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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 10h
“Netanyahu has run the numbers and is trying to steal the election. Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir and the Israeli far right know that higher turnout among Palestinian Arab citizens poses the greatest obstacle to Netanyahu returning as prime minister", Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 10h
Over 150 Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian village of Jalud, south Nablus, in occupied West Bank, on the night of 29 Sep. By Wahaj Bani Mofleh
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 14h
Palestinian ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot has thanked Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband for taking a tougher stance towards Israel. Speaking at a Labour Friends of Palestine fringe event at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 15h
What began as a small stall in 1985 has become a lifelong passion for Ali al-Mandalawi, whose shop in Baghdad’s historic Souq al-Sarai holds more than a million pens and pencils. His collection draws people from all walks of life, from students and artists to collectors and visitors.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 15h
Stolen antiquities are increasingly being offered online, sometimes in plain sight. In conflict zones, researchers have documented online sales, requests for specific artifacts and trafficking routes. But not every artifact sold online is necessarily illegal. Provenance remains key
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 15h
Sami Abu Shehadeh, Balad party leader, said in an exclusive interview with The New Arab that Netanyahu read the numbers and is seeking to steal the election. Watch the full interview on YouTube: youtu.be/Rn-aKFc4Zy4
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16h
Ahead of Israel’s national elections, the Central Elections Committee moved to bar Palestinian slates and disqualify Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh. In an exclusive interview from Jaffa with The New Arab, Abu Shehadeh breaks down the unprecedented alignment to suppress critical voices
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16h
Talks between Lebanon and Israel are expected to resume in late October, Lebanese media reported on Wednesday, as the Israeli military announced the end of a seven-month deployment by its Golani Brigade in southern Lebanon.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16h
Morocco’s low election turnout highlights a deeper crisis of trust amid youth disillusionment, political repression and high unemployment, writes Ismail El Mouttaki:
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A third of Morocco is Gen-Z. So why didn’t they show up to vote?
Morocco’s low election turnout highlights a deeper crisis of trust amid youth disillusionment, political repression and high unemployment, writes El Mouttaki.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16h
Manchester City became the flagship of the UAE's sporting ambitions. Its legal troubles could now reshape Abu Dhabi's strategy:
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Man City’s reckoning: What now for the UAE’s sporting ambitions?
In-Depth: Manchester City became the flagship of the UAE’s sporting ambitions. Its legal troubles could now reshape Abu Dhabi’s strategy
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16h
Today marks 26 years since Muhammad al-Durrah, then 12 years old, was captured on camera as he and his father, Jamal al-Durrah, were caught in the crossfire in the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada. The incident saw Muhammad get killed by bullets that came from an Israeli post.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16h
Exclusive interview: Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh says his election ban is part of a wider effort to suppress Palestinian political representation in Israel:
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Exclusive: Sami Abu Shehadeh on Israeli anti-Arab vote exclusion
Exclusive interview: Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh says his election ban is part of a wider effort to suppress Palestinian political representation in Israel.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16h
Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip are no longer limited to targeting sites or areas that Israel claims are linked to Hamas:
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As elections near, Israel is increasing ’assassinations’ in Gaza
Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip are no longer limited to targeting sites or areas that Israel claims are linked to Hamas.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16h
The talks have stalled for months as Israel refuses to implement the June framework agreement and continues to carry out attacks in southern Lebanon:
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New Lebanon-Israel talks set for 20 Oct as Golani Brigade leaves
The talks have stalled for months as Israel refuses to implement the June framework agreement and continues to carry out attacks in southern Lebanon
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 19h
Egyptian authorities have arrested and detained the entire editorial team of six journalists working at Matsadaash, an investigative journalism and fact-checking outlet. The whereabouts of the journalists remain unknown at the time of writing.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 20h
In North Kordofan, Sudan, musicians are struggling to make a living as the country’s brutal civil war disrupts everyday life The RSF have intensified deadly drone attacks on government-held towns in the frontline state, deepening insecurity and making it difficult for musicians to earn a living.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 20h
An elderly Palestinian is seemingly attacked for no reason by young Israeli men in the Old City neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian man tried to escape on his own, but they chased him and threw him to the ground again and again. No arrests have been made.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 20h
Syrian presidency adviser and former leader of the now-defunct Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, has said efforts were ongoing to make Kurdish an official language in the country, stressing that it represented the community’s identity
