Alex Snowdon, author of A Short Guide to Israeli Apartheid, places the current Israeli war against Gaza into context
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Alex Snowdon
Alex Snowdon is a Counterfire activist in Newcastle. He is active in the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition and the National Education Union. He is the author of A Short Guide to Israeli Apartheid (2022).
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