27 h. ago Paul Weller sues accountant firm for 'discriminating against him' after it stopped working with him 'for saying Israel is committing genocide in Gaza'

Paul Weller, 67, filed the discrimination suit against Harris and Trotter after the business cut ties with him after 30 years in March, according to a pre-action letter.

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33 h. ago Paul Weller sues former accountants after being dropped over Gaza statements

The former frontman of The Jam is bringing a discrimination claim against the firm he worked with for more than 30 years.

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55 h. ago There's a word for the EU's inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam

Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoningThe president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and her team face growing criticism of the controversial EU-US tariff deal agreed in July. I am hoping for similar calls for accountability over the EU’s complicity in Israel’s unfolding genocide in Gaza. Such a reckoning is long overdue.I have watched in despair for almost two years as European governments have done little or nothing while Israel has devastated Gaza through bombings, targeted strikes and forced starvation after the 7 October attack by Hamas. There are so many sanctions at the EU’s disposal which they are still refusing to deploy; so many levers they are refusing to pull. The bloc is Israel’s biggest trading partner, accounting for 32% of Israel’s total trade in 2024. Yet at every meeting, EU leaders and foreign ministers have failed to secure the majorit...

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69 h. ago ‘I will not enlist in an army committing genocide’: Meet the Israeli teens refusing Netanyahu’s war on Gaza

The Israeli military is facing a refusal crisis from youth burning draft papers to reservists refusing to turn up for duty, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

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7 d. ago JD Vance greeted by angry Palestine protesters as he arrives in Scotland for holiday

As US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Scotland for a family holiday to the UK, he was greeted at the resort by dozens of pro-Palestine protesters, who accused him of supporting a “genocide” by Israel in Gaza on Wednesday, 13 August.

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9 d. ago Netanyahu says 'if we wanted to commit genocide, it would have taken exactly one afternoon' as Israel is accused of trying to starve Gaza

On Sunday, he told reporters: 'If we had wanted to commit genocide, it would have taken exactly one afternoon.'

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1 week ago Vance says UK and US have ‘disagreements’ over Gaza, as he confirms Trump does not back Palestinian state recognition – as it happened

David Lammy is hosting the US vice-president at Chevening, his grace-and-favour residence in Kent, where they will discuss the Middle EastThe SNP is calling for the recall of parliament so that MPs can approve sanctions against Benjamin Netanyahu in the light of his decision to extend the occupation of Gaza. In a statement Stephen Flynn, the SNP leader at Westminster, said:A genocide is happening before our eyes in Gaza. Words of condemnation aren’t anywhere near enough - if we have any hope of stopping this genocide strong actions are desperately needed, now. That means Keir Starmer needs to recall Westminster and take concrete steps to sanction the Israeli government. Those sanctions must include ending all arms sales to the Israeli military, stopping all training, logistical and military support to the IDF, directly and personally sanctioning Netanyahu and his ministers and finally and immediately recognising the state of Palestine before it is brutally wiped off the map. If the ...

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1 week ago Vance says UK and US have ‘disagreements’ over Gaza, as he confirms Trump does not back Palestinian state recognition – UK politics live

David Lammy is hosting the US vice-president at Chevening, his grace-and-favour residence in Kent, where they will discuss the Middle EastThe SNP is calling for the recall of parliament so that MPs can approve sanctions against Benjamin Netanyahu in the light of his decision to extend the occupation of Gaza. In a statement Stephen Flynn, the SNP leader at Westminster, said:A genocide is happening before our eyes in Gaza. Words of condemnation aren’t anywhere near enough - if we have any hope of stopping this genocide strong actions are desperately needed, now. That means Keir Starmer needs to recall Westminster and take concrete steps to sanction the Israeli government. Those sanctions must include ending all arms sales to the Israeli military, stopping all training, logistical and military support to the IDF, directly and personally sanctioning Netanyahu and his ministers and finally and immediately recognising the state of Palestine before it is brutally wiped off the map. If the ...

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1 week ago Vance meets Lammy in UK as Starmer denounces Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City – UK politics live

The foreign secretary is hosting the US vice-president at Chevening, his grace-and-favour residence, and Gaza is expected to be on their agendaThe SNP is calling for the recall of parliament so that MPs can approve sanctions against Benjamin Netanyahu in the light of his decision to extend the occupation of Gaza. In a statement Stephen Flynn, the SNP leader at Westminster, said:A genocide is happening before our eyes in Gaza. Words of condemnation aren’t anywhere near enough - if we have any hope of stopping this genocide strong actions are desperately needed, now. That means Keir Starmer needs to recall Westminster and take concrete steps to sanction the Israeli government. Those sanctions must include ending all arms sales to the Israeli military, stopping all training, logistical and military support to the IDF, directly and personally sanctioning Netanyahu and his ministers and finally and immediately recognising the state of Palestine before it is brutally wiped off the map. If...

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2 w. ago Israel’s military onslaught in Gaza 'looks like genocide,' says top European Commission official

‘What we are seeing is a concrete population being targeted, killed and condemned to starve to death,’ says the European Commission’s Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera

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2 w. ago How did John Oliver become the moral compass of the US? | Arwa Mahdawi

He and other late-night hosts are rare voices when it comes to honest discussion of Gaza and Trump – which says something frightening about our public discourseSome time ago, an acquaintance sent me a cryptic text message. “Thought of you after I saw one of your recent articles,” they said. “Thank you for saying it.”I write columns regularly. Some are about vaginas; some are about the genocide in Gaza. Was this person thanking me for drawing attention to the desperate plight of people on eBay who are prepared to pay five times the original sales price for Gwyneth Paltrow’s delisted This Smells Like My Vagina candle? Or were they referencing Gaza? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year

Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’The UN expert who first warned that Israel was orchestrating a campaign of deliberate mass starvation in Gaza more than 500 days ago, has said that governments and corporations cannot claim to be surprised at the horror now unfolding.“Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine. So while it’s always shocking to see people being starved, no one should act surprised. All the information has been out in the open since early 2024,” Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, told the Guardian. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sydney’s huge Gaza protest shows there’s now no stopping the tide of public opinion | Sarah Malik

The Harbour Bridge march felt different. The whole city turned up, not just students and activists but grandmothers and parents with prams. I felt like I was in the majorityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe rain couldn’t stop us. At least 100,000 people took over the CBD and marched across Sydney’s Harbour Bridge to protest Israel’s continued genocide in Gaza. And it felt like a collective wave of energy, hope and determination against institutional and governmental intransigence, denial, obfuscation and enabling that has so many of us feeling despairing, disgusted and disquieted.Why aren’t they listening? How is this horror continuing unabated with impunity? Why won’t Australia impose sanctions and call for arms embargos against Israel’s senseless murder of civilians, unleashed by some of the most methodical and lethal autonomous weaponry on Earth and AI machines directing bombs, as claimed by intell...

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2 w. ago MTG hints that she might be finished with the GOP: ‘I don’t know if the Republican Party is leaving me’

Georgia firebrand recently broke from her party to condemn Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza – one of the few positions she’s taken in opposition to her party

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2 w. ago Swinney brands Gaza crisis ‘genocide’ after Fringe show disrupted

The First Minister’s show at The Stand was disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters on Saturday afternoon.

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