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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 12h

Palestinian café owner Mou’ayad Mahmoud says Israeli settlers have installed hundreds of flagpoles outside his café in Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, obstructing access and affecting his business.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 12h

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a FedEx facility in Oakland, California, to protest the company’s shipments of weapons components to Israel for its F-35 fighter jets. The protest brought together members of the Palestinian diaspora, labour unions and student groups.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 12h

Journalists in Egypt are preparing to protest in Cairo this weekend following the detention of six reporters from Matsada2sh, a fact-checking platform, in raids on their homes last week. Authorities have charged all six with terrorism-related offences.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 12h

Turkey will ban children under 15 from using social media from 1 November, following the formal publication of a law adopted by parliament in April. The law requires social media platforms to introduce age-verification measures and other safeguards to protect children from online harms.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 13h

Nearly 50,000 women and girls have been killed or severely wounded in Gaza since October 2023, according to figures cited by UN Women. More than 38,000 have been killed and at least 11,700 sustained injuries so severe they face lifelong disabilities.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 13h

“Keep the theatre alive. The breakthrough will come. Hold on to hope.” Palestinian playwright Ali Abu Yasin has been named English PEN’s Writer of Courage 2026, recognising his work documenting Palestinian life through theatre and writing. 🔗 Read more at The New Arab.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 17h

The West Bank is experiencing a surge in Israeli settler and army attacks this olive season, with violence including arson, assaults on Palestinians, theft and intimidation. At least 19 settler attacks were recorded on 9 October by the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 18h

New episode of The New Arab Weekly podcast out now. This week: the UK Labour Party conference, the Houthis in Yemen, and 3 years since the Gaza genocide. Watch on Spotify on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 19h

Held over two days, Areej Music Nights brought together young artists and established musicians in a celebration of music, heritage and cultural expression. By Rawan Sayyed

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 20h

“The United States of America, represented by me as your president, should have received the Nobel peace prize, but didn’t.” US President Donald Trump said on 9 October, after not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 22h

Protesters supporting Palestine Action have made up the majority of terrorism-related arrests in the UK since the group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in 2025. Read more: www.newarab.com/news/palesti...

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 22h

Labour beat the Greens in Holborn and St Pancras, despite a swing towards Polanski’s party. Is the honeymoon over? By Issy Maple @issymaple.bsky.social

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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 · 09/10/2026

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 · 09/10/2026

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 · 09/10/2026

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 · 09/10/2026

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 · 09/10/2026

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 · 09/10/2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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