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Has Israel begun its Gaza City offensive or will there be yet more ‘approvals’?
ByPeter Beaumont August 21, 2025August 21, 2025

Netanyahu is latest to ‘approve’ plan that has had daily announcements and that Israel knows will have serious consequencesHas Israel begun its expanded offensive in Gaza City, or is it hype?After several weeks of threats of a new large-scale offensive…

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Israel keeps up military pressure on Gaza City ahead of planned offensive – as it happened
ByCharlie Moloney August 21, 2025August 21, 2025

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereIran was seeking to reassert an image of strength on Thursday after suffering heavy losses, when Israel largely destroyed Iran’s air defences during the war and much of its stockpile of balli…

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I’m a legal refugee in Britain. So why am I always being treated like a criminal? | Ayman Alhussein
ByAyman Alhussein August 21, 2025

I’ve met wonderful people here who make me feel that I belong – but there are now many who see asylum seekers as an easy political targetHardly a day goes by without a new insult being hurled in the faces of asylum seekers and refugees. We’re scrounger…

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I’m a legal refugee in Britain. So why am I always being treated like a criminal? | Ayman Alhussein
ByAyman Alhussein August 21, 2025

I’ve met wonderful people here who make me feel that I belong – but there are now many who see asylum seekers as an easy political targetHardly a day goes by without a new insult being hurled in the faces of asylum seekers and refugees. We’re scrounger…

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In Norway we see ourselves as ethically virtuous – so why is our oil wealth enabling genocide? | Sindre Bangstad
BySindre Bangstad August 21, 2025

With an election looming, will politicians finally listen to the majority of citizens, who want to divest from Israeli arms companies?Oil has made Norway extremely rich. We have the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, which was established with petr…

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In Norway we see ourselves as ethically virtuous – so why is our oil wealth enabling genocide? | Sindre Bangstad
BySindre Bangstad August 21, 2025

With an election looming, will politicians finally listen to the majority of citizens, who want to divest from Israeli arms companies?Oil has made Norway extremely rich. We have the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, which was established with petr…

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UK to evacuate nine Gaza students with university scholarships
BySally Weale Education correspondent August 20, 2025

Move follows months of pressure from MPs, academics and campaigners, with dozens of other students still strandedNine students in Gaza with full scholarships to study at British universities have been told the UK government is working to facilitate the…

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Buchenwald can refuse entry to people wearing Palestinian keffiyeh, German court rules
ByAgence France-Presse in Berlin August 20, 2025

Court in Thuringia rejected woman’s request to enter concentration camp memorial while wearing the scarfA German court has ruled that a Nazi concentration camp memorial has the right to refuse entry to those wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh scarf.The h…

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The Guardian view on Gaza’s future: Israel should end the killing. Its allies must not remain complicit | Editorial
ByEditorial August 20, 2025

The suffering and death of Palestinians is multiplying. Seizing and occupying Gaza City would only deepen the horrorIsrael faces a stark choice. So do its allies. International condemnation pushed Israel into allowing a trickle of aid into Gaza. But it…

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Israel expands Gaza City offensive as UK decries West Bank settlement approval
ByPeter Beaumont August 20, 2025August 20, 2025

Construction would be ‘flagrant breach of international law’ and undermine two-state solution, foreign secretary saysIsrael has announced it is expanding its military operations in Gaza City, as the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, condemned its appr…

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