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Hamas and Netanyahu are a curse on their peoples. Yet amid the horror, there is a sliver of hope

The desire to avert catastrophe in Rafah has given fresh impetus to talks in Paris, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Those who attack Jews in the UK are not striking a blow for Palestine: they are behaving as antisemites always have

Tropes in a Labour meeting, antisemitism incidents up 589% – try to imagine what it is like to be Jewish in Britain right now, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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‘People said it did in his career’: 33 pictures that defined British politicians

From the Bullingdon boys to a bacon sandwich; Margaret Thatcher in a tank to Theresa May dancing … these landmark images shaped how we saw our leaders

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He’s beaten his Republican rivals and is ahead in the polls. But Trump is vulnerable

I found his devotees fervent, but many Americans can’t stand the man – and that gives Joe Biden a way to win, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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There is still a way to stop Donald Trump – but time is running out

No Republican can out-Trump Trump. Opponents need to target his flaws: a bloody insurrection and a record of broken promises, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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South Africa brought the case, but one man dragged Israel into the dock at The Hague – Benjamin Netanyahu

The Israeli PM’s alliance with the far right made this case possible, and the result could be harmful to Jews all over the world, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Storm Trump is brewing – and the whole world needs to brace itself

Polls suggest the former president has a serious chance of regaining the White House. The damage would affect us all, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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There are points of light even in this darkness. I know because I’ve seen them

In a war zone, a courtroom and a prison, there was humanity and decency to lift the spirits – moments I carry with me, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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There’s only one way out of this Gaza war and Netanyahu is blocking it. Joe Biden must force him from power

The Israeli leader opposes any workable solution and now acts only to save himself. The White House must save Israel from its PM, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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‘It will always be less hellish than the reality’: why cinema keeps returning to the Holocaust

Three new films attempt to address the Holocaust. But can cinema ever hope to adequately confront humanity’s darkest chapter?

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Israel wants to slay the monster next door, but with this lethal bombardment, it is feeding it

You can sympathise with the country’s desire to crush Hamas, and yet fear it is taking the wrong path in Gaza, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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In its war against Hamas, Israel faces a tragic choice between two different routes to disaster

The Israelis’ goal of destroying the enemy risks slipping further out of reach the more they pursue it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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‘It’s not yet post-traumatic stress disorder … we’re still in it’: Israel, a nation at war

Jonathan Freedland talks to survivors, displaced people and senior political and military figures about life in Israel before and after 7 October, and considers the longer-term ramifications

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Israel-Hamas war: Biggest aid convoy since start of war enters Gaza – as it happened

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Too many taking sides in this conflict miss the true nature of Hamas – and Netanyahu

Both those calling for a ceasefire and those opposing it are making assumptions that don’t stack up, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Beware Suella Braverman and all the other vultures bent on exploiting Jewish and Muslim pain

The home secretary is not alone in using the Israel-Hamas war to push her own agenda – squeezing that conflict into a shape it doesn’t fit, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Once this war between Israel and Hamas is over, a deeper conflict looms

A lasting peace has to become thinkable again. And it will be – if extremists on both sides are shunned, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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UN says agency in Gaza ‘practically out of business’ – as it happened

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The tragedy of the Israel-Palestine conflict is this: underneath all the horror is a clash of two just causes

This isn’t a contest of heroes and villains – but two peoples in deep pain, fated to share the same land, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall review – a collision in closeup

The author’s meticulous reconstruction of a fatal accident in the West Bank allows us to see the region’s injustices afresh

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Warning: Benjamin Netanyahu is walking right into Hamas’s trap

They crave a rage-filled reaction from Israel’s PM. Wise heads should temper his response – and then be rid of him, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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After the pogrom in Israel, the angel of death is licking his lips

The horror unleashed by Hamas has brought tragedy to Israel, devastation to Gaza and fear to Jews across the world, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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I’ve got news for Rishi Sunak: he no longer leads the conservative party

From Braverman’s UN threats to the net zero retreat, the Tories’ lurch to the populist right betrays their own supposed principles, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Rupert Murdoch’s toxic legacy? The powerful can now blame the world’s ills on ‘the elite’

Posing as a truth-telling outsider, the Fox mogul paved the way for Trump, the ‘alt right’ and even Russell Brand, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Before Brexit there was no small boats crisis: more proof that leaving the EU made everything worse

Keir Starmer insists there’s no case for rejoining. But his migration plan and other desperate Tory fixes merely seek to repair the damage, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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