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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

This is Israel’s 9/11

Published by The i paper (9th October, 2023) The symbolism could not be starker: young people at a rave for peace in the desert, their happiness and spirit […]

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Arts / Covid19 / Film / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Binge-watching in the time of Covid-19: Fauda

Published by UnHerd (18th March, 2020) Perhaps it has something to do with a job that takes me to hotspots around the world but I am a sucker […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Politics / World

Why Corbyn is unfit for office

Published by The ipaper (6th August, 2018) Two years ago I had a drink with a friend who runs a family business and is a prominent member of […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Technology / World

How digital dissidents are defying the despots

Published by UnHerd (25th May, 2018) When Ahmad Abu Artema was a child, his parents separated and his mother ended up living just over the Egyptian border with […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

A wounded father, his missing son and a slingshot army locked in war without end

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th May, 2018) I met Raed Selawy as he lurched over the bumpy terrain on crutches with two freshly bandaged bullet wounds […]

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Aid / Europe / European Union / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

A disturbing new low for foreign aid

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th March, 2017) Britain is pumping huge sums of foreign aid into Palestinian schools named after mass murderers and Islamist militants, which openly […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Now open: the West Banksy

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th March, 2017) The opening of a hotel by elusive graffiti artist Banksy in the shadow of the controversial concrete and barbed wire […]

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Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Revealed: terror training base Israel claims was built by British aid

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th August, 2016) A training base built by an Islamist terrorist group behind suicide bombings and mass shootings was allegedly funded by […]

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Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Stop giving aid cash to terrorists, say Jewish leaders

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th May, 2016) Jewish groups are launching a campaign to stop British aid being used to fund Palestinian terrorists following shocking revelations […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Policy / Race / World

Whatever they do, Muslims can’t win in our society

Published by The Guardian (28th April, 2016) It is enough to make you feel proud to be British, citizens of a nation that loves little better than to […]

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Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Cash for terror: how the Palestinian Authority duped British backers

Published by The Jewish Chronicle (31st March, 2016) Ahmad Musa looks like a character in a gangster movie with his black leather jacket, slicked back hair and self-possessed […]

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Aid / Europe / European Union / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

How British aid ends up funding terrorists

Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th March, 2015) Ahmad Musa sits beside me, a convicted double murderer sentenced to life in prison. As we talk, I ask […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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