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Long Read: How the Guardian Lined Up Behind Starmer

Rivkah Brown

At the Guardian’s election endorsement meeting, a senior columnist argued that anything less than full-blown Starmerism risked losing credibility with the incoming government, while the lobby closed ranks behind Labour in a seemingly pre-agreed position. Rivkah Brown reports.

Novara Live: The Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump

20-year-old Matthew Crooks has been named as the shooter responsible for the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Plus: health secretary Wes Streeting has extended the ban on puberty blockers; and foreign secretary David Lammy has visited Israel and met with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. With Michael Walker and David Adler.

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Report: Meta Extends Ban on the Term ‘Zionist’

Rivkah Brown

The big tech company has added additional contexts in which it will consider the term ‘Zionist’ to be hate speech. Rivkah Brown reports.

Keir Starmer at a Labour Friends of Israel event. Labour Friends of Israel

Opinion: What Would Keir Starmer As Prime Minister Mean for Palestine?

Hamza Yusuf

Starmer has a long record of backing Zionism 'without qualification' and helping Israel avoid accountability.

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Opinion: Prestigious Science Institute in Meltdown Over ‘Alleged Peaceful’ Palestine Cake Sale

Simon Childs

A bizarre tale of censorship, hypocrisy and home baking.

A protester waves a flag outside the Royal Courts of Justice

Feature: How UK Universities Are Cracking Down on Pro-Palestine Occupations

Christophe Domec

The London School of Economics used a court order to evict a campus pro-Palestine encampment this week. As universities crack down on protest, Christophe Domec asks, what next for student occupations?

Feature: Andrew Feinstein Is the Left’s Anti-Keir Starmer

Rivkah Brown

A former South African MP thought his politician days were behind him – until a UK Labour leader came along who embodied everything he’d ever fought against. Rivkah Brown meets Andrew Feinstein.

A woman waves a Palestine flag while shouting

Analysis: South African Muslims Didn’t Vote for Pro-Palestine Parties. Why Not?

Ilham Rawoot

In the country’s recent general election, South African Muslims voted overwhelmingly for the centre-right, white-controlled Democratic Alliance. The results have exposed ethnic tensions that have bubbled away under the surface for decades.

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Long Read: Who Is ‘Starmtrooper’ Josh Simons?

Rivkah Brown

Josh Simons, the 30-year-old director of Starmermite 'Super Pac' Labour Together, has just been handed a safe seat. A former Corbyn staffer, Simons claims he left the party over antisemitism. New evidence suggests otherwise. Rivkah Brown asks: what is he really about?

A billboard that says 'vote genocide' with a Labour rose besides it

Feature: Faced With Two Pro-Genocide Parties, Voters Are Tapping Out

Rivkah Brown

More and more people can’t bring themselves to vote for either main party - or anyone - at the next election, but want to communicate their rage. They tell Rivkah Brown why they’re spoiling their ballots.

Opinion: Netanyahu Doesn’t Want a Deal – He Wants to ‘Finish the Job’

Rivkah Brown

As the two sides inch towards a US-brokered settlement, the Israeli PM is throwing his toys out of the pram at the prospect of ending his beloved military campaign, writes Rivkah Brown.

Report: Students Are Catching Their Universities in Bed With Arms Companies

Zac Larkham

Student Palestine protesters are investigating their own institutions and discovering genocide profiteering. Zac Larkham reports.

a man flies a palestinian flag beside leicester crown court

Report: Damaging Property Justifiable to Save Palestinian Lives, Court Finds

Rivkah Brown

A Leicester court acquitted two Palestine Action activists of criminal damage, accepting that their actions were necessary to save lives and prevent greater property damage in Palestine.

Darren Henley, chief executive of Arts Council England. Screengrab: University of Cumbria on Youtube

Report: Arts Council Warning Against Political Statements Came After Government Talks on Gaza

Simon Childs

ACE warned arts organisations against ‘overtly political or activist’ statements after talking to the government about ‘reputational risk relating to Israel-Gaza conflict’.

A person wearing a face mask sits at a passover seder table holding a sign that reads 'my jewish family wants palestinian families to be safe'

Feature: Young Jews Are Sick of Being Lied to About Israel

Rivkah Brown

For decades, diaspora Jews have been raised to believe in Israel. A new documentary tracks their loss of innocence, writes Rivkah Brown.

Report: Palestine and Climate Activists Are Joining Forces at UK University Encampments

Clare Hymer

Students from climate and Palestine campaigns are working together to highlight universities’ links to arms and fossil fuel companies and share lessons in how to hold occupations. Clare Hymer reports.

Opinion: I Would Have Voted for George Galloway, But Then He Said Gay People Aren’t ‘Normal’

Aaron Bastani

Aaron Bastani once admired George Galloway’s principled stance on Palestine - but in a recent Novara Media interview, the Rochdale MP expressed “shocking” views on homosexuality.

Activists blockading the Department for Business and Trade on Wednesday morning. Polly Smythe

Report: Business Department Blockaded in Protest at Arms Exports to Israel

Polly Smythe

The government department was surrounded by protesters, as similar blockades took place at arms factories across the UK.

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