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Palestinian statehood is more than just a mantra | Letters
ByGuardian staff September 25, 2025

Critics who claim that recognising Palestine rewards terrorism are wrong, writes Lu’ayy Minwer Al-Rimawi. Plus letters from Jane Caplan and a Gaza resident caught up in the conflictThe concerted efforts of the UK, Australia and Canada in recognising Pa…

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‘Inclusive’ Israel has always excluded the Palestinians | Letters
ByGuardian staff September 25, 2025

Peter Prinsley missed a key point in his account of being barred from Israel, writes Dr Hilary Kilpatrick. Plus a letter from Owen HollandIn the report of his experience at being refused entry to Israel/Palestine, Dr Peter Prinsley MP reflects on how f…

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Liev Schreiber and Debra Messing among names rejecting pledge to boycott Israeli films
ByCatherine Shoard September 25, 2025

More than 1,200 industry figures claim the pledge is ‘a document of misinformation’ and that much of the Israeli film and TV industry are ‘often the loudest critics of government policy’More than 1,200 entertainment industry figures have signed a new o…

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Liev Schreiber and Debra Messing among names rejecting pledge to boycott Israeli films
ByCatherine Shoard September 25, 2025

More than 1,200 industry figures claim the pledge is ‘a document of misinformation’ and that much of the Israeli film and TV industry are ‘often the loudest critics of government policy’More than 1,200 entertainment industry figures have signed a new o…

Read More Liev Schreiber and Debra Messing among names rejecting pledge to boycott Israeli films
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Abbas decries Israel’s ‘genocide’ and says Hamas will have no role in future Gaza government
ByAndrew Roth in New York September 25, 2025

Palestinian Authority president speaks to UN by video about Israel’s ‘war crime’ after visa was revoked by the USMahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, has decried Israel’s “war of genocide” and settlement expansion, while condemning Hamas…

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Abbas decries Israel’s ‘genocide’ and says Hamas will have no role in future Gaza government
ByAndrew Roth in New York September 25, 2025

Palestinian Authority president speaks to UN by video about Israel’s ‘war crime’ after visa was revoked by the USMahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, has decried Israel’s “war of genocide” and settlement expansion, while condemning Hamas…

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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
ByHarry Davies and Yuval Abraham September 25, 2025

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy projectMiddle East crisis – live updatesMicrosoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful survei…

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Israel carrying out crime against humanity in Gaza, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas tells UN – as it happened
ByTom Ambrose September 25, 2025September 25, 2025

Speech by Palestinian Authority president also says Hamas should have no role in governing Palestine and must disarmAlimi says the policy of containment has given the Houthis time to expand its arsenal.“It has become clear the peace we seek cannot be a…

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‘I am innocent’: Nicolas Sarkozy given five-year prison sentence after Libya trial – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian September 25, 2025

The Paris criminal court found the former French president guilty of receiving millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday. In a surprise ruling, the head judge, Nathali…

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When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate
ByShams Ali* September 25, 2025

A new law legitimises violence and entrenches control over the bodies of millions of women and girls like meI was about 13 when my family decided to marry me off to a man of 29. I cried, I resisted. The pain was doubled because even at that age I was a…

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