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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 6h

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition has released footage showing the vessel Conscience being intercepted by Israeli naval forces approximately 120 nautical miles (222 km) off Gaza’s coast.

Another video, taken aboard the Gaza Sunbird, shows an Israeli soldier destroying the ship’s CCTV camera.

The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 8h

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, 67,183 people have been killed since Israeli forces began its brutal campaign on Gaza.

However, the true number is thought to be much higher, with thousands of others killed from untreated injuries, hunger or disease, or who remain missing or under the rubble.

The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 8h

Today marks two years since Israel launched its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, as a retaliation to Hamas's surprise attack on Israel the day prior.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 8h

Book Club 📚 'Iran+100' imagines a century after Mosaddegh, blending speculative fiction, history, and poetry to explore Iran’s resilience and future 👇

Iran+100: Writers confront Iran’s past to imagine its future

Book Club: ’Iran+100’ imagines a century after Mosaddegh, blending speculative fiction, history, and poetry to explore Iran’s resilience and future

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 9h

Israeli forces carried out heavy raids across the occupied West Bank, detaining and kidnapping dozens of Palestinians since Tuesday.

Local sources report that Israeli troops stormed several refugee camps and arrested more than a hundred people after raiding homes.

The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 9h

"We deserve better. For two years, they've been genociding out people. We still have to show up. I wish we didn't have to go to hell."

’We’re trying to be the anti-GHF’: Gaza Soup Kitchen co-founder

"We deserve better. For two years, they’ve been genociding out people. We still have to show up. I wish we didn’t have to go to hell."

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 10h

Western media has spent two years denying Gaza’s genocide, platforming Israel’s lies, and enabling ongoing violence through silence & distortion, writes Assal Rad

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 10h

Despite divisions and dwindling participation, the root causes for Morocco's Gen Z protests remain unresolved and continue to drive calls for reform 👇

Morocco’s Gen Z pauses protests amid dwindling turnout

Despite divisions and dwindling participation, the root causes for Morocco’s Gen Z protests remain unresolved and continue to drive calls for reform.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 10h

Violent clashes erupted in Berlin on Tuesday, October 7, as police detained demonstrators during a protest in support of Palestine and the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Officers detained several protesters after tensions escalated, leading to arrests as they dispersed the crowd.

The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 11h

Trump's Gaza plan imposes conditions that entrench Israeli apartheid and further marginalise Palestinian agency, rather than provide a pathway to lasting peace:

A 20-point illusion: Will Trump’s Gaza peace plan work?

Trump’s Gaza plan imposes conditions that entrench Israeli apartheid and further marginalise Palestinian agency, rather than provide a pathway to lasting peace

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 11h

Book Club 📚 In 'Safe Corridor' Syrian Kurdish author Jan Dost gives voice to a child's shattered innocence amid war, revealing the human cost of Syria's conflict 👇

Safe Corridor: A child’s fight to survive Syria’s collapse

Book Club: In ’Safe Corridor’ Syrian Kurdish author Jan Dost gives voice to a child’s shattered innocence amid war, revealing the human cost of Syria’s conflict

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Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 11h

Tony Blair's Iraq legacy and the risks of leading post-war Gaza - @thenewarab.bsky.social

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Tony Blair’s Iraq legacy and the risks of leading post-war Gaza

The prospect of Tony Blair heading a post-war authority in Gaza has revived memories of the Iraq invasion and the West’s disastrous Middle East interventionism

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 11h

The New Arab has been covering how medics and other health professionals have been targets in Israel's genocidal war on Gaza from the start. Earlier this year, we spoke to four doctors from Gaza who recount the horrors they have witnessed while working amid a brutal genocide

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Gaza’s heroic medics reveal the horrors of Israel’s genocide

Four doctors from Gaza share their stories of pain, loss, and hope as they recount the horrors they have witnessed while working amid a brutal genocide

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 11h

The Gaza genocide has been going for two years now, and counting. Back in August last year, Ilan Pappe wrote exclusively for The New Arab on how violence is not all equal in Palestine. Rather, it's an innate function of Zionism ⬇️

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To end Gaza genocide, uproot the source of all violence: Zionism

In Palestine, not all violence is equal. It is an innate function of Zionism, but not the existential struggle of the Palestinian people, writes Ilan Pappe.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 11h

While the world marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Gaza's women fight to survive without treatment as Israel’s genocide leaves the healthcare system in ruins:

Pink October in ruins: Gaza’s women fight cancer without care

While the world marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Gaza’s women fight to survive without treatment as Israel’s genocide leaves the healthcare system in ruins

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 11h

For many in Egypt, Tony Blair is strongly associated with Western imperialism, especially given his role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq ⬇️

Once British-occupied, Egypt balks at ‘Gaza governor’ Tony Blair

For many in Egypt, Tony Blair is strongly associated with Western imperialism, especially given his role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 14h

In Gaza, where survival has replaced living, hope is rare. But the Freedom Flotilla gave Gazans a sense of humanity restored, writes Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed ⬇️

Thank you from Gaza: The Flotilla reminded us we’re still human

In Gaza, where survival has replaced living, hope is rare. But the Freedom Flotilla gave Gazans a sense of humanity restored, says Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 14h

The prospect of Tony Blair heading a post-war authority in Gaza has revived memories of the Iraq invasion and the West's disastrous Middle East interventionism

Tony Blair’s Iraq legacy and the risks of leading post-war Gaza

The prospect of Tony Blair heading a post-war authority in Gaza has revived memories of the Iraq invasion and the West’s disastrous Middle East interventionism

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 14h

Western media has spent two years denying Gaza’s genocide, platforming Israel’s lies, and enabling ongoing violence through silence & distortion, writes Assal Rad ⬇️

Gaza genocide: 2 years of Western media stenographing for Israel

Western media has spent 2 years denying Gaza’s genocide, platforming Israel’s lies, & enabling ongoing violence through silence & distortion, writes Assal Rad.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 14h

Trump’s new ‘peace’ plan reveals a brutal future of Palestinian displacement for US profit following 24 months of destruction in Gaza, writes Toufic Haddad ⬇️

GREAT, GITA INC: Gaza as a laboratory for a MAGA overseas empire

Trump’s new ‘peace’ plan reveals a brutal future of Palestinian displacement for US profit following 24 months of destruction in Gaza, writes Toufic Haddad.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 15h

Iraq’s foreign minister urges leaders to reconsider opposition to the two-state solution, hinting at a possible policy shift ⬇️

Iraqi FM urges debate over two-state solution for Palestine

Iraq’s foreign minister urges leaders to reconsider opposition to the two-state solution, hinting at a possible policy shift.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 15h

Starmer said without evidence that student protesters wanted to "murder Jews" amid small scale events due to be held on October 7 ⬇️

Starmer attacks pro-Palestine protesters on October 7

Starmer said without evidence that student protesters wanted to "murder Jews" amid small scale events due to be held on October 7

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 1d

Two years after an Israeli strike killed her family, Inas Abu Maamar, the woman in a widely shared photo holding her niece’s body, is still living in a tent, raising her orphaned nephew, and fearing the next loss.

The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 1d

Arriving into Athens Airport after being deported from Israel, Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg says states are doing the "bare minimum" to end the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 1d

Government restrictions have effectively barred tens of thousands of Syrian children from school in Lebanon, as NGOs step in to teach those left behind ⬇️

How Syrian children are being shut out of Lebanon’s classrooms

Government restrictions have effectively barred tens of thousands of Syrian children from school in Lebanon, as NGOs step in to teach those left behind

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