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Live: Israeli forces kill at least 64 Palestinians across Gaza over 24 hours
Israel's war on Gaza
All captives will be released from Gaza if Israel agrees to end war, Hamas says
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US revokes around 1,500 student visas, universities say they weren't notified
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US: Palantir expanding immigrant surveillance tools for ICE to the tune of $30m
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Hussam Abu Safiya's 'inhumane conditions' in Israeli detention worsening
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Inside Israel
In Israel, Zionism is fractured into two political realities with opposing visions
Abed Abou Shhadeh
Islamophobia
How a Muslim housing plan in Texas became the target of right-wing hysteria
Faisal Kutty
Politics
Why did UK media ignore Lammy's secret meeting with Israeli foreign minister?
Peter Oborne
Campus protests
A year on from Columbia, campus crackdowns can't defeat justice
Michel Shehadeh
Diplomacy
Why a lasting rapprochement between Algeria and France may be elusive
Tewfik Hamel
Israel's war on Gaza
In Gaza, Israel has created a 21st-century blueprint for ethnic cleansing
Mohamad Elmasry
Sudan crisis
Sudan's war is not just 'another African conflict'. When will the world step in?
Osama Abuzaid
US Protests
US: Zio-McCarthyism, a 21st century political purge that has dangerous overtones
Omar Suleiman
Iran nuclear
Why freezing Iran's nuclear programme is the best path forward
Mootaz Ahmadein Khalil
Politics
Populists are not fighting in the streets. The battle line is democratic rights
John Rees
Israel's war on Gaza
Rafah became my home after displacement. It is now being erased
Ruwaida Amer
Inside Lebanon
Can the US push Lebanon to normalise with Israel?
Hicham Safieddine
Iran nuclear
Iran-US tensions: There's no room for further miscalculations
Marco Carnelos
Israel's war on Gaza
Why is the New England Journal of Medicine promoting 'health bridges' while Gaza's hospitals burn?
Ghada Majadli
Occupation
Deportation of British MPs aims to hide Israeli crimes
Chris Doyle
Inside Israel
Israel has become like the Soviet Union in its dying days
Abed Abou Shhadeh
Inside Israel
By deporting British MPs, Israel has exposed its brutal border policies to the world
Gary Spedding
Israel's war on Gaza
Israel's genocide aims to revive the old Zionist dream of Gaza without Palestinians
Victoria Brittain
Trump
Why the world should boycott Trump's America
Richard Silverstein
Israel's war on Gaza
Gaza medic killings: How a voice from beyond the grave destroyed Israel's lie
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Inside Israel
An hour from Gaza, Israelis sip coffee as genocide rages
Lubna Masarwa
Germany
Germany's support for Israel's far-right alliance shatters its 'denazified' facade
Esad Širbegović
Israel's war on Gaza
The graver Israel's atrocities in Gaza, the quieter the BBC grows
Jonathan Cook
Israel's war on Gaza
War on Gaza: My son was born into a world on fire
Shaimaa al-Durra
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‘StopAntisemitism’ account slammed for doxxing pro-Palestinian students
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Snow White star Rachel Zegler celebrated for refusing to delete 'free Palestine' post
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Verdict holding Greenpeace liable for $660m called an 'attack' on free speech
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Turkish foreign minister says Ankara wants no conflict with Israel in Syria
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Israel's war on Lebanon

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Israeli dawn strike on Beirut suburb kills four
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Israeli air strikes target southern Beirut
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Israeli settlers storm purported rabbi's shrine in Lebanon
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Hezbollah withdraws from majority of military sites in southern Lebanon
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London conference on Sudan a 'diplomatic flop' as RSF declares parallel government
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London conference on Sudan held as massacres unfold in North Darfur
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Books
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Gaza aftermath
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