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US visa refusal for Palestinian delegation prompts calls to move UN meeting to Geneva
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

General assembly session about two-state solution for Palestine and Israel due to start in New York on Tuesday Middle East crisis – live updatesThe US’s refusal to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation to the UN general assembly has led to calls fo…

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Actors and directors pledge not to work with Israeli film groups ‘implicated in genocide’
ByAnna Betts September 8, 2025September 10, 2025

Exclusive: Thousands of film workers join new boycott initiative criticized by Israeli producers’ group as ‘misguided’Thousands of actors, directors and other film industry professionals have signed a new pledge vowing not to work with Israeli film ins…

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Mahmoud Khalil on exile, liberation and Ice detention: ‘It was a clear act of cruelty’
ByOliver Laughland in New York September 8, 2025

His grandparents survived the Nakba and he fled Assad’s Syria. Khalil is no stranger to political persecution, but not even Trump’s crackdown can silence himWhen a history of resistance to the lurching authoritarianism of Donald Trump’s second presiden…

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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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Palestinian gunmen kill six people at Jerusalem bus stop
ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

At least 12 others injured in attack at Ramot intersection during morning rush hourMiddle East crisis – live updatesPalestinian gunmen opened fire at a crowded bus stop in the northern outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and injuring 1…

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Israel used to lie about killing journalists; now it barely bothers to do so. What happened? | Meron Rapoport
ByMeron Rapoport September 8, 2025

The ‘most moral army in the world’ has killed at least 248 journalists in Gaza, seemingly without any shameMeron Rapoport is an Israeli journalist for +972 magazine and Local CallIn September 2022, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published the results …

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Four people killed in Jerusalem shooting; Israel threatens Gaza City with ‘powerful hurricane’ – Middle East crisis live
ByYohannes Lowe September 8, 2025

Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, has warned that a ‘powerful hurricane’ will ‘strike the skies of Gaza City’ later today We have some more information on the Jerusalem shooting (see opening post).Four people were killed in the shooting attack at…

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‘Leave now,’ Netanyahu tells Gaza City residents as he says Israeli forces readying for ground ‘manoeuvre’ – as it happened
ByYohannes Lowe September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting here:Palestinian gunmen kill six people at Jerusalem bus stopSam Jones is Madrid correspondent for the GuardianSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has stepped up his scathing criticism …

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Where God Is Not review – victims of torture by the Iranian secret police re-enact their abuse
ByPhuong Le September 8, 2025

Empowering for some, deeply traumatic for others, the former detainees in Mehran Tamadon’s documentary paint a harrowing picture of systematic maltreatmentMehran Tamadon’s probing film operates a kind of dialogue with his related documentary My Worst E…

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Where God Is Not review – victims of torture by the Iranian secret police re-enact their abuse
ByPhuong Le September 8, 2025

Empowering for some, deeply traumatic for others, the former detainees in Mehran Tamadon’s documentary paint a harrowing picture of systematic maltreatmentMehran Tamadon’s probing film operates a kind of dialogue with his related documentary My Worst E…

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