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Want a green card? Better make sure you haven’t criticized Israel on social media | Arwa Mahdawi
ByArwa Mahdawi May 4, 2026

Updated guidelines issued by the Trump administration mean immigrants could potentially be denied a green card for their political opinionsLet’s play a fun game of Will This Get Me Deported? The first contestant is myself: a British-Palestinian green c…

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Spain demands release of Gaza flotilla activists ‘held illegally’ by Israel
ByAgence France-Presse May 3, 2026May 3, 2026

Israeli court extends detention of two men who were among 175 people intercepted near Crete on ThursdaySpain’s foreign ministry has demanded the immediate release of a Spanish national it said was being “held illegally” by Israel after the interception…

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‘Go inside, he will kill you’: Israeli militants step up West Bank school attacks
ByEmma Graham-Harrison, Sufian Taha and Quique Kierszenbaum in Mughayyir May 2, 2026

Education is being targeted across Palestine, with the murder of 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan only the latest in a spree of violenceThe Israeli reservist shot 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan in the head just outside the western gate of the Mughayyir boys’ secon…

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Australian activists released in Crete allege mistreatment by Israeli forces who intercepted Gaza flotilla
ByKelly Burke May 2, 2026

Three Australians among 175 activists taken by Israel from ships attempting to transport aid to Gaza say they have launched a hunger strike Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree Australian activists say they have launched a h…

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Why has the world lost sight of the suffering of Palestinians? – The Latest
By May 1, 2026

In the six months since a ceasefire was announced in Gaza, more than 800 civilians have been killed and living conditions have remained dire. Meanwhile, Palestinians in the West Bank face a surge in violence from Israeli settlers and soldiers. While th…

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Israel navy to release six Australians in Greece after intercepting Gaza flotilla
ByCaitlin Cassidy May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

The activists’ vessels were intercepted off the coast of Crete on Wednesday evening while travelling as part of the Global Sumud FlotillaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSix Australians who were detained by the Israel Defense …

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Israel intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near Crete
ByLorenzo Tondo in Palermo, and Caitlin Cassidy April 30, 2026April 30, 2026

Global Sumud Flotilla describes interception as ‘violent raid’ while Turkey condemns it as ‘act of piracy’Israeli forces have intercepted and detained the crews of at least 22 boats near the Greek island of Crete from a flotilla that is attempting to b…

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The pope’s African tour shows the continent is vital to the future of Catholicism
ByNesrine Malik April 29, 2026

Amid the US far right’s hijacking of Christianity and his very public row with Trump, Pope Leo XIV’s visit is symbolic of the ‘growing centrality of Africa and its Black diaspora’• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAlmost a y…

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What is the latest Palestine Action court case – and what is at stake?
ByHaroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent April 28, 2026

Government appeal against high court ruling could have implications for right to protest and lead to other groups being proscribedThe home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, will have her appeal against the high court ruling that the ban on Palestine Action w…

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Israel’s direction poses ‘existential threat’ to Judaism, UK’s leading progressive rabbis warn
ByAamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent April 28, 2026

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy say criticising Israeli government is not disloyalty but a Jewish obligationThe UK’s most senior progressive rabbis have warned that Israel’s current political direction risks becoming “incompatible with Jewish val…

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