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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 10h
Three years into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the streets of Malaga filled with people demanding an end to the killing and showing their solidarity with Palestine. The Sunday 4 October demo was organised by Voces Palestinas Málaga.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 11h
Three years after the start of Israel's war on Gaza, Britain's Palestine solidarity movement has evolved from mass marches to direct action, civil disobedience and campaigns against companies linked to the Israeli military.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 12h
Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election on Thursday, defeating the Green Party's Zack Polanski by over 3,000 votes. Polanski's loss came amid the media storm over the party' decision to pass the "Zionism is Racism" motion at it's annual conference.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 13h
The US military is preparing options for a three-day campaign of intense strikes on Iran, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing US officials.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 13h
A US-based charity that operates schools in Gaza plans to record classroom conversations and use artificial intelligence to flag language it considers ‘hateful’, ‘antisemitic’ or ‘inciting’. The plan has raised concerns about surveillance and freedom of expression.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 14h
Former International Criminal Court judge and UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised her role in securing accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16h
Palestinian writer susan abulhawa tells The New Arab she felt "vindicated" after the Oxford Union restored an uncensored version of her speech, in a two-year legal battle for her voice and intellectual labour.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Book Club: Every Exit Brings You Home by Naeem Murr
In the latest episode of The New Arab Book Club, acclaimed novelist Naeem Murr talks about his new novel, Every Exit Brings You Home. British-born and of Ir...
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Every Exit Brings You Home, Naeem Murr’s new novel, encompasses many themes, but one them is the role that memory plays. In the latest episode of The New Arab Book Club, Naeem Murr elaborates further on how some of this plays out in his book. Visit our YouTube for the full interview.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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How Hezbollah’s ’Gaza support front’ reshaped Lebanon 3 years on
Three years after Hezbollah opened its Gaza support front, Lebanon faces mounting losses, political shifts and an expanded Israeli occupation.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Three years after Hezbollah opened its “Gaza support front” on October 8, 2023, Lebanon is facing devastating human and economic losses, continued displacement and an expanded Israeli occupation of its southern territory.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Israeli prisons since 2023: sites of torture and ’extermination’
Organisations for Palestinian prisoners have documented torture, starvation, medical neglect, and more than 100 prisoners dead in Israeli prisons since 2023.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
More than 100 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody over the past three years, as prisoners' rights organisations warn of systematic torture, starvation, medical neglect and increasingly harsh detention conditions.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As US military power recedes, Iran, Turkey, and Iraqi militias are positioning themselves for a new contest over influence:
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The US is withdrawing from Iraq. Who could fill the void?
Analysis: As US military power recedes, Iran, Turkey, and Iraqi militias are positioning themselves for a new contest over influence
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Israel's far-right minister compared Ra'am supporters to Hamas attackers as Netanyahu's government seeks to bar Palestinian parties from elections:
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Ben-Gvir celebrates October 7 arrest of Ra’am party activists
Israel’s far-right minister compared Ra’am supporters to Hamas attackers as Netanyahu’s government seeks to bar Palestinian parties from elections
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Children in Brighton gathered to fly kites in solidarity with Gaza in an event organised by Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) earlier this week. The action followed reports of Israeli strikes targeting children in Gaza while they were flying kites.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Old news about Ed Sheeran's booking firm are re-circulating following the controversy over the removal of pro-Palestinian rapper Macklemore from his tour Sheeran remains represented by THE·TEAM, formerly Wasserman Music, whose founder came under scrutiny in Feb as he surfaced in the Epstein files
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Israel did not need 7 October to imagine a Gaza without Palestinians, but the attacks gave it a pretext to turn an old ambition into reality:
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Israel’s long road to a Gaza without Palestinians
Analysis: Israel did not need 7 October to imagine a Gaza without Palestinians, but the attacks gave it a pretext to turn an old ambition into reality
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Iran says it agreed with Oman on safe shipping routes in Hormuz as Trump weighs launched a fresh round of attacks against Tehran:
