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Revealed: Why there is an abandoned Ottoman tomb in remote India

Abdulmecid II, the last caliph, dreamt of resurrecting the caliphate abolished by Turkey

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Starmer's fingerprints - not just the Tories' - are all over Britain's race riots

Why blaming the Israel lobby for western Middle East policies is misguided

How Netanyahu's Washington visit paved the way for regional war

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How Gaza sparked a new movement for justice in the UK

Rishi Sunak, his family, and India's far right

Is Israel going the way of the Crusaders?

Israel's war on Gaza

The message of Israel’s torture chambers is directed at all of us, not just Palestinians

Israel's war on Gaza

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