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Freed Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, gesture, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025.

Opinion: Here’s What Happened When Israel Released 2,000 Palestinian Captives, Including My Uncle

Hassan Herzallah

Last week, Hassan Herzallah was among thousands of Palestinians reunited with their loved ones in the hostage exchange that formed part of the ceasefire deal in Gaza that Israel has since broken. Others emerged from Israeli captivity only to discover their family members were dead. Herzallah recounts his family’s ordeal.

People speak to a protest in front of a banner that says 'Scotland demands rent controls'

Opinion: Scotland’s New Rent Controls Put Starmer’s Measly Reforms to Shame

Gordon Maloney

In September, the Scottish government passed a law limiting how much landlords can raise rents. Labour’s renters’ rights bill is a joke by comparison, writes Gordon Maloney.

British Pound sterling bank notes and coins. Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto/Reuters

Opinion: Employers Who Steal Wages Should Be Made Criminally Liable

Matthew Cole

A shocking investigation has revealed that employers who fail to pay wages simply get away with it. It’s time to make wage theft a criminal matter, argues Matthew Cole.

Report: Union Leader Accused of Harassment and Heading Up ‘Sexist Boys Club’

Simon Childs

Exclusive: Workers at a huge federation of trade unions fear a redundancy process is being used to ‘wipe’ the institutional memory of a misogynistic workplace culture where union money was spent on strip clubs and women workers were left traumatised. Simon Childs reports.

Palestinian prisoner stares out of a bus window as he and other prisoners leave Ketziot military prison in southern Israel, in June 2005. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Opinion: Israel Sent Me to the Same Prison Where It Tortured My Palestinian Brother

Kieran Andrieu

After Israel kidnapped him in international waters with the Global Sumud Flotilla, Kieran Andrieu realised he was being held in the same Negev desert facility where his younger brother, Ahmed, had been repeatedly locked up.

A woman with short blonde hair and glasses looks aslant across the image

Opinion: Opinion Journalism Is Now Mostly Liberal Hand-Wringing and Racist Dog-Whistles

Juliet Jacques

Comment journalism once seemed a genuinely dynamic, democratic form. Now it’s mostly overpaid Times columnists sugarcoating fascism and Guardian grandees putting themselves on the wrong side of history, writes Juliet Jacques.

An Israeli army tank deploys at Israel’s southern border with the Gaza Strip. Saeed Qaq/ZUMA Press Wire/Reuters

Report: Brits Serving in Israeli Military Could Get Prison Time

Harriet Williamson

Since the UK government recognised Palestinian statehood in September, legal professionals say that British nationals and dual nationals who have participated in the IDF’s operations in Gaza could face criminal charges when they return to the UK. Harriet Williamson reports.

Analysis: Israel Is Dragging Us All to Hell

Steven Methven

Two years on from 7 October, Israel is falling - and we in the West are all falling with it. Yet our governments refuse to untether us from its descent, writes Steven Methven.

A man in a green jacket and white t-shirt holds a banner alongside other activists

Opinion: Zack Polanski Must Now Transform His Fans Into Activists

Adam Ramsay

The telegenic eco-socialist has triggered an explosion of interest in the Green party, and a parallel growth in membership. Now he needs to translate enthusiasm into activity, writes Adam Ramsay.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops’ ground operation in Gaza on 12 November 2023. IDF handout/Reuters

Long Read: The Israeli Military Strategies the BBC Doesn’t Want You to Know About

Harriet Williamson

The Dahiya doctrine and Hannibal directive are key to making sense of Israel's actions in Gaza over the past two years, and yet the BBC hasn't mentioned them once in its coverage since 7 October 2023. Harriet Williamson reports.

Feature: How Can Labour Win Over the Flag Protesters? We Asked Them

Rivkah Brown

Out of work, unable to get an NHS appointment and furiously angry at migrants and the government – has Keir Starmer ever spoken to the people he’s trying to win from Nigel Farage? Rivkah Brown did, outside Labour conference in Liverpool.

Opinion: Israel’s Illegal Interception of the Gaza Aid Flotilla Is an Affront to Human Decency

Jeremy Corbyn

Israel’s detention of hundreds of peaceful activists - including my constituent, Novara Media’s Kieran Andrieu - is both a violation of their human rights and a further act of cruelty against the people of Gaza. But the movement for Palestine is never going away, writes Jeremy Corbyn.

Report: Israel Has Intercepted the Gaza Aid Flotilla. What’s Happened So Far?

Charlotte England

As the sun rose in Gaza, the Global Sumud Flotilla was still being intercepted, 12 hours after it was first heard Israeli boats were approaching. Charlotte England reports.

