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Jonathan Freedland

Jonathan Freedland

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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...

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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 landslide....

27.09.2024 30

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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 history...

20.09.2024 10

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Martin Rowson on Starmer and Reeves, political superheroes – cartoon

13.09.2024 10

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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 10

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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 10

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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 5

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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 3

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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 10

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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 10

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It’s risky, but Joe Biden needs to give way to someone who can beat Donald Trump

What was the worst moment? Perhaps when one especially rambling sentence of Joe Biden’s ended in a mumbled, confused declaration that “We finally...

28.06.2024 30

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A Labour earthquake would be a triumph for Starmer – but open up alarming new ground for Farage

Where the lettuce led, could Labour follow? Could the party of Keir Starmer repeat the success of a household vegetable and defeat Liz Truss in her...

21.06.2024 20

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With his political robot shtick, Starmer is campaigning in prose. But he’d better govern in poetry

No drama Starmer. No surprises at Thursday’s manifesto launch, no rabbits, no hats. Some in the audience are getting restless. Reporters yawn, or...

14.06.2024 10

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Martin Rowson on the lip service paid to the lessons of D-day – cartoon

07.06.2024 6

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Sunak’s D-day failure is a campaign disaster – and a sign he’s forgotten the very recent past

But is it art? Could that explain Rishi Sunak’s campaign – that it is, in fact, a piece of daring, innovative performance art in which the prime...

07.06.2024 10

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Is Trump toast? Only if Joe Biden seizes the lifeline this guilty verdict has given him

It took little more than nine hours of deliberation for a New York jury to ensure Donald Trump a new place in history. He was already the first US...

01.06.2024 30

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The Guardian view on prison overcrowding: a justice system in meltdown

Prisons tend not to draw political attention except when they go wrong, and even then they have to go badly wrong. There are strong incentives for...

26.05.2024 20

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Make this the punishment election – damning the Tories for 14 years of tragedy and waste

Elections are a choice about the future, they say. We should look forward, not back, they say. And most of the time, that’s true. But every now and...

24.05.2024 40

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Keir Starmer must beware the Biden factor: you can govern well and still risk losing the country

The smile was the giveaway. Asked whether he was “just a copycat” of Tony Blair at the launch of his Blair-style pledge card on Thursday, Keir...

17.05.2024 30

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Guardian Opinion cartoon Rebecca Hendin on small boats and the Eurovision song contest – cartoon

12.05.2024 20

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Joe Biden is desperate for this war to end – but neither Netanyahu nor Hamas is in any hurry

Beware cornering a US president anxious about re-election. Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly ignored that advice in his dealings with Joe Biden, and...

10.05.2024 10

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Triumphant Starmer already seems like the prime minister. Now his troubles really begin

It was not an opinion poll. These were local elections about local issues. The results tell you only about where we are now, not where we might be...

03.05.2024 30

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The Guardian view on patriotism and the Last Night of the Proms: time for a change

Here we go again: Britannia will continue to rule at the Last Night of the Proms. Unveiling a wide-ranging programme for this year’s festival, Sam...

27.04.2024 10

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Most Jews and Palestinians want peace. Extremists, narcissists ​and other ‘allies’ only block the way

Beware the friend who is only trying to help. Not, perhaps, as a rule for life but certainly when it comes to the Israel-Palestine conflict and the...

26.04.2024 10

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In this shadow war between Iran and Israel, the outline of a different future is visible

When it comes to the Middle East, it’s the pessimists who look smartest. Predict the worst and you’ll rarely be proved wrong. If you are, it’s...

19.04.2024 10

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Guardian Opinion cartoon Martin Rowson on Keir Starmer’s march to victory – cartoon

12.04.2024 10

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The OJ Simpson trial was sensational – and a portent of the strife-torn America we see today

It wasn’t the Kennedy assassination, but I remember exactly where I was on 3 October 1995 when a Los Angeles jury delivered its verdict in the OJ...