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Iran and Oman agree on ’safe routes’ in Hormuz
Iran says it agreed with Oman on safe shipping routes in Hormuz as Trump weighs launched a fresh round of attacks against Tehran.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Gaza's health ministry says Israeli restrictions have resulted in the deaths of over 2,000 patients, with thousands more awaiting urgent treatment:
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Over 2,000 Gazans died awaiting medical evacuation amid siege
Gaza’s health ministry says Israeli restrictions have resulted in the deaths of over 2,000 patients, with thousands more awaiting urgent treatment
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Three years after Hezbollah opened its Gaza support front, Lebanon faces mounting losses, political shifts and an expanded Israeli occupation:
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How Hezbollah’s ’Gaza support front’ reshaped Lebanon 3 years on
Three years after Hezbollah opened its Gaza support front, Lebanon faces mounting losses, political shifts and an expanded Israeli occupation.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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UK Jerusalem consulate prepares for Israeli closure deadline
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said on Thursday that the consulate building would remain open under the name ’UK Mission, Jerusalem’.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Staff at the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem have removed signs and plaques from the exterior of the building, as a 30-day deadline from Israel to shutter the premises inched closer, with advocacy groups warning that Palestinians will be harmed as a result.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Speaking at an international counter-terrorism conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid made remarks about Israel’s growing international isolation:
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A video has surfaced on social media of a man filming and issuing a direct threat to Franco-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan while brandishing a rifle. The video comes after the recent incident at the European Parliament, where Hassan was accused of throwing an Israeli flag to the ground.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
An Israeli drone has been captured on camera as it closely follows a woman who attempts to enter her home in Yater, southern Lebanon.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Palestine solidarity protestors around the world brought parts of their cities to a standstill as they took to the streets to commemorate three years since Israel's brutal military campaign and genocidal war on Gaza began
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing criticism from opposing directions after marking the third anniversary of October 7 by attending a memorial service in the city. He also published a statement condemning Israel's ongoing actions in Gaza as genocide.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Egypt charges six journalists with ’terrorism’
The journalists, who make up the entire newsroom of Matsadaash, were arrested during raids across several governorates on 28 and 29 September.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Egyptian prosecutors accused six journalists from an independent fact-checking platform on Wednesday of terrorism-related offences, alleging they worked for the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and received foreign funding to spread "false news".
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thousands of Palestinian workers were detained and tortured in 2023, yet questions about their fate remain unanswered, writes Hossam el-Hamalawy:
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Gaza 3 years on: The unfinished fight for Palestinian workers
Thousands of Palestinian workers were detained and tortured in 2023, yet questions about their fate remain unanswered, writes Hossam el-Hamalawy.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Backlash against the UK Green Party passing a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism obscures a serious historical and political debate:
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Why it is legitimate to ask whether Zionism is inherently racist
Backlash against the UK Green Party passing a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism obscures a serious historical and political debate.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Book Club: In 'Rooted Movements,' Amanda Batarseh explores how Palestinian literature reimagines land, belonging and return in the face of displacement and exile:
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Land, memory and return explored in Rooted Movements
Book Club: In ’Rooted Movements,’ Amanda Batarseh explores how Palestinian literature reimagines land, belonging and return in the face of displacement & exile
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Play Review: 'The First Year' asks audiences to look again at the first year of the Gaza genocide and at the media narratives that shaped how it was understood:
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The First Year: A reckoning with the media’s coverage of Gaza
Play Review: ’The First Year’ asks audiences to look again at the first year of the Gaza genocide and at the media narratives that shaped how it was understood
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
With living costs rising and political freedoms shrinking, Tunisia's civil society is attempting to build a broader front against Kais Saied's rule:
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A new civil society alliance is testing Tunisia’s one-man rule
