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		<title>This hideous conflict exposes something frightening about Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (1st June 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hope is being extinguished in Gaza</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2024 12:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are different</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Timid leaders could learn from Thatcher on dealing with a crisis in Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 11:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A shaft of hope amid a bloody war fuelled by rage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 11:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Netanyahu may be walking into a trap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Aid to Palestinians is used to reward acts of terrorism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The West’s arrogant foreign aid has fuelled tensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Israel should be wary of repeating the 9/11 mistakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2023 12:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (13th October, 2023) When I wrote on Sunday as horrifying details of Hamas atrocities started emerging, my column here was starkly headlined “This is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inside blighted enclave where Hamas rules with an iron fist</title>
		<link>https://ianbirrell.com/inside-blighted-enclave-where-hamas-rules-with-an-iron-fist/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2023 09:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Daily Mail (October 10th, 2023) As I entered the Erez crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip, my Israeli-Arab friend asked me to bring [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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