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Great piece of journalism from Robert Swift detailing the Israelis who believe their government is committing genocide and how speaking up about it affects their careers and personal lives "You feel like an alien walking the streets of Tel Aviv"
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The Israeli minority facing backlash for speaking out on Gaza
IT goes without saying that the Israeli government categorically rejects any assertion that it committed genocide in Gaza over the last two years
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25600028.israeli-minority-facing-backlash-speaking-gaza/
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David Lammy is the third senior Labour Gov figure to call the Scottish Government a national security risk this week Given this government isn't prepared to say this about China .... this is pretty dreadful. What happened to the "family of nations"?
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SNP MPs in priceless reaction as Lammy brands them 'national security threat'
DEPUTY Prime Minister David Lammy has defended Labour's claims that the SNP are a "national security threat" by arguing that he is "5ā¦
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25598717.snp-mps-react-fury-lammy-calls-national-security-threat/
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Think Labour's anticipated tax rises will only affect England and Wales? Wrong āļø Top financial think tank Fraser of Allander has warned Reeves's changes would leave Scotland with a nearly Ā£1bn shortfall - forcing cuts or more tax rises at Holyrood
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Rachel Reeves is preparing to break her tax promises. This is what it means for Scots
RACHEL Reeves has sent her strongest indication yet that voters should expect tax rises in the upcoming Budget
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25595469.will-scots-affected-rachel-reeves-prepares-break-tax-vow/
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NEW: The UK Government accidentally leaked internal emails on the Huntingdon train stabbing to The National. Number 10 inadvertently sent confidential materials to us - including lines prepared for ministers and info not yet made public.
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No 10 accidentally leaks internal Huntingdon train stabbing emails to The National
NO 10 accidentally leaked confidential internal emails discussing the Huntingdon train stabbing to The National ...
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25593071.no-10-accidentally-leaks-internal-huntingdon-train-stabbing-emails/
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Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page š° UK's trade with Israel up during genocide as fresh calls made for boycott
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Fun development of the day: Curtis Sliwa has started sending press releases and media call invites to The National's letters inbox. Going after the pro-independence, Scotland-based voter.... quite the initiative. Respect the hustle
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Interesting interview with Guy Verhofstadt in today's Sunday National, on Scottish independence, the UK and Europe
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āScotlandās place is in Europeā: Guy Verhofstadt on Brexit and the way back to the EU
āOUR aim during the Brexit negotiations was always, given the outcome of the referendum, to try to find a moderate solution to implement the vote,ā¦
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25589055.guy-verhofstadt-scottish-independence-uk-europe/
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Important special report from James Walker exploring how Israel is looking to increase its influence on Reform, with polls showing Farage's party could form the next UK government
www.thenational.scot/news/2558751...
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How Israel is ramping up its lobbying of Reform UK and the far-right
ON a bright Friday morning in Birminghamās National Exhibition Centre (NEC) last month, Israeli deputy ambassador Daniela Grudsky took to theā¦
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25587517.israel-ramping-lobbying-reform-uk/
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NEW: An Aberdeen-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters.
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Scottish-based oil firm blasted for 'helping Israel extract Palestinian gas'
A SCOTTISH-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25587346.aberdeen-based-oil-firm-helping-israel-extract-palestinian-gas/
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Your first look at tomorrow's Sunday National š° Firm with Scottish headquarters 'helps Israel extract gas' from Palestine's waters
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Very honoured to have been listed as one of the '30 under 30' women changing Scotland. So many impressive names on this year's list, I feel so lucky to be recognised among them.
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The National's editor named on '30 under 30' list of women changing Scotland
THE Nationalās editor has been named on a list of 30 women under 30 who are āleading change and excelling in their fieldsā ...
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25588158.national-editor-named-30-30-list-women-scotland/
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NEW: King Charles is auctioning off the chance to fish endangered salmon on his estate, The National can reveal. Conservationists are worried about the impact it could have on the native species
www.thenational.scot/news/2558680...