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 20h
Qatar’s PM Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said Benjamin Netanyahu is a ‘war criminal’ during an interview with Piers Morgan He said war crimes had been committed in Gaza and those responsible should be held accountable. When Morgan asked whether that included the Israeli PM, he replied "yes"
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 20h
Book Club: We speak to Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick about 'Israel’s Lobby,' which explores the growing influence of money, lobbying and political power in Washington:
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Israel’s Lobby: How pro-Israel groups influence US politics
Book Club: We speak to Eli Clifton & Ian Lustick about ’Israel’s Lobby,’ which explores the growing influence of money, lobbying & political power in Washington
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 20h
Palestinian factions await Egypt's response on national dialogue as efforts focus on postponing elections and reaching consensus over political arrangements:
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Palestinian factions want to postpone legislative elections
Palestinian factions await Egypt’s response on national dialogue as efforts focus on postponing elections and reaching consensus over political arrangements.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 20h
Mazloum Abdi, an adviser to the Syrian presidency and former commander of the SDF, has urged families to send their children to schools where Kurdish is taught:
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Abdi says seeking to make Kurdish an official language in Syria
Mazloum Abdi, an adviser to the Syrian presidency and former commander of the SDF, has urged families to send their children to schools where Kurdish is taught.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 21h
A flydubai plane bound for Tel Aviv was forced to land in Saudi Arabia after an "incident", the airline said, with Israeli media reporting a fight between the pilot Israeli media reported that a fight had broken out between the plane's pilots, reportedly causing a distress signal to be activated
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 22h
Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot has welcomed Labour’s shift on Palestine, telling The New Arab that the government has finally acknowledged that the British public “were right and they were wrong”
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Exclusive: Zomlot says public drove UK Labour shift on Palestine
Burnham used his domestic-heavy speech to recommit the UK towards a two-state solution, referring to Ed Miliband’s own speech on Monday.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 22h
Mysterious vapours and cracks at Syria's Jabal Kawkab have sparked volcano speculation, but scientists say other explanations are more likely:
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Is Syria’s ancient Jabal Kawkab volcano waking up?
Mysterious vapours and cracks at Syria’s Jabal Kawkab have sparked volcano speculation, but scientists say other explanations are more likely.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 22h
Yemen's mobilisation call has yet to produce action on the ground but signals escalation and greater Saudi control, analyst Maysaa Shuja al-Deen says
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Yemen mobilisation call signals escalation backed by Saudis
Yemen’s mobilisation call has yet to produce action on the ground but signals escalation and greater Saudi control, analyst Maysaa Shuja al-Deen says.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 22h
Authorities in Syria's Douma have banned grooms from entering women-only wedding celebrations, threatening legal action against those who break the rules:
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Syrian city of Douma bans grooms from their own wedding parties
Authorities in Syria’s Douma have banned grooms from entering women-only wedding celebrations, threatening legal action against those who break the rules
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 22h
The Houthi Red Sea offensive is forcing Egypt to protect a vital economic lifeline while avoiding deeper regional entanglement:
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Between two chokepoints: Egypt’s growing Red Sea dilemma
Analysis: The Houthi Red Sea offensive is forcing Egypt to protect a vital economic lifeline while avoiding deeper regional entanglement
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Palestinians gathered for a mass funeral at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on 29 Sep, to mourn over 41 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes. The bodies, buried after almost three years, were recovered from the rubble of a residential building hit in an Israeli strike in October 2023
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Monday night, in the latest in a wave of anti-Palestinian pogroms across the territory. Read the full story by Matthew Hoare: www.newarab.com/news/israeli...
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fourteen-year-old Tala Zaqout is raising her four siblings after an Israeli strike killed their parents in Nuseirat, central Gaza. She now balances caring for them with trying to continue her education. By Duaa Shaheen
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dubai days may be over for Irish mob boss Christy Kinahan. Kinahan’s UAE residence visa has reportedly been cancelled, raising a new question: where does he go next? Read the full story at The New Arab.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri on 29 Sep as Morocco's first woman prime minister after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in a September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has threatened to make sure the body of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli forces in October 2024, would be burned
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two attacks on Syria's gas network in six weeks have raised questions over who is targeting infrastructure vital to the country's energy recovery:
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Who is sabotaging Syria’s recovering gas network?
