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Make this the punishment election – damning the Tories for 14 years of cruelty and lies

Voters want progress, but there must also be accountability. When you pick up a ballot paper, remember all the waste and incompetence, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Beware the Biden factor, Keir Starmer: you can govern well and still risk losing the country

Politics is about achieving things and telling a compelling story. But neither the president – nor Starmer – can match Trump’s gift for narrative, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

Failing to stop an all-out attack on Rafah would make the US president look weak – an unthinkable prospect in election year, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

Voters want rid of the Tories, but will quickly demand solutions to Britain’s ills, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

Both sides are beset by those who think their words and deeds bring peace closer. Instead they make a better future harder to attain, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

Both seem keen to limit hostilities, and key Arab states are ready to resist Tehran. But real change will require new Israeli leadership, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

Thirty years after I covered the ‘trial of the century’, its themes of race, misogyny, policing and celebrity still affect and define the nation, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

Netanyahu’s decisions have brought death to Palestinians and harmed his own people. Hamas laid a trap and he walked right in, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

The Israeli PM’s refusal to heed US demands on food aid for Gaza is morally indefensible, hurting the president – and boosting Trump, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

The greater the wait until the election, the more reassurance Labour must provide. And that weakens its future mandate, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

With Trump surging, democracy is in danger: that is the message Biden needs to couple with the spirit he showed in Congress, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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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

The new Rochdale MP is hardly unique. He is just highly adept at swimming in the toxic swamp that is so much of our politics, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

The desire to avert catastrophe in Rafah has given fresh impetus to talks in Paris, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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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

Tropes in a Labour meeting, antisemitism incidents up 589% – try to imagine what it is like to be Jewish in Britain right now, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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‘People said it did in his career’: 33 pictures that defined British politicians

From the Bullingdon boys to a bacon sandwich; Margaret Thatcher in a tank to Theresa May dancing … these landmark images shaped how we saw our leaders

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

I found his devotees fervent, but many Americans can’t stand the man – and that gives Joe Biden a way to win, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

No Republican can out-Trump Trump. Opponents need to target his flaws: a bloody insurrection and a record of broken promises, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

The Israeli PM’s alliance with the far right made this case possible, and the result could be harmful to Jews all over the world, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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

Polls suggest the former president has a serious chance of regaining the White House. The damage would affect us all, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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There are points of light even in this darkness. I know because I’ve seen them

In a war zone, a courtroom and a prison, there was humanity and decency to lift the spirits – moments I carry with me, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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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

The Israeli leader opposes any workable solution and now acts only to save himself. The White House must save Israel from its PM, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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‘It will always be less hellish than the reality’: why cinema keeps returning to the Holocaust

Three new films attempt to address the Holocaust. But can cinema ever hope to adequately confront humanity’s darkest chapter?

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

You can sympathise with the country’s desire to crush Hamas, and yet fear it is taking the wrong path in Gaza, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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In its war against Hamas, Israel faces a tragic choice between two different routes to disaster

The Israelis’ goal of destroying the enemy risks slipping further out of reach the more they pursue it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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‘It’s not yet post-traumatic stress disorder … we’re still in it’: Israel, a nation at war

Jonathan Freedland talks to survivors, displaced people and senior political and military figures about life in Israel before and after 7 October, and considers the longer-term ramifications

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