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Tomorrow Will Be a Palestinian Day review – work that finds a way out of Gaza’s ruins
ByArifa Akbar June 2, 2026

Theatre503, LondonHope still resides against horror in this collection of short plays from Palestinian playwrights, poets and artistsWhat are the basic requirements of theatre-making? Actors, writers, resource and rehearsal space, to name a few. What h…

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Planet Israel review – valuable personal documentary about Israel/Palestine conflict
ByPeter Bradshaw June 2, 2026

Gillian Mosely’s film argues that Israelis are asked to accept a ‘forever war’ in part motivated by Netanyahu’s desire to defer investigation into corruption allegationsGillian Mosely has produced a follow-up film to her earlier documentary The Tinderb…

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The Guest review – the risks of protecting refugees in the Poland-Belarus danger zone
ByPhuong Le June 1, 2026

Zvika Gregory Portnoy and Zuzanna Solakiewicz’s documentary lays bare the problems faced by refugees and the compassion of good samaritansIt all begins with a knock. In a small Polish town on the border with Belarus, Maciek and his family have taken in…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell May 29, 2026

Russian strikes in Kyiv, the Ebola outbreak, Eid al-Adha in Gaza and Sinner at the French Open – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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British Museum postpones Jewish culture month lecture over protest fears
ByNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

Decision draws criticism from some commentators and free speech advocates as well as Tory leader, Kemi BadenochThe British Museum has postponed a lecture for Jewish culture month over concerns that the event would be disrupted by protesters.The museum …

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Written under collapsing ceilings, typed on phones: the poetry bringing Palestine to the world
ByStephen Burgen May 25, 2026

Two new poetry collections tackle themes of trauma, exile, resistance and love amid conflict in Gaza Poetry may not be the best response to aerial bombardment, but for many Palestinians it has become a line of defence amid the rubble and ongoing killin…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell May 22, 2026

The Ebola outbreak, Israeli strikes in Gaza, Putin in Beijing and Arsenal win the Premier League – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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Eagles of the Republic review – seductive thriller of corruption and compromise in post-Mubarak Egypt
ByPeter Bradshaw May 21, 2026

The third film in Tarik Saleh’s ‘Cairo trilogy’ is a about a washed-up movie star who is bullied into starring in government propagandaSwedish-Egyptian film-maker Tarik Saleh has long been a brilliant satirist of the corruption and shabby political com…

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Sally Rooney on a new Hebrew translation of Intermezzo: ‘The Israeli culture sector is complicit in apartheid’
BySally Rooney and Samir Eskanda May 19, 2026

Four years after Rooney cited BDS in declining a different Israeli publisher, she speaks with activist Samir Eskanda about the artist’s role in the boycott movementSally Rooney to publish Hebrew translation of novel with BDS-compliant publisherIntermez…

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‘Come in for one minute’: Israeli survivor’s appeal to doubters as 7 October exhibition opens in London
ByDaniel Boffey Chief reporter May 19, 2026

Commemoration of atrocity at Nova music festival confronts those who deny its gravity, says Elkana BohbotTwo police vans waited expectantly near the front entrance. Officers patrolled the pavements while suited security men with ear pieces stood stern-…

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