6 h. ago Voices: Gaza’s journalists are being silenced as the world watches – who will tell our story?

Last month, our tent in Gaza City was attacked by Israel, killing my colleagues Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, and four other journalists, writes Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh. How many more lives must be lost before the world pays attention?

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5 d. ago The Voice of Hind Rajab review – docufiction is fierce, vehement and heart

In an audacious move, director Kaouther Ben Hania reconstructs the killing of the five-year-old in Gaza using her real voice as she is bombarded by the Israeli armyThere can be no doubt about which movie has set the Venice film festival ablaze – it is this one, from Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania. The Voice of Hind Rajab is about the horrifying ordeal of the five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who was killed in 2024 by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza in her uncle’s car along with six family members, and two paramedics who tried to come to her rescue. Rajab herself, who survived the original assault by the IDF which killed those around her, stayed on the phone for hours to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), desperately begging for help. With startling audacity, Ben Hania has used the real audio recording of Rajab’s heart-wrenching voice, while fictionally reconstructing the drama of the emergency responders in their call-centre office, with real people ...

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9 d. ago Voices: The truth about 7 October deserved to be told. Let it be told about Gaza, too

Editorial: Israel has made the Gaza Strip dangerous for everyone, not only journalists – all the more reason to grant immediate and unrestricted access so the world can see the truth about what is happening there

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9 d. ago Voices: Gaza is proof the United Nations is no longer fit for purpose

Finally, the United Nations has declared a man-made famine in Gaza – but its inability to prevent it in the first place, or to offer meaningful assistance now to those who are starving, exposes a bankruptcy at the heart of the global order, says Ahmed Najar

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1 week ago Nigel Farage 'is a hypocrite' for lecturing on free speech while banning journalists

The silencing of journalists who could be critical comes shortly before the Reform leader flies to the US while parliament is sitting to testify before congress on the subject of "free speech"

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1 week ago Voices: Trump has a rival for that Nobel Peace Prize, now he’s let Blair into the White House

Those who've never forgiven Tony Blair for the Iraq war were horrified to discover the US president has sought his counsel on Gaza's future. Enough of such childish spite, says Sean O'Grady – the former PM is an ideally qualified adviser...

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2 w. ago Israel’s killing of journalists is a shameful silencing of reporting on Gaza

Editorial: The world relies on local reporters because Israel does not allow international journalists into Gaza. We cannot let any more civilian casualties, of any sort, take place in this conflict

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2 w. ago KPop Demon Hunters: everyone is talking about it at school and on social media, but what is it?

The Netflix phenomenon has shot relative unknowns into stardom, and inspired kids and parents alike. Bertin Huynh explains it to Nick EvershedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOK, so what actually is KPop Demon Hunters? I’ve heard it mentioned by parents at school, by kids and randomly on social media but I am too lazy to Google it. Also, Google is terrible now.It’s been touted by Netflix as the platform’s most-watched original animated film ever. It tells the story of three hunters who use music’s power to move and connect hearts to create a barrier – the “golden Honmoon” – that will keep the forces of evil demons at bay. But probably just as importantly, it has everything: characters that grow, gorgeous animated visuals and a soundtrack I’ve been playing on repeat. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Voices: Jewish history is blinding us Israelis to the suffering in Gaza

Having endured and survived millennia of persecution at the hands of others, should Jewish people feel obliged to take a stand against the devastation Palestinians are now experiencing, asks Yaniv Korman

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2 w. ago Indonesia’s plan to treat 2,000 injured Gazans on an uninhabited island faces scrutiny

Critics say evacuating injured Gazans will not help the Palestinian cause, despite Indonesia voicing support for them

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2 w. ago Netanyahu is now gambling with more than just hostages’ lives

Editorial: The Israeli prime minister is good at finding excuses and distractions to avoid committing to the most minimal of peace agreements, or to stop his siege of Gaza City – it is time he took a risk for peace

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2 w. ago Voices: Whatever Gaza’s future, 7 October was the beginning of Netanyahu’s end

As Israel’s prime minister calls up 60,000 reservists for his siege of Gaza City, amid growing anti-government protests, Mary Dejevsky asks: will he come to regret it?

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2 w. ago Voices: Whatever Gaza’s future, October 7 was the beginning of Netanyahu’s end

As Israel’s prime minister calls up 60,000 reservists for his siege of Gaza City, amid growing anti-government protests, Mary Dejevsky asks: will he come to regret it?

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3 w. ago Voices: Why can’t Palestinian students from Gaza take up their university places in Britain?

Unless the UK expedites the safe passage of Palestinians with university offers, the government will have abetted the wiping out of scholarship in Gaza, says Oxford emeritus professor Avi Shlaim

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3 w. ago 'Incredible' Netflix film based on true events is leaving viewers in tears

The movie has recently joined Netflix's large library and a well-known and film critic has 'begged' viewers to add it to their watch list, praising it as as "incredible" true story

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4 w. ago Voices: Palestine Action demonstrators should not be prosecuted for placards

Indicating support for a terrorist organisation with a placard should not be a criminal offence, as it is inconsistent with the basic rights of free speech, says Jonathan Sumption

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4 w. ago ‘It was horrific’: Witnesses tell how Israeli missiles tore through journalists’ tent in Gaza City

Anas Al-Sharif, 28, one of the news channel’s most prominent voices in Gaza, was killed alongside reporter Mohammed Qreiqeh, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa

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4 w. ago ‘It was horrific’: Witnesses tell how missiles tore through journalists’ tent in Gaza City

Anas Al-Sharif, 28, one of the news channel’s most prominent voices in Gaza, was killed alongside reporter Mohammed Qreiqeh, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa

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4 w. ago Killing of Al Jazeera staff in Gaza ‘silencing journalistic voices’ – Tanaiste

Simon Harris extended Ireland’s sympathies to Al Jazeera over the deaths of five of its staff members in Gaza on Sunday night.

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4 w. ago Israel kills five Al Jazeera journalists in ‘targeted’ Gaza strike

CPJ had warned that Israeli military was using a ‘smear campaign’ in a bid to ‘manufacture consent’ to kill Anas al-Sharif, 28, one of Al Jazeera’s most prominent voices in Gaza

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