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Best of 2025 … so far: Kahane’s ghost: how a long-dead extremist rabbi continues to haunt Israel’s politics – podcast
By August 20, 2025

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.This week, from April: a violent fanatic and pione…

Read More Best of 2025 … so far: Kahane’s ghost: how a long-dead extremist rabbi continues to haunt Israel’s politics – podcast
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Israel to respond by Friday over Gaza truce plan accepted by Hamas
ByPeter Beaumont August 19, 2025

Israel under pressure to accept ceasefire proposal that is said to be almost identical to earlier US-backed planMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael has said it will deliver its response to international mediators by Friday over a new Gaza ceasefire…

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Ship loaded with 1,200 tons of food to try to alleviate Gaza hunger crisis approaches Israeli port – Middle East crisis live
ByJane Clinton August 19, 2025

Ship departed Cyprus’s main port of Limassol containing aid which will be distribute by UN and World Central Kitchen, says Cypriot foreign ministryThe UN security council has begun debating a resolution drafted by France to extend the UN peacekeeping f…

Read More Ship loaded with 1,200 tons of food to try to alleviate Gaza hunger crisis approaches Israeli port – Middle East crisis live
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Mediators optimistic Israel will accept ceasefire deal that is ‘almost identical’ to one they earlier agreed – as it happened
ByJane Clinton August 19, 2025August 19, 2025

Qatar says no breakthrough has yet been made but Hamas has given ‘positive response’The UN’s human rights office on Tuesday condemned a far-right Israeli minister for taunting a Palestinian prisoner in his cell and sharing the footage online, Reuters r…

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‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focussed as an academic in Gaza
ByAhmed Kamal Junina August 19, 2025

It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matterI must admit: I write this piece while starving – too hungry to think clearly, too weak to sit upright for l…

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There’s a word for the EU’s inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
ByShada Islam August 19, 2025

Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoningThe president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and her team face growing criticism o…

Read More There’s a word for the EU’s inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
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There’s a word for the EU’s inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
ByShada Islam August 19, 2025

Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoningThe president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and her team face growing criticism o…

Read More There’s a word for the EU’s inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
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Hamas says it accepts proposal for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages
ByPeter Beaumont August 18, 2025

Deal would include 60-day halt to military operations and exchange of half of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisonersHamas officials say they have accepted a proposal for a Gaza ceasefire deal that would include the release of half of the remaining …

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Netanyahu criticises protests in Israel against his handling of Gaza war
ByPeter Beaumont August 18, 2025

Israeli PM suggests demonstrators are toughening Hamas’s stance and delaying the release of hostagesMiddle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has criticised massive street protests against his handling of the Gaza war, and failure to secure t…

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Hamas tells mediators it approves latest Gaza ceasefire proposal – as it happened
ByJane Clinton August 18, 2025August 18, 2025

Hamas official tells Reuters news agency it has approved latest Gaza ceasefire proposal. This live blog is closedHamas says it accepts proposal for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostagesNorway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said on Monda…

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