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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Sep 1

Over the past 22 months, the war in Gaza has become the most deadly conflict for journalists in history. By @anniekelly.bsky.social

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The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war

With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Aug 21

Five out of six Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war

Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Al Jazeera told me that he was sent a warning by Israeli intelligence and told to stop reporting." Chapter and verse from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social‬ on Israel's campaign of murder of Palestinian journalists. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gaza’s journalists are talented, professional and dignified. That’s why Israel targets them | Nesrine Malik

Recent killings have dazed the world and provoked condemnation. But little is said about the calibre of Palestinian journalism, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Jul 18

In the UK you can be arrested for flying a Palestinian flag but it's fine to send millions of pounds to an illegal Jewish settlement responsible for racist violence & ethnically cleansing Palestinians. Story by the great Haroon Siddique. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Two UK charities donate millions to Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank

Charity Commission criticised for endorsing transfer of about £5.7m to high school in illegal village of Susya

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · May 24

Israeli army and police protect Jewish settlers expelling Palestinians from their homes and land in latest bout of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. By @quiquek.bsky.social and Emma Graham-Harrison. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Israeli settlers force about 150 Palestinians to leave their West Bank village

Two settlers under UK sanctions among those who carried out intimidation campaign under Israeli authorities’ watch

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · May 8

Israeli lies and the Biden administration's craveness / collusion in the coverup of the murder of Shireen Abu Akleh www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Who killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh – and why? | Dion Nissenbaum

You may think you know the story of the US citizen killed by Israeli forces, but you probably don’t

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Apr 8

How Israel lies and lies and lies about killing Palestinian civilians, by @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Gaza medic deaths just the latest in Israel’s long history of changing its story over civilian killings

After 15 Palestinian medics and civil defence workers were killed by Israeli forces late last month, Israel began a familiar pattern of denial

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Mar 5

Israel's security service says Netanyahu paved way for Oct 7 attack by helping Hamas including in "acquiescence in the flow of funds from Qatar to Gaza, a policy designed to divide Palestinians by boosting Hamas at the expense of the Palestinian state". www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Israel’s Shin Bet says Netanyahu policies helped pave way for 7 October

Report by security agency says ‘policy of quiet’ towards Hamas allowed it to build up resources for 2023 attack

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Feb 18

Important and insightful read by @ninalakhani.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

‘Everything we had floated away’: Hurricane Helene survivors help each other as disinformation swirls

Mountain communities in southern Appalachia begin rebuilding after climate crisis-fueled disaster

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Feb 14

The great Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman collaborate on Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/pictur...

Two artists, one catastrophic war … Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman on Israel-Gaza and the ceasefire – cartoon

What happens when two comics artists ‘meet on the page’ to explore the tragedies of the Israel-Gaza war? Art Spiegelman, best known for his Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust memoir Maus, and Joe Sacco,...

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Feb 14

‘White supremacists in suits and ties’: the rightwing Afrikaner group in Trump’s ear & lobbying on behalf of Elon Musk's business interests www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘White supremacists in suits and ties’: the rightwing Afrikaner group in Trump’s ear

Trump’s asylum offer to South Africa’s white minority follows years of AfriForum lobbying on Elon Musk’s behalf

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Feb 5

Wonder if this will prompt the same revulsion, outrage and long BBC debates as the Hamas attack on Israel. Guessing not. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire

Atrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize eastern DRC city

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 26

How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa

Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler When Elon Musk’s arm shot out in a stiff arm salute at Donald Trump’s inaugural celebrations, startled viewers mostly drew the…

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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · Jan 14

It's US publication day for my new book, Off-White: The Truth About Antisemitism!
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Off-White

Why can't we talk about antisemitism? 'I cannot wait for Off-White to be read, debated and put into practice.' Naomi Klein, author of Doppelganger ...

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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · Dec 31

Spurious claims of antisemitism are alarmingly used both to silence critics of Israel and to shore up support for the far right. I wrote on how this dangerous mix undermines our joint fight against all racism
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The term ‘antisemitism’ has been weaponised and stripped of meaning – and that’s incredibly dangerous | Rachel Shabi

Israel uses it to silence critics of its Gaza war while the right uses it to attack opponents. Meanwhile, the issue itself goes unaddressed, says author Rachel Shabi

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Dec 30

Jimmy Carter’s book on Israeli apartheid was called antisemitic – but was it prescient? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Carter’s book on Israeli ‘apartheid’ was called antisemitic – but was it prescient?

The ex-president was pilloried for his characterisation of the Palestinians’ plight but some say an apology is in order

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Dec 20

Gaza: ‘Everything is gone’, how Israeli forces destroyed Jabaliya refugee camp www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘Everything is gone’: how Israeli forces destroyed Jabaliya refugee camp

A chronicle of Jabaliya’s destruction, using eyewitness accounts, satellite imagery and video footage

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Dec 18

BBC research finds Facebook "severely restricted the ability of Palestinian news outlets to reach an audience" during Israel's war on Gaza & Instagram "increased its moderation of Palestinian user comment". www.bbc.com/news/article...

How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories

Palestinian news outlets have seen a steep drop in audience engagement since October 2023.

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Dec 17

Giant Companies Took Secret Payments to Allow Free Flow of Opioids by @nytimes www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/b...

Drugmakers Paid PBMs Not to Restrict Opioid Prescriptions

Drugmakers including Purdue Pharma paid pharmacy benefit managers not to restrict painkiller prescriptions, a New York Times investigation found.

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Dec 10

I've joined other present and former Guardian and Observer foreign staff in signing this letter expressing "our alarm and dismay" at the planned sale of the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, and the manner in which the Scott Trust has handled it. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer | Letter

Letter: Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Dec 7

Brian Thompson’s killing inspired rage – against the healthcare industry: "... this isn’t to condone violence whatsoever. All I’m saying is that I do not doubt for a second what the motive of that suspect was.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Brian Thompson’s killing inspired rage – against the healthcare industry

Thousands of Americans go bankrupt, lose their homes or die every year due to medical insurer practices

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Dec 3

Israel's brand of apartheid has long been most evident in Hebron. But, as Bethan McKernan reports, there has been a sharp increase in Israeli military violence against Palestinian civilians in the city since Oct 7 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Israeli soldiers conducting campaign of ‘beatings and abuse’ in Hebron

Guardian findings back up research by rights group which reveals ‘shocking behavioural norms’ of Israeli soldiers

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Nov 21

Accused war criminal status will be hard stigma for Netanyahu to shrug off, by @julianborger.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Accused war criminal status will be hard stigma for Netanyahu to shrug off

Enormity of charges issued by ICC against Israeli prime minister and defence minister could grow heavier over time

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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · Nov 19

Israeli troops and settlers are killing Palestinian children in the West Bank at a rate of one every other day. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

‘Total oppression’: West Bank children being killed at unprecedented rate

Huge rise in attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers killed 171 children in year after 7 October

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