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As Jewish ambulances are set ablaze, we must quell the flames of hate from Golders Green to the West Bank | David Davidi-Brown
ByDavid Davidi-Brown March 23, 2026

Britons face a clear choice: fuel the division arising from all the horror abroad or refuse to let that hatred take hold in our own communitiesA few weeks ago in Tel Aviv, on my first days there – before what has now become an extended stay due to the…

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The best of the long read in 2025
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian December 23, 2025

Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sell…

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Man jailed for murdering Syrian teenager in Huddersfield street
ByRaphael Boyd October 10, 2025

Alfie Franco stabbed Ahmad Al Ibrahim shortly after Ibrahim brushed past Franco’s girlfriend, court heardA man has been detained for life with a minimum term of 23 years for murdering a teenage Syrian refugee after he brushed past his girlfriend in Hud…

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A teenager fled horror in Syria – only to be murdered on a sunny day in Huddersfield
ByJosh Halliday and Raphael Boyd October 9, 2025

Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, was looking to make some friends but died after an innocuous encounter with Alfie FrancoAfter the horror of Homs, the Syrian teenager had found the relative harmony of Huddersfield. Sixteen-year-old Ahmad Al Ibrahim had been injur…

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A teenager fled horror in Syria – only to be murdered on a sunny day in Huddersfield
ByJosh Halliday and Raphael Boyd October 9, 2025

Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, was looking to make some friends but died after an innocuous encounter with Alfie FrancoAfter the horror of Homs, the Syrian teenager had found the relative harmony of Huddersfield. Sixteen-year-old Ahmad Al Ibrahim had been injur…

Read More A teenager fled horror in Syria – only to be murdered on a sunny day in Huddersfield