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Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones
ByOwen Jones March 2, 2026

The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine’. The wider context is impossible to ignoreThe west is in the midst of the most serious assault on free speech and academic freedom since the heyday of McCa…

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I used to report from the West Bank. Twenty years after my last visit, I was shocked by how much worse it is today – podcast
By March 2, 2026

Among the many people I met, there was a pervasive feeling of hopelessness and a sense that resistance is slowly becoming a memoryBy Ewen MacAskill. Read by Greg Stylianou-Burns Continue reading…

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‘Israel is promised only to the Jewish people’ | In search of Palestine: episode 2 – video
ByMatthew Cassel, Kyri Evangelou, Ayman Abu Ramouz and Temujin Doran February 26, 2026

In the second episode of a new series, reporter Matthew Cassel travels across the West Bank to document what daily life looks like under deepening Israeli occupation. In this episode he travels from Bethlehem to Nablus, to ask those living there if a P…

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US to offer passport services to citizens in illegal West Bank settlements
ByJason Burke International security correspondent February 25, 2026

Israel welcomes move described by Palestinian Authority as undermining possibility of an independent stateThe US will provide on-site consular services in two Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank for the first time, breaking with previous poli…

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Israel responsible for two-thirds of record 129 press killings in 2025, says CPJ
ByReuters in Washington February 25, 2026February 25, 2026

Committee to Protect Journalists report says Israel also to blame for 81% of ‘intentionally targeted’ journalist killings The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza warA record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work i…

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Disputes over Hamas disarmament stall Gaza peace plan progress
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem February 25, 2026

Hamas to almost certainly reject plan described in Israeli press, say experts, as no guarantee Israel will withdraw on surrender of weaponsProgress in the Gaza peace plan has stalled over disagreements on how Hamas should be disarmed, with Israel threa…

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Palestine Comedy Club review – roving performance collective finds light in darkness
ByPeter Bradshaw February 25, 2026

This portrait of a multi-ethnic comic troupe could do with more unpicking, but its reflections on the grind of war, life on the road and the reactive nature of comedy are insightfulIt must surely, sometimes, seem to everyone involved that the name shou…

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Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say
ByAssociated Press February 20, 2026

Nasrallah Abu Siyam shot dead in occupied West Bank as UN human rights office accuses Israel of war crimesIsraeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American man during an attack on a village, the Palestinian health minist…

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Hamas reportedly holds leadership vote at critical moment for militant group
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem February 20, 2026

New head will face decisions crucial to movement’s future, such as how far to cooperate with Trump’s Gaza planHamas has reportedly begun holding leadership elections among its members at a time when the militant Palestinian movement faces imminent deci…

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The Guardian view on Trump’s Board of Peace: serving private interests more than public good | Editorial
ByEditorial February 20, 2026

As aid trickles into Gaza, Washington channels $10bn into a body chaired by the president. Peace in the region rests on law and sovereignty, not ego and brinkmanshipIn Gaza, aid still trickles in at levels relief agencies say are far below what is requ…

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