UK elections 2024

Millions head to the polls across the UK with many guided by anger over Gaza war

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French from immigrant backgrounds unite against far right
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Opinion

Gaza Under Attack
How Hamas lured Israel into a lethal trap
David Hearst
US-Israel relations
The US will stop at nothing to maintain its global hegemony
Ammiel Alcalay
Inside Egypt
Egypt's dark decade was built upon Sisi's dangerous bargain
Ahmed Abdeen
Israel's war on Gaza
Without Palestinian self-determination, Arabs will never legitimise Israel
Israel's war on Gaza
In Gaza dying of starvation is much worse than dying from bombs
Ahmed Dremly
Latin America
Why is Argentina becoming a 'great friend' of Israel amid its war crimes in Gaza?
Jodor Jalit
Israel Lobby
Why Ilan Pappe's new book on the Israel lobby is essential reading
Peter Oborne
Israel's war on Gaza
Israel has destroyed Gaza's heritage sites, but it cannot erase my memories of them
Mohammed Mourtaja
Israel's war on Gaza
Israel has destroyed Gaza's heritage sites, but it cannot erase my memories of them
Mohammed Mourtaja
Hezbollah
Cyprus: From early Zionist colony to military base for Israel's war on Gaza
Joseph Massad
Diplomacy
Azerbaijan: Israel’s quiet friend
Christopher Phillips
Israel's war on Gaza
To end Israel's genocide in Gaza, the world must sideline the US
Nicolas J S Davies
Occupation
Marwan Barghouti's imprisonment is denying Palestinians a path to unity
Oğuz Kaan Salıcı
UK elections 2024
Starmer has thrown Muslim voters overboard to pander to bigotry
Peter Oborne
UK elections 2024
Keir Starmer's attack on Bangladeshis was no accident
Andrew Feinstein
Economy
Sisi's vision has crippled Egypt, a nation teetering on the brink of economic ruin
Maged Mandour
Campus protests
Why are UK universities inviting police to curb student protests?
Maira Mirza
Inside Egypt
Why Egypt's 'New Republic' is increasingly vulnerable to implosion
Hossam el-Hamalawy
France
France is on the brink of handing power to far-right extremists
Rafik Chekkat
Israel's war on Gaza
War on Gaza: The world has abandoned us. What can we do?
Haidar Eid
Inside Iran
How genocide in Gaza marked the death of Iran's expat opposition
Hamid Dabashi
UK elections 2024
Who will champion Gaza's bombed and starved children in the UK elections?
Jonathan Cook
Israel's war on Gaza
Hezbollah will be a formidable foe if the fighting with Israel escalates
Hicham Safieddine
Human Rights
West's treatment of Assange shows it no longer cares about freedom of the press
Peter Oborne
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The Nakba

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The Nakba: Remembering what was lost in Palestine in 1948
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Occupation
Marwan Barghouti's imprisonment is denying Palestinians a path to unity
Oğuz Kaan Salıcı
Occupation
From Okinawa to Palestine: How the US military machine connects occupied territories
Adam Miyashiro
Occupation
Can Palestine achieve financial independence?
Ahmed Alqarout
Occupation
Why Israel is expanding the Gaza war to the West Bank refugee camps
Ameer Makhoul
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Sudan Crisis

Sudan crisis
RSF attack shuts down last major hospital in Sudan's El-Fasher
Sudan crisis
Sudan’s villages take up arms but powerless to stop RSF massacres
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Sudanese delegation visits Russia as Red Sea base moves forward
Music
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Sudan crisis
2.5m people 'could die from hunger' in Sudan by September 2024
Sudan crisis
Sudan war intensifies as wave of arrests hits Gedarif
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Darfur faces its own 'Srebrenica' as el-Fasher fighting intensifies
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Sudan's revolutionary movement plots path to peace
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I woke to the sounds of war in Sudan. I’ve been running ever since
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Discover

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France
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Iranian Press Review
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Inside Qatar
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Inside Egypt
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David Hearst
Inside UAE
Dengue fever disproportionately affecting migrant workers in UAE, report finds
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US-Israel relations
The US will stop at nothing to maintain its global hegemony
Ammiel Alcalay
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Israeli opposition leader Lieberman says 'all means' should be used to destroy Iran's nuclear programme
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Israel studies Hamas response to ceasefire deal as Hezbollah launches retaliatory rocket fire
Israel's war on Gaza
Court grants University of Toronto permission to clear Gaza solidarity encampment
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War on Gaza: Patients scramble for safety and care after European Gaza Hospital halts operations
US Politics
Muslim Biden political appointee resigns over Israel's war on Gaza
Israel's war on Gaza
Israel announces largest Palestinian land grab in over 30 years
France
French from immigrant backgrounds unite against far right
Israel's war on Gaza
Senior Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on south Lebanon
UK elections 2024
Starmer's attack on Bangladeshis could 'cost him', his constituents say
Policing
Met Police halts discrimination probe into comms chief seconded from UK government
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Campus protests
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The Big Picture Podcast

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Naz Shah on why real change won't come from the fringes
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Norman Finkelstein on Israel, the ICC and global structures of power
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Leanne Mohamad on Palestine, people power and changing the two party system
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After 40 years with Labour, Corbyn is taking them on
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Palestine is a lightning rod for the anger of young people and workers
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The untold legacy of Winston Churchill and the British Empire
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What does the UK's new definition of 'extremism' mean for British Muslims
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Why young Jewish Americans are turning on Israel
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Why are Israel and Iran on the brink of war?
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Germany, antisemitism and the death of liberal Europe
The Big Picture Podcast
Sadiq Khan on Gaza, the Muslim vote and his toughest election yet
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Plestia Alaqad on finding her voice, leaving Gaza, and humanising Palestine
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Real Talk

Unapologetic

Op-Ed Video

Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: Why did the Cairo talks end without a Gaza breakthrough?
Azzam Tamimi
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: 'Palestinians are eating animal feed, that's why we're airdropping aid'
Sarah Wilkinson
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: 'It's absurd to equate anti-Zionism to antisemitism'
Andrew Feinstein
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: The west's role in Israel's bid to dismantle Unrwa
David Hearst
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: No, Israel does not have a right to defend its occupation
Diana Buttu
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza is a global failure
Peter Oborne
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: Palestinians in the West Bank watch with horror as Israel pummels Gaza
Mariam Barghouti
Israel normalisation deals
Op-Ed video: A Saudi-Israel deal will happen. It's a question of when, not if
Chris Doyle
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: The Palestinians aren't sub-human
David Hearst
Israel-India relations
Op-Ed video: India and Israel use similar tactics in occupied territories
Azad Essa
Inside Egypt
Op-Ed video: Sisi is intentionally destroying public squares and green spaces
Hossam el-Hamalawy
Inside UAE
Op-Ed video: The UAE runs roughshod in the region and its ties with Russia show just that
David Hearst
Occupation
Op-Ed video: The UK's anti-BDS bill will harm the country's reputation
Peter Oborne
Occupation
Op-Ed video: How the Oslo Accords perpetuate Israeli occupation
David Hearst
Occupation
Op-Ed video: Israel's Cogat procedure codifies a system of exclusion and oppression
Dania Abul Haj
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David Hearst
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