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Jonathan Freedland

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Donald Trump is turning America into a mafia state

Donald Trump is turning America into a mafia state
07.03.2025 30

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Jonathan Freedland

Trump is the world’s greatest showman – and the weakest strongman it has ever seen

Trump is the world’s greatest showman – and the weakest strongman it has ever seen
21.02.2025 100

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In Israel, dread and rage haunt the streets. Netanyahu is exploiting that

14.02.2025 8

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Martin Rowson on Trump’s Gaza riviera – cartoon

07.02.2025 9

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Lethal fantasies of driving people from their land haunt the Middle East. Trump is fuelling them

07.02.2025 8

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Martin Rowson on Storm Éowyn – cartoon

24.01.2025 8

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Through the blizzard of edicts, see Trump for what he is: an autocrat reaching for limitless power

24.01.2025 7

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Relief at this Gaza deal should be tempered by rage at Hamas and Netanyahu. How dare they take so long?

17.01.2025 10

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How will President Trump put himself on the map?

10.01.2025 4

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With Trump as America’s tsar and Musk at his side, Starmer must now look to Europe

10.01.2025 6

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‘How do we live in this terrible world?’ a reader asked me. Here’s the only answer I have

It’s a season brimming with tradition and, as longtime readers may know, my own custom has been to try, in the last column before Christmas, to find...

20.12.2024 9

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We cannot afford for Starmer’s government to fail. Because Farage is lying in wait

This government must not fail. Let’s get that clear from the start. If Keir Starmer does not succeed, too many British voters will conclude that...

06.12.2024 5

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Brexit makes no sense in a world dominated by Trump. Britain’s place is back in the EU

It’s one damn thing after another. As Keir Starmer is discovering, government, like life, can feel like a fusillade of events, each coming faster...

29.11.2024 100

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Benjamin Netanyahu is a wanted man – and he has only himself to blame

Thanks to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, which once dreamed of being a light unto the nations, has taken a step closer to becoming a leper among the...

22.11.2024 3

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With these outrageous appointments, Trump is showing us exactly how he intends to rule

He wasn’t kidding. Donald Trump really does want to rule as an extremist strongman, with contempt for the planet, for America’s allies and for the...

15.11.2024 2

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Think you know how bad Trump unleashed will be? Look at the evidence: it will be even worse

Are you ready for Trump unbound? You may have thought the former and future president was already pretty unrestrained, not least because Donald...

08.11.2024 70

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Here’s how the winner of the 2024 US presidential election did it

Here’s one prediction about the US election you can take to the bank. When the result is finally known, there will be a stampede of experts and...

01.11.2024 8

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Trump really could be the next president. So it’s time to call his instincts what they are: fascist

There is a good chance that in 10 days’ time, Americans will elect the first fascist president of the United States. It sounds hyperbolic, it...

25.10.2024 4

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With Sinwar dead, Benjamin Netanyahu could stop the war in Gaza. But don’t bet a penny on that

A good day for the world, said Joe Biden. The best day of my life, said Mohammed, a 22-year-old Palestinian in Gaza, who refused to give his last...

18.10.2024 4

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It’s the world’s gravest humanitarian disaster – but almost nobody cares

Remember when we said that Black Lives Matter? We didn’t mean it. That much is clear now, as the world watches a war that is killing tens of...

11.10.2024 4

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A brutal year and a tale of two Israels: the one that is feared and the one that is fearful

You’ll be ahead of me on this one. By the time you read this, it’s possible that Israel will have hit back in response to the nearly 200 ballistic...

04.10.2024 50

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It’s not just Trump v Harris: America’s men and women are also locked in battle now

I hesitate to give JD Vance any ideas, but if American women were denied the vote, Donald Trump would be restored to the White House in a...

27.09.2024 3

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The pager bombing of Hezbollah was jaw-dropping. Will it make Israel safer? Not for long

They probably thought the world would applaud. The Israeli planners behind one of the most spectacular intelligence actions in the country’s...

20.09.2024 7

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Martin Rowson on Starmer and Reeves, political superheroes – cartoon

13.09.2024 5

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After Labour’s dour start, there’s still hope for sunshine from Starmer and Reeves

It’s hard to say that the honeymoon is over, because it never really began. You can’t blame Labour for that: it warned voters before the election...

13.09.2024 5

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Fighting Netanyahu, backing Israel, defending Palestinians – Labour is stuck in a confusing, painful position

Does an early Nobel peace prize beckon for Keir Starmer? Could the new prime minister be poised to surpass the achievement of Barack Obama, who...

06.09.2024 5

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Kamala Harris has made a dream start. But it’s too early to count out Donald Trump

Everything is going right for her and wrong for him. Kamala Harris has the encouraging poll numbers and, more precious still, the momentum. Donald...

16.08.2024 3

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You know who else should be on trial for the UK’s far-right riots? Elon Musk

One man is missing. Of course, it’s good that so many of those responsible for a week of terrifying far-right violence are facing an especially...

09.08.2024 1

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Donald Trump’s run of good luck could end this weekend – if Joe Biden does the right thing

You can see why they think he’s God’s anointed one. You can understand why Republicans cheered when Donald Trump repeatedly claimed the divine as...

19.07.2024 20

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Gareth Southgate has proved that quiet competence can lift a nation – it’s a lesson that goes far beyond sport

It’s just a game, right? Wrong. You don’t have to be on nodding terms with, let alone a fan of, the beautiful game to see that Sunday’s final of...

12.07.2024 2

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