In-Depth: With living costs rising and political freedoms shrinking, Tunisia’s civil society is attempting to build a broader front against Kais Saied’s rule
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Health workers are proving that boycotts work. That is exactly why the backlash against us is growing, write Amira Nimerawi and Dr Omar Abdel-Mannan:
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As NHS workers we will not stop speaking out til Palantir is out
Health workers are proving that boycotts work. That is exactly why the backlash against us is growing, write Amira Nimerawi and Dr Omar Abdel-Mannan.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Organisations for Palestinian prisoners have documented torture, starvation, medical neglect, and more than 100 prisoners dead in Israeli prisons since 2023:
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Israeli prisons since 2023: sites of torture and ’extermination’
Organisations for Palestinian prisoners have documented torture, starvation, medical neglect, and more than 100 prisoners dead in Israeli prisons since 2023.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Advocates of Proposition 40, California's billionaire tax, say that if it is passed it could inspire similar measures around the world:
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California’s Proposition 40: the world’s first billionaire tax
Advocates of Proposition 40, California’s billionaire tax, say that if it is passed it could inspire similar measures around the world.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tunisian police blocked unemployed graduates from marching into Tunis after they walked nearly 300 kilometres to demand promised public-sector jobs:
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Tunisia blocks 300km ’Dignity March’ from reaching capital
Tunisian police blocked unemployed graduates from marching into Tunis after they walked nearly 300 kilometres to demand promised public-sector jobs.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Five Arab writers are among the 2026 National Book Awards finalists in the US, with works exploring Gaza, imprisonment and survival:
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Five Arab writers shortlisted for 2026 National Book Awards
Five Arab writers are among the 2026 National Book Awards finalists in the US, with works exploring Gaza, imprisonment and survival.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
French MEP Rima Hassan faces scrutiny from the European Parliament over an incident involving flags at a commemoration of the 7 October attacks:
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EU Parliament investigates Rima Hassan over Israeli flag protest
French MEP Rima Hassan faces scrutiny from the European Parliament over an incident involving flags at a commemoration of the 7 October attacks.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Israel is threatening to close the UK's consulate in Jerusalem by 8 October in retaliation for sanctions on settlements:
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UK to stay in Palestine despite Israel threat to close consulate
Israel is threatening to close the UK’s consulate in Jerusalem by 8 October in retaliation for sanctions on settlements
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa’s visit to Riyadh comes amid intense fighting between Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels:
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Sharaa visits Riyadh amid speculation about Syrian role in Yemen
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa’s visit to Riyadh comes amid intense fighting between Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A kaleidoscope of different factions is fighting alongside Yemen's army to halt the Houthi advance and recapture the Red Sea:
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Yemen war: Who are the Saudi-backed groups fighting the Houthis?
A kaleidoscope of different factions is fighting alongside Yemen’s army to halt the Houthi advance and recapture the Red Sea.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
More than one in four children recently screened by UNICEF in Yemen were acutely malnourished as renewed fighting deepens the country's hunger crisis:
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Yemen war deepens hunger crisis as child malnutrition surges
More than one in four children recently screened by UNICEF in Yemen were acutely malnourished as renewed fighting deepens the country’s hunger crisis.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Five Arab writers shortlisted for 2026 National Book Awards
Five Arab writers are among the 2026 National Book Awards finalists in the US, with works exploring Gaza, imprisonment and survival.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fans reacted to Saudi Arabia's victory in the Gulf Cup football tournament with celebration and violence after the host team beat the UAE 2-0 in the final, ending a 22-year wait to lift the trophy. Read more: www.newarab.com/news/gulf-cu...
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
French MEP Rima Hassan is facing a European Parliament investigation after an incident involving Israeli and EU flags at an exhibition commemorating the 7 October 2023 attacks. Read the full story by Assiah Hamed: www.newarab.com/news/eu-parl...
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The identity of a Bar-Ilan University lecturer accused of spending years plotting large-scale Israeli terrorist attacks against hundreds of Arab and Palestinian citizens was revealed on 7 Oct 2026.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Since the fall of the Assad regime, Israel has increased its military presence in south Syria’s Quneitra. They have now established the “Sufa Line” in the region to reinforce their occupation in the region. By Anagha Nair
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