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The UK's Green Party declares 'Zionism is racism'

The UK's Green Party declares 'Zionism is racism' The UK’s Green Party declared that 'Zionism is racism' at its party conference in Brighton yesterday, passing the motion by 1,022 votes to 813. It has caused a media frenzy online. So what does the motion actually mean and is it useful for Palestinians? Kieran Andrieu, a Palestinian member of the Green party and a vocal supporter of the motion, says it is "vital". "There's always enormous pushback against calling a spade a spade when the parti…

Middle East Eye

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Yemeni government forces drive Houthis from Bab el-Mandeb Strait

By Mohammed Ghobari and Timour AzhariOct 5 (Reuters) - Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of Mocha, the government said, pushing the Iran-backed Houthis out of most of the areas they seized last month.In response, the Houthis said they had attacked key locations in Saudi Arabia includingthe King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, an Aramco refinery in Rabigh, the Abha international airport and the Khamis Mushait military base.

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