lots of seeds in nice little manure packages
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Bird perches and artificial bat roosts increase seed rain and seedling establishment in tropical bracken‐dominated deforested areas
Tropical forests are being reduced by human activities. The use of fire for agricultural expansion generates areas dominated by the bracken fern Pteridium, where forest regeneration is slow. This may...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving in that city went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more driving. Understanding #InducedDemand Via @wired.com
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What's Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse
The concept is called induced demand, which is economist-speak for when increasing the supply of something (like roads) makes people want that thing even more. Though some traffic engineers made note ...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Femke Nijsse @femkenijsse.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Really proud of Alex for this review paper on postgrowth modelling for climate policy 🔌💡 Why it matters: Postgrowth aims to improve wellbeing within planetary boundaries—regardless of GDP Without ways to measure and model it, policymakers may hesitate to explore these transformative policies
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Alex Edwards 🇵🇸 @climatealex.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Thrilled to share my first PhD paper, Towards Modelling Post-Growth Climate Futures, out today in Environmental Research Letters. Grateful to my brilliant co-authors and supervisors @femkenijsse.bsky.social, Paul Brockway & Karen Bickerstaff. tinyurl.com/3xatxfkh
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Towards modelling post-growth climate futures: a review of current modelling practices and next steps - IOPscienceSearch
Towards modelling post-growth climate futures: a review of current modelling practices and next steps, Edwards, Alex, Brockway, Paul E, Bickerstaff, Karen, Nijsse, Femke J M M
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
“It is the hunger that will kill me – a slow death” A whole people starved to death before our eyes. And still nothing. But we cannot give up. Get louder. Demand sanctions. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’
Palestinians pushed into new misery as supplies of food, fuel and medicine run out in seven-week siege
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