Opinion: I’ve Been Kidnapped by Israel in International Waters

Kieran Andrieu

Novara Media journalist Kieran Andrieu has been illegally detained by Israel for trying to deliver baby formula, food and medicine to Gaza.

Report: Gaza Aid Flotilla Approaches Danger Zone

Charlotte England

Despite delays, drone strikes and suspected sabotage, more than 40 boats and 500 people are now on the final leg of their journey to Gaza. Israel could illegally intercept them as soon as Tuesday night. Charlotte England reports.

A woman with red hair, wearing a keffiyeh, is dragged off by police

Report: Labour Is Struggling to Keep Palestine Off Its Conference Agenda

Rivkah Brown

Palestine Action supporters, anti-genocide marchers and pro-Palestine celebrities have disrupted the start of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, which the party had hoped would be about anything but Gaza. Rivkah Brown reports.

Analysis: Your Party’s Messy Public Breakdown Shows It Has Big Questions to Answer

Archie Woodrow

Jeremy Corbyn relaunched the new left party this week, but the chaotic and embarrassing way that key figures have acted up until this point raises concerns about its future prospects, argues Archie Woodrow.

Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader addressing Glastonbury festival attendees from the Pyramid Stage in June 2017. Reuters/Dylan Martinez

Opinion: The New Party Fallout Shows That Hero-Worship Gets Us Nowhere

Michael Chessum

The public split between Your Party co-founders Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana shows how building mass movements around leftwing celebrities doesn’t work, argues Michael Chessum.

Opinion: Here’s What Happened When Israel Released 2,000 Palestinian Captives, Including My Uncle

Hassan Herzallah

Opinion: Scotland’s New Rent Controls Put Starmer’s Measly Reforms to Shame

Gordon Maloney

Opinion: Employers Who Steal Wages Should Be Made Criminally Liable

Matthew Cole

Report: Union Leader Accused of Harassment and Heading Up ‘Sexist Boys Club’

Simon Childs

Opinion: Israel Sent Me to the Same Prison Where It Tortured My Palestinian Brother

Kieran Andrieu

Opinion: Opinion Journalism Is Now Mostly Liberal Hand-Wringing and Racist Dog-Whistles

Juliet Jacques

Report: Brits Serving in Israeli Military Could Get Prison Time

Harriet Williamson

Analysis: Israel Is Dragging Us All to Hell

Steven Methven

Opinion: Zack Polanski Must Now Transform His Fans Into Activists

Adam Ramsay

Long Read: The Israeli Military Strategies the BBC Doesn’t Want You to Know About

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Israel’s Illegal Interception of the Gaza Aid Flotilla Is an Affront to Human Decency

Jeremy Corbyn

Report: Israel Has Intercepted the Gaza Aid Flotilla. What’s Happened So Far?

Charlotte England

Report: Labour Is Struggling to Keep Palestine Off Its Conference Agenda

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: Your Party’s Messy Public Breakdown Shows It Has Big Questions to Answer

Archie Woodrow

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Opinion: Here’s What Happened When Israel Released 2,000 Palestinian Captives, Including My Uncle

Hassan Herzallah

Opinion: Scotland’s New Rent Controls Put Starmer’s Measly Reforms to Shame

Gordon Maloney

Opinion: Employers Who Steal Wages Should Be Made Criminally Liable

Matthew Cole

Report: Union Leader Accused of Harassment and Heading Up ‘Sexist Boys Club’

Simon Childs

Opinion: Israel Sent Me to the Same Prison Where It Tortured My Palestinian Brother

Kieran Andrieu

Opinion: Opinion Journalism Is Now Mostly Liberal Hand-Wringing and Racist Dog-Whistles

Juliet Jacques

Report: Brits Serving in Israeli Military Could Get Prison Time

Harriet Williamson

Analysis: Israel Is Dragging Us All to Hell

Steven Methven

Opinion: Zack Polanski Must Now Transform His Fans Into Activists

Adam Ramsay

Long Read: The Israeli Military Strategies the BBC Doesn’t Want You to Know About

Harriet Williamson

Feature: How Can Labour Win Over the Flag Protesters? We Asked Them

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Israel’s Illegal Interception of the Gaza Aid Flotilla Is an Affront to Human Decency

Jeremy Corbyn

Report: Israel Has Intercepted the Gaza Aid Flotilla. What’s Happened So Far?

Charlotte England

Opinion: I’ve Been Kidnapped by Israel in International Waters

Kieran Andrieu

Report: Gaza Aid Flotilla Approaches Danger Zone

Charlotte England

Report: Labour Is Struggling to Keep Palestine Off Its Conference Agenda

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: Your Party’s Messy Public Breakdown Shows It Has Big Questions to Answer

Archie Woodrow

Opinion: The New Party Fallout Shows That Hero-Worship Gets Us Nowhere

Michael Chessum

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