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Glastonbury antics were just puerile
Arts / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Music

Glastonbury antics were just puerile

Published by The i paper (30th June, 2025)

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India / Pakistan

Closer to calamity: dangerous rivalries simmer once again

Published by The i paper (8th May, 2025) Six years ago, Mike Pompeo was serving as secretary of state in Donald Trump’s first administration when he was woken […]

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United States / World

The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy

Published by The i paper (23rd December, 2024) When Joe Biden took office as president of the United States, he insisted he was driven to run for the […]

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Aid

Miliband’s bonanza £1m salary from charity while cutting jobs and aid projects

Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th August, 2024) David Miliband has been handed an annual pay package of more than $1.25million (£1million) by an aid charity heavily […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / United States / World

Biden’s pickle over the Gaza protests

Published by The i paper (29th April, 2024) The students at Columbia University sat outside their tents, munching on beans and rice as they listened to one of […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Hope is being extinguished in Gaza

Published by The i paper (8th April, 2024) Six years ago, while on a reporting trip to Gaza, I met a 26-year-old man called Mohammed al-Taluli who had […]

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Europe / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World

The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are different

Published by The i paper (20th November, 2023) From the moment Hamas terrorists went on their murderous rampage in Israel, Joe Biden sought to tie together two seismic […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Politics / World

Timid leaders could learn from Thatcher on dealing with a crisis in Israel

Published by The i paper (30th October, 2023) Two years after becoming prime minister, Margaret Thatcher gave an interview to The Jewish Chronicle about her forceful condemnation of an […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

A shaft of hope amid a bloody war fuelled by rage

Published by The Daily Mail (25th October, 2023) It was a wondrous sign of hope after days of blood-soaked war. A frail old woman, freed after more than […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Netanyahu may be walking into a trap

Published by The i paper (23rd October, 2023) Five years ago in Gaza, I watched the theatre of tragedy play out before my eyes. I had gone to report […]

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Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Aid to Palestinians is used to reward acts of terrorism

Published by The Times (20th October, 2023) Abdullah Barghouti was arrested two decades ago. The Hamas bomb-maker was sentenced to multiple life terms in prison for the slaughter […]

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Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

The West’s arrogant foreign aid has fuelled tensions

Published by The i paper (16th October, 2023) The Government is tying itself in knots to show firm support for Israel after terrorist atrocities while avoiding condemnation of […]

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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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