Two attacks on Syria’s gas network in six weeks have raised questions over who is targeting infrastructure vital to the country’s energy recovery.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stelios Kouloglou has filed a criminal complaint against executives of NSO Group, an Israeli company that manufactures spyware software, after his phone was hacked in 2022 and 2023. Kouloglou served as an MEP in European Parliament from 2014 until 2024.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The New Arab meets Global Sumud Flotilla organiser and Brazilian congressional candidate Thiago Ávila, who discusses Palestine, Israel and his political ambitions:
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Why Gaza Flotilla’s Thiago Ávila is running for Brazil Congress
The New Arab Meets: Global Sumud Flotilla organiser & Brazilian congressional candidate Thiago Ávila, who discusses Palestine, Israel & his political ambitions
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mosques in Georgia's Muslim-majority Adjara region are falling into disrepair as activists fight to preserve a neglected part of the country's heritage:
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Georgia’s historic wooden mosques face neglect and disappearance
Mosques in Georgia’s Muslim-majority Adjara region are falling into disrepair as activists fight to preserve a neglected part of the country’s heritage
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked a village in the West Bank on Monday night in the latest in a wave of anti-Palestinian pogroms across the territory
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Israeli settler pogroms sweep West Bank as homes torched
More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked a village in the West Bank on Monday night in the latest in a wave of anti-Palestinian pogroms across the territory.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sarah Cotte discusses her acquittal, prosecution and continued support for Palestinian armed resistance, while urging young activists to organise collectively:
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Activist Sarah Cotte vows to support Palestinian resistance
Sarah Cotte discusses her acquittal, prosecution and continued support for Palestinian armed resistance, while urging young activists to organise collectively.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Australian doctors are demanding action over censorship of Palestine after hospitals cancelled talks featuring medics with first-hand experience in Gaza:
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Australian doctors censored for trying to speak about Gaza
Australian doctors are demanding action over censorship of Palestine after hospitals cancelled talks featuring medics with first-hand experience in Gaza.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Saddam Haftar, the powerful son of eastern Libyan commander and warlord Khalifa Haftar, reportedly held a secret meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the UAE, amid longstanding reports of covert contacts between the Haftar family and Israel
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Libya’s Saddam Haftar ’held secret talks with Netanyahu’ in UAE
Saddam Haftar, seeking US backing for his leadership ambitions in Libya, reportedly met Netanyahu as the Israeli premier faces a crucial election at home.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The backlash against NAZA filmmakers shows how Israel responds when allegations of genocide made by Palestinians are echoed by members of its own society, writes Yoav Litvin
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new report from @hrw.org has documented the recent use of white phosphorus - a chemical substance dispersed in artillery shells, bombs and rockets that ignites when exposed to oxygen - by Israeli forces in Lebanon, reigniting accusations that it is breaking international humanitarian law
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At least 966 Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem this morning, under the protection of Israeli police The incursion took place during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, amid repeated mass settler raids on the mosque compound and restrictions on Palestinian worshippers
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Israel’s attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara has urged the Israeli Supreme Court to approve the disqualification of Sami Abu Shehadeh, head of the National Democratic Assembly, from running in the upcoming elections. The move follows the Central Elections Committee’s decision to ban Abu Shehadeh
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Baghdad and other Iraqi provinces hosting military bases used by foreign and US forces are entering a new chapter with the end of the "combat and operational presence" of US forces and the international coalition. Iraq says it will work to cover the shortfall in military aviation capabilities
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The UAE has admitted that Benjamin Netanyahu made a recent secret visit to Abu Dhabi for talks with President Mohammed bin Zayed. The acknowledgement came after Israeli media exposed the trip, as Netanyahu reportedly tried to seek an Emirati denial of claims he was warned ahead of 7 October
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Five Palestinians in Brussels have been on hunger strike for two weeks, urging the Belgian government to evacuate their families from Gaza. Their relatives hold Belgian visas and authorisation to join them in Belgium, but remain trapped in Gaza with no safe route out.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"
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