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Israel's genocide in Gaza

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Egypt and Saudi Arabia pressure Libya's Haftar to stop UAE supplies to Sudan's RSF

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Slow genocide: Death and displacement continue in Gaza months into ceasefire

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Turkey says location of Iran-US meeting still unknown

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Iranians seal windows and store food and water as they prepare for attack

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How US sanctions and external threats destroyed Iran's economy

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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from detaining refugees in Minnesota

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US pressure fuels Israel's expanding influence in Latin America, experts say

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Dozens of Cambridge academics urge university to divest from arms industry

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Review into UK protest laws failed to invite Palestine march organisers for consultation

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UK: Pro-Palestine protesters charged with calling for 'intifada'

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Scores arrested for protesting at prison holding Palestine Action hunger striker

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UK lawyers seek travel and financial sanctions against Netanyahu

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Why are some Iranians boycotting Huda Beauty?

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French tech giant under scrutiny over work with ICE

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'Colonial engineering': Kushner's Gaza vision seen as alien to indigenous culture

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Photo of five-year-old boy being detained by ICE sparks outcry

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Videos circulating online show SDF supporters attacking Syrians across Europe

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Afcon final fiasco continues as Morocco pursues legal action

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IShowSpeed's rocky stop in Algeria on Africa tour goes viral

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Police raid Paris bookshop over children's colouring book about Palestine

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The New Byzantines: An exploration of Greece's Middle East ties

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South Park roasts Americans taking Saudi money in Thanksgiving special

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The Future of the Occupation: What now for Palestine after Gaza?

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I teach linguistics at MIT. Here's how a pro-Israel lawsuit uses language to silence critics

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As genocide continues in Gaza, the West Bank is pushed into a new Nakba

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Mohamed Salah changed Liverpool. English football changed him

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Palestinian prisoners speak out about how they were raped in Israeli jails

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How Turkey helped engineer Ahmed al-Sharaa's rise to power

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Exposed: The dirty campaign to paint Muslim MPs as anti-British

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From hope and hunger strikes to City Hall: The rise of Zohran Mamdani

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I left Gaza with guilt, sorrow and tears for the son Israel took from me

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'Relentless': How UK Lawyers for Israel targets pro-Palestinian voices

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How disability can become a death sentence in Gaza today

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Exclusive: How Karim Khan's Israel war crimes probe was derailed by threats, leaks and sex claims

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'Cowardice': Have Democrats lost to MAGA on Gaza? | Ayman Mohyeldin

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Israel wanted me to back down by killing my family | Wael al-Dahdouh

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Valerie Zink: Why I quit and cut up my Reuters press card over Gaza

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How large parts of Israeli society have come to justify war crimes

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What exactly happened in Syria's 13-year civil war

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Azzam Tamimi on Yahya Sinwar's legacy, Israel and the likelihood of a regional war

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Joseph Massad: How Israel functions as an extension of US interests

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Jill Stein: The woman trying to upend the US political system

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Cornel West on his life and what inspired him to run for US president

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Andrew Feinstein: The anti-apartheid activist trying to stop Keir Starmer

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Mads Gilbert: The doctor who's witnessed Israel's wars against Palestinians since 1982

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Palestine is now the conscience of the world. No deal will change that

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The great betrayal: Why Arab and Muslim rulers backed Trump's Gaza plan

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Gaza flotilla: The tide of defiance against Israel is now an unbreakable wave

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Doha is a warning to all Arab autocrats: The US will not protect you. Stand against Israel

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Doha strike shows that no peace can be achieved by recognising Israel

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Anas al-Sharif was murdered for being Gaza's voice

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Not just Israel: The Arabs and Europe are complicit in starving Gaza

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Britain once jailed suffragettes. Now it jails Palestine activists

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'Death to the IDF' is not antisemitic. Where is the outrage over Israeli crimes in Gaza?

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Israel's failure to subdue Iran shows it can no longer dictate the regional order

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Gaza flotilla: The Madleen shows us the world as it could be

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War on Gaza: How Israel is replicating Nazi starvation tactics

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The West made us pay for its guilt - and now watches as Israel delivers the final Nakba

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On Israel's fatal illusion in Syria

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Why Hamas will not surrender

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Why did UK media ignore Lammy's secret meeting with Israeli foreign minister?

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