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A month after the second anniversary of the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel and the subsequent prolonged genocidal slaughter in Gaza, the fate of Trump’s latest proposals for an end to the war is still in the balance. The US plans to impose a transitional government of technocrats on the Palestinians in Gaza, backed up by outside armed forces – a form of naked colonialism.
Israeli military forces will be allowed to remain inside the perimeter of the Gaza strip, maintaining control of its borders – a continued blockade, imprisoning the Palestinians and deciding what goods can enter and leave the strip. Israeli prime minister Netanyahu has made clear that Israel has no intention of entirely withdrawing from Gaza and stressed that there will be no possibility of a Palestinian state.
Today, with nationality-based distrust and division dominating the Israel-Palestine landscape, a solution can seem further away than ever. On a capitalist basis, it’s not just further away, but impossible. However, consciousness of workers and the poor in Israel and among Palestinians will not be disconnected from developments in other parts of the world, a world in which young people are increasingly questioning whether capitalist crisis is their only future.
Further reading:
The World Impact of Two Years of War on Gaza – and what lies ahead?
https://www.socialistworld.net/2025/10/06/the-world-impact-of-two-years-of-war-on-gaza-and-what-lies-ahead/
Gaza Ceasefire – Struggle for the Complete End of the War of Extermination and the Overthrow of the Netanyahu Government
https://www.socialistworld.net/2025/10/13/gaza-ceasefire-struggle-for-the-complete-end-of-the-war-of-extermination-and-the-overthrow-of-the-netanyahu-government/
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A month after the second anniversary of the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel and the subsequent prolonged genocidal slaughter in Gaza, the fate of Trump’s latest proposals for an end to the war is still in the balance. The US plans to impose a transitional government of technocrats on the Palestinians in Gaza, backed up by outside armed forces – a form of naked colonialism.
Israeli military forces will be allowed to remain inside the perimeter of the Gaza strip, maintaining control of its borders – a continued blockade, imprisoning the Palestinians and deciding what goods can enter and leave the strip. Israeli prime minister Netanyahu has made clear that Israel has no intention of entirely withdrawing from Gaza and stressed that there will be no possibility of a Palestinian state.
Today, with nationality-based distrust and division dominating the Israel-Palestine landscape, a solution can seem further away than ever. On a capitalist basis, it’s not just further away, but impossible. However, consciousness of workers and the poor in Israel and among Palestinians will not be disconnected from developments in other parts of the world, a world in which young people are increasingly questioning whether capitalist crisis is their only future.
Further reading:
The World Impact of Two Years of War on Gaza – and what lies ahead?
https://www.socialistworld.net/2025/10/06/the-world-impact-of-two-years-of-war-on-gaza-and-what-lies-ahead/
Gaza Ceasefire – Struggle for the Complete End of the War of Extermination and the Overthrow of the Netanyahu Government
https://www.socialistworld.net/2025/10/13/gaza-ceasefire-struggle-for-the-complete-end-of-the-war-of-extermination-and-the-overthrow-of-the-netanyahu-government/
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Socialism the Podcast Episode 141: The battle for the PCS
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Socialism the Podcast Episode 141: The battle for the PCS
Dave Semple, Public and Commercial Service Union (PCS) national Vice president, speaking in a personal capacity, discusses the issues at stake in the upcoming union elections.
From 16 April, ballot papers will go out to PCS members to vote for a new National Executive Committee (NEC) and president. PCS organises workers in the civil service, in government agencies and other public sector bodies, and on outsourced government contracts.
Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden’s “radical reforms” and Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement promise “the worst cuts since austerity” – a £2 billion axe to the civil service.
This includes 15% cuts to departmental budgets, tens of thousands of jobs to go, the abolition of NHS England with the loss of half the workforce, below-inflation pay rises, unsafe pensions, office closures, increased workload, and attacks on the working environment, including hybrid working.
And this catalogue was all promised before the onset of economic chaos and potential downturn following Trump’s tariffs.
Elections are taking place this spring in a number of unions – the first time under Starmer’s government. They are all an opportunity for members to elect a fighting leadership that will stand up to Starmer and lead a serious campaign to defend members.
Read more:
PCS must fight Starmer’s cuts
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/137687/09-04-2025/pcs-must-fight-starmers-cuts/
The battle for the PCS
https://socialismtoday.org/the-battle-for-the-pcs
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More analysis at https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/
A month after the second anniversary of the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel and the subsequent prolonged genocidal slaughter in Gaza, the fate of Trump’s latest proposals for an end to the war is still in the balance. The US plans to impose a transitional government of technocrats on the Palestinians in Gaza, backed up by outside armed forces – a form of naked colonialism.
Israeli military forces will be allowed to remain inside the perimeter of the Gaza strip, maintaining control of its borders – a continued blockade, imprisoning the Palestinians and deciding what goods can enter and leave the strip. Israeli prime minister Netanyahu has made clear that Israel has no intention of entirely withdrawing from Gaza and stressed that there will be no possibility of a Palestinian state.
Today, with nationality-based distrust and division dominating the Israel-Palestine landscape, a solution can seem further away than ever. On a capitalist basis, it’s not just further away, but impossible. However, consciousness of workers and the poor in Israel and among Palestinians will not be disconnected from developments in other parts of the world, a world in which young people are increasingly questioning whether capitalist crisis is their only future.
Further reading:
The World Impact of Two Years of War on Gaza – and what lies ahead?
https://www.socialistworld.net/2025/10/06/the-world-impact-of-two-years-of-war-on-gaza-and-what-lies-ahead/
Gaza Ceasefire – Struggle for the Complete End of the War of Extermination and the Overthrow of the Netanyahu Government
https://www.socialistworld.net/2025/10/13/gaza-ceasefire-struggle-for-the-complete-end-of-the-war-of-extermination-and-the-overthrow-of-the-netanyahu-government/
More Info - Click here for all your Socialist Party links: https://linkin.bio/socialistparty/
We need your help campaigning! The establishment political parties have the backing of the capitalist elites. We need to build a mass movement of working class fighters to take them on. Find out more details about your local campaigns and how you can help by filling in this form: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/join
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