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Middle East Eye

Watch: Macron calls Gaza ‘a spectacle that shames us all’ at UN General Assembly

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Inside Gaza’s ‘widows camp,’ where women now support their families alone

Women in Gaza who lost their husbands in the genocide are caught between the need to work and the pain of leaving their children alone, susceptible to Israeli violence. According to the UN, these women now represent 1 in 4 households in Gaza.

EU states urged to ‘go beyond’ AI Act to protect people from abusive surveillance

Peaceful protesters and ethnic minorities in Europe could be victimised by police abuse of AI-powered surveillance tech, an EU rights body has warned.

Middle East Monitor

Protesters outside UN’s New York headquarters demand Netanyahu face war crimes charges

A large crowd of protesters gathered in New York to denounce Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his Thursday address to the UN General Assembly, demanding he face prosecution for his …

US Visas for Ruthless Autocrats to Address UN– but not for Palestinian Leaders

UNITED NATIONS, September 21 (IPS) - When Yasser Arafat was denied a US visa for his second visit to New York to address the United Nations back in 1988, the General Assembly defied the United States by temporarily moving the UN’s highest policy making body to Geneva– perhaps for the first time in UN history– providing a less-hostile political environment and a platform, for the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

Middle East Monitor

Gaza winter nears as 162,000 tents become unusable, raising fears of humanitarian crisis

As winter approaches, concerns are growing that hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the Gaza Strip could face a harsh season of cold, rain and flooding, amid deteriorating displacement cam…

The socialist legacy of the Battle of Cable Street

IN just a week’s time, on October 4, thousands of people in East London will commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, when the Jewish community and allies stood together to march off Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts.This commemoration takes place every five years, and this year it will start at 12 noon with a procession from Tower Hamlets Town Hall to the Cable Street Mural.I believe that we, as socialists, trade unionists, and anti-racists, can still look to the events o

Middle East Monitor

Norway moves to criminalising trade with Israeli settlements, other Western countries consider similar steps

Norway is moving toward legislation that would criminalise certain commercial dealings with businesses in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, while several other Western countries are co…

Dorset Eye

The Hidden Network Targeting RNLI Volunteers Has Been Exposed - Dorset Eye

The man allegedly behind an online “Traitorbase” targeting RNLI workers, charity staff, campaigners and others has been exposed and the revelations raise disturbing questions about the organised nature of the hostility being directed at Britain’s lifesavers. An investigation by anti-extremism organisation Hope not Hate has identified the person behind the anonymous “Big Time Charlie” account […]

Middle East Monitor

UK taxpayers subsidised therapy for Israeli soldiers committing genocide in Gaza, investigation finds

British taxpayers subsidised therapy for Israeli soldiers committing genocide Gaza, according to a new video by Declassified UK. The investigation focuses on UK Toremet, a registered British charit…

Novara Media

British Adults Overwhelmingly Support UK Ban on Illegal Israeli Settler Imports

A significant majority of British adults support the UK government’s ban on imported goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a YouGov survey has revealed.

The National

Macklemore announces Free Palestine European tour following Ed Sheeran row

AMERICAN rapper Macklemore has announced a Free Palestine tour with all proceeds going to charities and organisations that support Palestinians…

Middle East Eye

As elections loom, Naza controversy strikes at the heart of Israel's crisis

The film exposes dark truths about mainstream Israeli society, from the far right to the supposedly enlightened centre and left

Middle East Eye

US prepares $2.8bn weapons sale, funded by taxpayers, to Israel: Report

The potential transfer of controversial 2,000-pound munition is largest single sale in recent years

Trump’s torture boxes for immigrant detainees: Guantánamo Bay comes to America

From the torture cages in Florida to the killings in Minneapolis, the state is turning methods used against “enemies abroad” on those it treats as “the enemy within.”

Six UN staff killed in Gaza school strike; Lebanon violations mount

Israeli strikes killed six UN workers and civilians at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza as needs grow, according to the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA.

Middle East Monitor

Detained Gaza hospital director Abu Safiya nominated for European Parliament human rights prize

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the detained director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, has been nominated for the European Parliament’s 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the parliament announced Th…

Middle East Monitor

EU foreign policy chief backs ‘principled’ trade ban on illegal Israeli settlements

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has backed a bloc-wide ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, calling it a justified “principled stance,” Anadolu…

Another Met officer dismissed after BBC Panorama investigation into Charing Cross

The IOPC is continuing investigations into the conduct of 15 more members of staff

British soldiers interrogated detainees before mass execution

UK helped Gulf monarchy crackdown on dissidents to keep control over Strait of Hormuz oil route

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Reason in Revolt

Middle East Monitor

Norway’s foreign minister warns Netanyahu government driving Israel into ‘very dangerous place’

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide warned that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken Israel to a “very dangerous place,” Anadolu reports. In remarks to Euro…

Middle East Monitor

New documentary exposes Israeli military’s AI-driven killing system in Gaza

“There are no innocents in Gaza,” is said to be the belief which lay at the heart of Israel’s system for selecting and attacking targets in the besieged enclave, according to Israeli soldiers and i…

Truthout

Women and Youth Are at the Forefront of the Struggle for Palestinian Liberation

They follow in the footsteps of Palestinian women and children who have stood up to colonialism in the past century.

The National

Hundreds expected to risk arrest in Labour Party Conference Palestine protest

HUNDREDS of people are to risk arrest in Liverpool this weekend, calling for Andy Burnham to lift the ban on Palestine Action

The New Republic

Trump Stole Homeland Security Funds to Pay for His “Love Me” Ads

We now know where the money for Trump’s deranged ad campaign came from.

Middle East Eye

Generations of Palestinians 'will carry pain of' Gaza genocide, Brazilian president says

Good Law Project

Forced out of a job in the NHS for speaking out on Palantir | Good Law Project

I lost my career after refusing to keep quiet about the risks that a US spy-tech company poses to our NHS

Listen:  How Sweden’s tight election could normalise far-right power-sharing across Europe

With two blocs neck-and-neck, Sweden’s election could cement a new model in Europe where mainstream conservatives openly govern with the far right, reshaping EU debates on migration, energy and security.

Novara Media

Nobel Economist Warns: AI Will Destroy Democracy | Aaron Bastani meets Daron Acemoglu

We are not prepared.

Middle East Monitor

Netanyahu’s plane flies through Greek, Italian, French airspace en route to US despite ICC warrant

The plane carrying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States to attend the UN General Assembly again used the airspace of Greece, Italy, and France despite an arrest warrant is…

Middle East Eye

Israeli attacks kill nine in Gaza as genocide death toll reaches 74,032

The Nation

Trump Impersonated Hitler at the United Nations

It was just one more of many examples of the president mirroring a fascist leadership.