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The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance
By October 11, 2025

Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shiftingThe ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has been met with joy and relief across the Middle East and beyond. Over…

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Spanish MPs back move to enshrine in law arms embargo on Israel
ByAgence France-Press in Madrid October 8, 2025

Decree bans all exports of defence equipment, products or technology to Israel and imports of such goods from IsraelSpain’s parliament has voted to enshrine in law an arms embargo on Israel that the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, introduced to end “the…

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Spanish MPs back move to enshrine in law arms embargo on Israel
ByAgence France-Press in Madrid October 8, 2025

Decree bans all exports of defence equipment, products or technology to Israel and imports of such goods from IsraelSpain’s parliament has voted to enshrine in law an arms embargo on Israel that the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, introduced to end “the…

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Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention
ByLorenzo Tondo in Palermo, Sam Jones in Madrid and Helena Smith in Athens October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

Some of those held say guns were pointed at them, they were threatened with dogs and deprived of sleepInternational activists, journalists and lawyers deported from Israel after attempting to breach the 16-year maritime blockade of Gaza as part of a hu…

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Israel Detains Activists After Intercepting Flotilla Headed to Gaza: What to Know
ByEmma Bubola October 1, 2025October 2, 2025

The Israeli government said it had detained activists who were trying to take humanitarian aid to the blockaded enclave.

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Recognising statehood is the minimum – now the EU must protect Palestine with money
By September 26, 2025

As Europe’s socialist leaders, we call for a trade deal and aid package for Palestine – along with sanctions on Israel to halt the genocideApplause rang out through the UN general assembly this month after it endorsed the so-called New York declaration…

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Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership
ByPatrick Wintourin New York September 24, 2025

US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliancesSuch is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the politics of the other 192 countries that make up the United Nati…

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‘I was terrified of dying’: how one man survived 40 hours adrift in the sea
ByAshifa Kassam and Okba Mohammad September 21, 2025

Rafie Nadi, 23, was rescued off Spain’s coast after nearly two days floating with only an inflatable ring and flippersFor more than 40 hours he floated in the Mediterranean, buoyed only by an inflatable ring and flippers. Gripped by fear and dishearten…

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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez says Israel is ‘exterminating a defenceless people’
BySam Jones in Madrid September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

Spain announces raft of measures designed to increase pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu to end Gaza warMiddle East crisis – live updatesSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has stepped up his scathing criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza, accusing Benj…

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‘I sit alone and talk to myself’: a family ripped apart by Europe’s migration crisis
ByOkba Mohammad and Tom Levitt August 27, 2025

An Algerian mother blames people smugglers and opportunists for the death of both her daughters. Now she cares for four grandchildren aloneEach morning Zahia leaves the home she shares with her four grandchildren in the Algerian coastal city of Bou Ism…

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