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100 UK, French ex-ambassadors accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing in open letter

Former British and French diplomats are urging action over what they say is Israel’s "erasure"of Palestine. More than 100 of those diplomats have penned a letter to the French President and the British Prime Minister calling for a ban on trade and arms sales to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state. Among the signatories: Sir Vincent Fean, British former Consul-General Jerusalem and current…

100 UK, French ex-ambassadors accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing in open letter

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Iran: Trump’s economic threat paves the way for “return to full-scale classic colonialism”

Iran pushed back on US President Donald Trump’s threat of an “economic D-Day,” calling it “a recipe for an abysmal return to full-scale classic colonialism.” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson…

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  • Iranian spokesperson calls it "full-scale classic colonialism"
  • US sanctions declared as "extraterritorial sovereignty"

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