12.04.2024 8

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After six months, the war in Gaza is making Israel a pariah state

Six months after the attacks of 7 October, and it’s time to count again the losses. They begin with the dead, with the 1,200 Israelis killed on that...

05.04.2024 3

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Guardian Opinion cartoon Sarah Akinterinwa on James Cleverly’s expensive Rwanda flight – cartoon

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In defying Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu is exposing the limits of US power

The pictures out of Gaza get more harrowing with each passing day. After months of witnessing civilians grieving for loved ones killed by bombs, now...

22.03.2024 5

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Guardian Opinion cartoon Nicola Jennings on cash and the Conservatives – cartoon

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This Tory long goodbye is toxic for the country – and making Labour’s job ever harder

We’re at the fag-end of this government, but it’s going to burn for a while longer yet. Those who hoped it might finally be stubbed out of its...

15.03.2024 10

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Joe Biden has come out fighting. But he’ll need more than grit to defeat Trump now

The president of the United States delivered his annual address to Congress on Thursday night – except what Americans and an increasingly nervous...

08.03.2024 10

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George Galloway stands accused of profiting from the pain of Gaza – and rightly so. But he is not the only one

You’re going to hear a lot of talk about George Galloway in the coming days, much of it negative and almost all of it true. But there will be one...

01.03.2024 10

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The Guardian view on the false alternatives of arts funding: we need bread but also roses

How do you put a value on culture? In this age of austerity, a political, philosophical question is too easily reduced to painful choices. Would you...

25.02.2024 60

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Guardian Opinion cartoon Martin Rowson on what Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has done for Vladimir Putin – cartoon

23.02.2024 20

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Hamas and Netanyahu are a curse on their peoples. Yet amid the horror, there is a sliver of hope

Both sides in the war between Israel and Hamas now face a fresh set of fateful choices. The decisions they take in the next two weeks are not only a...

23.02.2024 5

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Those who attack Jews in the UK are not striking a blow for Palestine: they are behaving as antisemites always have

Jews dread the news. Maybe the entire population feels that way these days: waking to a morning bulletin consisting of wars abroad, recession at home...

16.02.2024 50

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Guardian Opinion cartoon Martin Rowson on the ICJ’s verdict on Israel – cartoon

26.01.2024 30

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He’s beaten his Republican rivals and is ahead in the polls. But Trump is vulnerable

You’d think a week spent in the snow and ice of New Hampshire, watching Donald Trump stroll to a double-digit victory over his last remaining...

26.01.2024 9

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There is still a way to stop Donald Trump – but time is running out

The few Republicans who have not succumbed to the cult of Donald Trump cling to one last hope. They are crossing their fingers that on Tuesday night...

19.01.2024 4

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South Africa brought the case, but one man dragged Israel into the dock at The Hague – Benjamin Netanyahu

There was so much history and so much tragedy in that room. For two days, ending today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague...

12.01.2024 10

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Guardian Opinion cartoon Martin Rowson on Rishi Sunak’s ‘working assumption’ about the date of the election – cartoon

07.01.2024 40

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Storm Trump is brewing – and the whole world needs to brace itself

It is not a prediction, but it is a possibility – and a growing one. Barring a major upset, Donald Trump is on course to be the Republican nominee...

05.01.2024 5

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A prison, a courtroom and a war zone – even in the darkest places there are points of light

Think of it as yet another invented tradition. There are a lot of them about at this time of year, but here’s mine. In recent years, for the last...

22.12.2023 10

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There’s only one way out of this Gaza war and Netanyahu is blocking it. Joe Biden must force him from power

Joe Biden’s bond with Israel and the Jewish people runs so deep he is said to feel it in his kishkes (that’s “guts”, for the non-Yiddish...

15.12.2023 10

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Israel wants to slay the monster next door, but with this lethal bombardment, it is feeding it

When will it end? Some ask that question in despair, willing an end to the pictures of crushed buildings and destroyed lives, the succession of bleak...

08.12.2023 7

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