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There’s a word for the EU’s inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
ByShada Islam August 19, 2025

Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoningThe president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and her team face growing criticism o…

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There’s a word for the EU’s inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
ByShada Islam August 19, 2025

Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoningThe president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and her team face growing criticism o…

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Hamas says it accepts proposal for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages
ByPeter Beaumont August 18, 2025

Deal would include 60-day halt to military operations and exchange of half of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisonersHamas officials say they have accepted a proposal for a Gaza ceasefire deal that would include the release of half of the remaining …

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Netanyahu criticises protests in Israel against his handling of Gaza war
ByPeter Beaumont August 18, 2025

Israeli PM suggests demonstrators are toughening Hamas’s stance and delaying the release of hostagesMiddle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has criticised massive street protests against his handling of the Gaza war, and failure to secure t…

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Protester arrested over ‘Plasticine Action’ T-shirt: ‘How ridiculous is this?’
ByRobyn Vinter and Ben Quinn August 18, 2025

Miles Pickering says crowd at protest over Palestine Action ban was laughing at ‘silliness’ of scene as he was detainedIt was only after Miles Pickering arrived at Scotland Yard following his arrest that the police realised they had got things embarras…

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Protester arrested over ‘Plasticine Action’ T-shirt: ‘How ridiculous is this?’
ByRobyn Vinter and Ben Quinn August 18, 2025

Miles Pickering says crowd at protest over Palestine Action ban was laughing at ‘silliness’ of scene as he was detainedIt was only after Miles Pickering arrived at Scotland Yard following his arrest that the police realised they had got things embarras…

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Hamas tells mediators it approves latest Gaza ceasefire proposal – as it happened
ByJane Clinton August 18, 2025August 18, 2025

Hamas official tells Reuters news agency it has approved latest Gaza ceasefire proposal. This live blog is closedHamas says it accepts proposal for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostagesNorway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said on Monda…

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Gaza’s journalists are talented, professional and dignified. That’s why Israel targets them | Nesrine Malik
ByNesrine Malik August 18, 2025

Recent killings have dazed the world and provoked condemnation. But little is said about the calibre of Palestinian journalismThe first time I met Al Jazeera’s Gaza team lead, Tamer Almisshal, was in July last year. His team had already buried two jour…

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‘A symbol of Palestinian presence and identity’: the personal and political world of ‘tatreez’ – in pictures
ByEllie Violet Bramley August 18, 2025

A new exhibition explores Palestine’s ‘most vital living tradition’ – embroidery which reflects not only the personal lives of women, but is also a symbol of resistance and survivalThread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine is on at V&A Dundee until …

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‘A symbol of Palestinian presence and identity’: the personal and political world of ‘tatreez’ – in pictures
ByEllie Violet Bramley August 18, 2025

A new exhibition explores Palestine’s ‘most vital living tradition’ – embroidery which reflects not only the personal lives of women, but is also a symbol of resistance and survivalThread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine is on at V&A Dundee until …

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