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King Charles flogs off chance to catch endangered Scottish salmon at Balmoral
KING Charles is auctioning off the chance to fish endangered salmon on his estate, The National can reveal.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25586804.king-charles-auctions-chance-fish-endangered-salmon-balmoral/
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Tomorrow's front page š° Labour minister misled public in attack on Scotland's water quality
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NEW: Lawyers have been instructed to consider a private prosecution against Prince Andrew over allegations of sexual assault, corruption and misconduct in public office
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John Swinney has pledged to work with Plaid Cymru in a 'progressive alliance' against Westminsterās 'race to the right'
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John Swinney pledges to form 'progressive alliance' with Plaid Cymru
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25581884.john-swinney-pledges-progressive-alliance-plaid-cymru/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761812885-2
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NEW: A top Scottish Greens candidate for next yearās Holyrood elections has been suspended pending an investigation
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Top Scottish Greens Holyrood candidate suspended pending investigation
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25582259.top-scottish-greens-holyrood-candidate-suspended-pending-investigation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761762901-2
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Tomorrow's front page š° Scottish barracks asylum seekers plan 'abhorrent'
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The UK could be in breach of its own arms export rules, MPs have heard, as concerns were raised that British weapons may be being used in Sudanās civil war
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UK could be in breach of its own arms export rules over Sudan war, MPs hear
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25578227.uk-may-breach-arms-export-rules-sudan-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761667802-1
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The UK Government has announced plans to move asylum seekers en masse into military barracks ā including in Scotland. In Denmark, theyāve done it for years. And last year, I visited one of them. Here's what I learned š
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What I saw in Denmark shows why barracks are no place for asylum seekers
THE UK Government is planning to move asylum seekers into barracks ā including in Scotland, in Inverness ...
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25578843.seen-reality-housing-asylum-seekers-military-barracks/
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Dozens of people turned out to a protest gig being held outside Glasgow's Hydro in a bid to pull fans away from the pro-Israel metal band Disturbedās performance Frontman David Draiman has signed artillery shells intended for use by Israeli forces in Gaza and shared photos of this on social media.
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NEW: Dozens of people have turned out to a protest gig being held outside a major Glasgow music venue in a bid to pull fans away from the pro-Israel metal band Disturbedās performance š
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Pro-Palestine rock show draws crowds outside Disturbed Hydro gig
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25579187.pro-palestine-rock-show-staged-outside-disturbed-hydro-gig/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761680017-1
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'Our media class and our politicians are rotten to the core' Zarah Sultana hits out at the lack of condemnation after a Westminster journalist 'joked' about deporting her
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'Whether Your Party support independence is literally the decision of members' We grilled Zarah Sultana on her new left-wing party's policies on Scotland
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BREAKING: Huge double-digit lead for Scottish independence in new exclusive poll. The survey suggests Scots would vote to leave the Union if a referendum were held tomorrow š
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The promise that London knows best has worn thin. The reaction is clear: voters in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland very obviously increasingly believe they could do better on their own, and it would take a very brave Unionist to suggest they are wrong, writes Richard Murphyāļø
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A Highland castle owner who offered Prince Andrew a place to stay has suggested this 'may not be workable' amid public outcry
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Highland castle owner backs down on Prince Andrew offer amid public outcry
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25573740.scottish-castle-owner-backs-prince-andrew-offer-amid-fury/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761563663-2
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Watch as King Charles is confronted by a protester over how long he has known about Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epsteinās relationship
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As a Scottish, Glaswegian Jew who has been on many marches, Iāve found no hostility whatsoever towards me or indeed any Jewish people, writes Professor Henry Maitles āļø Read here:
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The Scottish Tories have claimed more than Ā£1 million of taxpayer money has been spent sending CalMac and CMAL staff to Turkey to oversee the construction of new ferries Spoiler: This is false, very false. Read the full piece to see just how false š
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Thousands have marched through Edinburgh, pushing for improved social security, better jobs and more investment in areas such as housing and transport to benefit Scots
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In pictures: Thousands attend Scotland Demands Better anti-poverty rally
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25571637.thousands-attend-scotland-demands-better-anti-poverty-rally/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761401537
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14 days ago
Tomorrow's front page š° 'Scotland now has historic opportunity,' say SNP after seismic Plaid Cymru by-election triumph
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Ellie Gomersall was a Greens candidate until this morning, when she quit and defected to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's Your Party. Here, she explains why independence inspired her big move
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'Listen Westminster: This is Caerphilly and Wales telling you want a better deal' Lindsay Whittle, who won the Caerphilly by-election for Plaid Cymru, delivers a rousing speech after his historic victory š¼
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BREAKING: Three Scottish Greens councillors have defected to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's new left-wing party It means that Your Party now have their first political representation in Scotland
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NEW: Keir Starmer's promise to support thousands of jobs in Scotland following the signing of a £10 billion defence deal was "overstated", new research has found.
