One of the most extraordinary statistics to sum up an extraordinary year.
Real wages – the amount people earn in relation to their cost of living – fell by an average of £76 *a month* across 2022. For public sector key workers it was £180 a month.
These aren't typos!
Israel is set to be ruled by its most far right government ever… amidst escalating violence this new MP was shockingly blunt about what to expect:
“If it's (a choice between) 1 Israeli mother crying, or 1,000 Palestinian mothers crying... 1,000 Palestinian mothers will cry"
Some 200 Palestinians have been killed this year - including around 150 shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
Two weeks ago, Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely claimed *95%* of Palestinians killed this year were "terrorists".
This is dehumanising disinformation.
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Today is the anniversary of the United Fruit Company massacre against striking workers on the Colombian Caribbean coast in 1928. Between 1000 and 2000 banana pickers were killed in a bloodbath. The company responsible is known today as 'Chiquita.'
I don’t normally commend @bbc reporters. But @tombateman has done a good job here. He provides solid evidence that Israel’s military lied to try and excuse its killing of Raed al-Naasan.