As the world debates how to end the brutal apartheid imposed by Israel on the Palestinian people and how to realise the two-state solution long enshrined in UN resolutions and countless global summits, one truth remains clear: before any political settlement can take root, hostilities must cease. Gaza, reduced to a living hell, cannot be rebuilt until there is a ceasefire; until Israel withdraws from the Strip and neutral states are allowed to intervene to restore aid, restart reconstruction, and allow its people a........

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