52 h. 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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59 h. 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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5 d. 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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9 d. 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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2 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 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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3 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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3 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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3 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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3 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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3 w. ago Voices: Netanyahu’s new plan for Gaza City will be the end of him

Local protests against the Israeli prime minister’s idea to escalate the war and take full military control of Gaza City have been muted so far – but his recklessness will eventually see him removed from office, says former diplomat Alon Pinkas

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4 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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