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Jonathan Glazer faces backlash for Oscar speech

Nearly 1000 Hollywood figures have signed a letter condemning the director’s acceptance speech, in which he spoke out against the ongoing attacks on Gaza

Film & TV

Mar 19, 2024

James Greig

Life & Culture

Timhouthi Chalamet: what you need to know about the viral Yemeni ‘pirate’

19-year-old Rashid Al Haddad has become a social media darling. But who is he?

Life & Culture

Jan 18, 2024

James Greig

Life & Culture

Bella Hadid breaks her silence on Israel and Gaza

Bella Hadid post a written statement on her Instagram account calling on people to show “humanity and compassion” in light of the violence in Palestine and Israel

Life & Culture

Oct 27, 2023

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

5 ways to support victims of the violence in Gaza

It’s hard not to feel despondent about what is happening in Israel and Palestine right now – but here are some ways that you can help the victims of the ongoing conflict

Life & Culture

Oct 27, 2023

James Greig

Life & Culture

Gigi and Bella Hadid face death threats for supporting Palestine

The state of Israel’s Instagram account has called out the models for condemning the Gaza devastation and reminding followers that ‘supporting Palestinians is not supporting Hamas’

Life & Culture

Oct 18, 2023

Life & Culture

The Moroccan football team holding the Palestine flag

Palestine is the biggest winner at this year’s World Cup

Despite the western media doing its best to ignore it, the tournament has seen a tidal wave of Palestine solidarity – writer Hamza Ali Shah explains why this is significant

Life & Culture

Dec 08, 2022

Hamza Ali Shah

Life & Culture

Why moving the UK embassy to Jerusalem would be a terrible idea

Described by critics as ‘dangerously inflammatory’, the UK government’s proposed plan would fly in the face of international consensus and effectively act as an endorsement of the oppression of Palestinians

Life & Culture

Oct 20, 2022

James Greig

Life & Culture

3 young Palestinians on the reality of life in the Gaza Strip

‘I don’t have the capacity to go through more of this. I need another heart to be able to deal with this pain’

Life & Culture

Aug 11, 2022

Hamza Ali Shah

Science & Tech

Is pro-Palestine content being censored on social media?

Palestinian creators are claiming their posts are being shadow-banned and deleted

Science & Tech

May 17, 2022

Ella Glover

Politics

One year on, Palestinian activists reflect on the May uprising

In May 2021, Palestinians mounted a challenge against the Israeli regime in an historic and powerful uprising

Politics

May 16, 2022

Haya Abushkhaidem

Politics

The ongoing conflicts that expose the west’s double standards

Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, western authorities and media outlets have been criticised for their exceptionalist attitudes toward a European war

Politics

Mar 04, 2022

Art & Photography

Love behind closed doors: intimate photos of couples baring it all

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Tel Aviv-based photographers Rona Bar and Ofek Avshalom talk us through their photo series which documents couples in their homes

Art & Photography

Feb 11, 2022

Gilda Bruno

Politics

Palestine Action on the Elbit headquarters, Bristol

Palestine Action on shutting down an Israeli arms company’s Bristol HQ

The direct action group scaled Elbit Systems’ offices to halt the company’s UK operations and defy the country’s ‘ongoing complicity in Israel’s apartheid regime’

Politics

Nov 03, 2021

Thom Waite

Film & TV

‘Queer for Palestine’, Queer Cinema for Palestine

This queer film festival provides a platform for pro-Palestine filmmakers

Queer Cinema for Palestine will feature directors who have pulled their work from TLVFest, an LGBTQ+ film festival accused of ‘pinkwashing’ Israel’s oppressive regime

Film & TV

Oct 31, 2021

Thom Waite

Politics