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Defence jobs promise for Scotland 'overstated' by UK Government, investigation finds
KEIR Starmerās promise to support thousands of jobs in Scotland following the signing of a Ā£10 billion defence deal was āoverstatedā, newā¦
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25564791.defence-jobs-promise-scotland-overstated-uk-government/
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Should Lisa Nandy resign after misleading Parliament on the Maccabi Tel Aviv ban? Our journalists discuss š š£ļø 'Did anyone brief Lisa Nandy before she went out to parliament?'
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The case against four men arrested in connection with projecting large images of president Donald Trump with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on to Windsor Castle ahead of the state visit has been dropped
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'Political policing': Fury over handling of Trump-Epstein projection as case dropped
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25565625.no-action-taken-trump-epstein-projection-arrests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761213519-1
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BREAKING: A former paratrooper known as Soldier F has been found not guilty at Belfast Crown Court of committing two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry in 1972
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Latest in the never-ending Historic Environment Scotland saga ... the boss already caught in a racism row for describing Indian people as "chocolates" also branded French people "cheese-eating surrender monkeys", we can reveal.
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Racism row heritage boss branded French 'cheese-eating surrender monkeys'
A BOSS at the centre of a racism row which has thrown Scotlandās heritage body into disarray branded French people ācheese-eating surrenderā¦
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25561029.racism-row-hes-boss-branded-french-cheese-eating-surrender-monkeys/
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NEW: Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana has said she's disappointed to see the Scottish Greens vote down calls for the parties to work together However she criticised them for "managing cuts and overseeing austerity" during their time in government
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Zarah Sultana 'disappointed' after Scottish Greens rule out Your Party electoral pact
YOUR Party co-founder Zarah Sultana has said she was ādisappointedā the Scottish Greens voted down calls for the organisations to work togetherā¦
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25560686.zarah-sultana-disappointed-scottish-greens-rule-electoral-pact/
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NEW: Douglas Ross missed the final vote on the Housing Bill for .... a £250 football referee fee
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Douglas Ross missed final Housing Bill vote for £250 football referee fee
DOUGLAS Ross missed the final vote on the Housing Bill for a £250 football referee fee, The National can reveal.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25552229.douglas-ross-missed-final-housing-bill-vote-250-footie-fee/
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NEW: The photographer who captured viral footage of violent Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam last year has said Keir Starmer is playing āa political gameā by opposing a ban on Israeli supporters attending an Aston Villa match next month.
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I filmed Maccabi violence in Amsterdam ā here's why Keir Starmer is wrong
A PHOTOGRAPHER who captured viral footage of violent Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam last year has said Keir Starmer is playing āa politicalā¦
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25552239.photographer-filmed-maccabi-violence-says-keir-starmer-wrong/
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Thank you to everyone who came along to our sold-out event with Peter Oborne, discussing his new book Complicit - about UK complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. We're still adding up all the raffle money but the event has raised over £2000 for Medical Aid for Palestinians!
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EXCLUSIVE: Zack Polanski has backed Scottish and Welsh independence, The National can reveal Read here:
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Tomorrow's front page š° Palestine Action 'not close to being a terror group'
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EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farageās links to an influential US anti-abortion group have been branded 'deeply concerning' It comes after an investigation by The New York Times detailed how the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has been quietly cultivating ties with Farage and his party
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āDeeply concerningā: Nigel Farage slammed over links to US anti-abortion group
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25543190.nigel-farage-slammed-concerning-links-us-anti-abortion-group/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1760463958
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NEW: A Scottish counter-terrorism board found that Palestine Action's activities weren't close to the threshold to be considered terrorism .... before the group was banned by the Labour Government
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Palestine Action 'not close' to being terror group, files show Scottish board found
A SCOTTISH counter-terrorism board found that Palestine Actionās activities fell below the threshold to be considered terrorism before the groupā¦
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25543064.scottish-contest-board-said-palestine-action-not-terrorist-group/
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Sid Khan, who was on the Global Sumud Flotilla, shares an eye-opening experience from dealing with British officials after being imprisoned by Israel
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In tomorrow's paper: As Israel continues to deny genocide after the ceasefire, we publish the damning words from Israeli politicians and media showing how the atrocity came to pass.
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