Emma Graham-Harrison

England

Senior International Affairs Correspondent at The Guardian

Senior International Affairs Correspondent at The Observer

Senior International Affairs Correspondent for The Guardian & The Observer. London via Kabul, Beijing & Madrid. Lately in Ukraine. Opinions all my own.

Articles

‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Malak A Tantesh |Emma Graham-Harrison |Bethan Mckernan

For six months after it became impossible, Ahmed Wael Dababish still dreamed of a simple reunion: the day he could once again hug his wife, Asma, his two daughters and his young son. A nurse from Gaza, Dababish last saw his family in the early hours of one night in December 2023, when Israeli troops attacked a school where they had sought shelter. Soldiers ordered men into the courtyard, then detained many of them, including Dababish.
can Europe learn to go it alone without the US?

1 month ago | msn.com | Emma Graham-Harrison

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After America: can Europe learn to go it alone without the US?

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison

The German electronics firm Hensoldt has a backlog of orders for its technology, including radars that protect Ukraine from Russian airstrikes. Meanwhile, Germany’s car industry is struggling with low European demand and competition from China. As Europe worries about how it can weather the economic and political turmoil unleashed by Donald Trump, executives from Munich and Düsseldorf say they have at least a partial answer.
Netanyahu banks on political dividends as he restarts Gaza war

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison

As the ceasefire in Gaza extended from days into weeks, and newly freed hostages began sharing grim details of their captivity, Benjamin Netanyahu’s political room for manoeuvre seemed to shrink. He was caught between the far-right parties propping up his government, keen to return to war in Gaza, and the majority of Israelis who prioritised the fate of the remaining hostages over the “total defeat” of Hamas demanded by their prime minister.
Israel shatters Gaza ceasefire - Today in Focus Extra - podcast

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Michael Safi |Emma Graham-Harrison |Elizabeth Cassin |Eli Block

On Tuesday, Israel launched a wave of airstrikes on Gaza, killing more than 400 people. This bombardment brings the fragile ceasefire, which began in mid-January, to an end. Israel also issued evacuation orders for the northern town of Beit Hanoun and other communities further south, which suggests that Israeli troops may launch a renewed ground operation.
Israeli attacks on women’s healthcare in Gaza amount to ‘genocidal acts’, UN says

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison

Israel’s systemic attacks on women’s healthcare in Gaza amount to “genocidal acts”, and Israeli security forces have used sexual violence as a weapon of war to “dominate and destroy the Palestinian people”, a UN report states. The 49-page report on sexual and gender-based violence was drawn up by the UN’s independent international commission of inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and presented to the UN human rights council.
Israeli police raid Palestinian bookshop in East Jerusalem twice in a month

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison |Quique Kierszenbaum

Israeli police have raided the leading Palestinian bookshop in East Jerusalem for the second time in a month, detaining one of its owners for several hours and seizing some of its stock. The deputy state attorney’s office had warned police that they overstepped their authority with the first raid on the shop in February. Officers again arrived at the Educational Bookshop without a warrant on Tuesday morning, staff said.
Child deaths surge amid ‘Gazafication’ of West Bank, report says

1 month ago | msn.com | Emma Graham-Harrison |Quique Kierszenbaum

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Child deaths surge amid ‘Gazafication’ of West Bank, report says

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison |Quique Kierszenbaum

Israel has brought the military tactics of its war in Gaza to the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians face mass forced displacements, a surge in airstrikes, and a sharp rise in attacks on children and other civilians, a Palestinian-Israeli rights group has said. B’tselem has detailed the impact of Israel’s most intense operations in the area for at least two decades in a report that describes what it callsa “Gazafication” of Israel’s occupation there.
Family mourns grandfather’s death as Israel brings Gaza tactics to West Bank

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison |Sufian Taha

Waleed Lahlouh was 73, with a shock of white hair that marked his age, when Israeli soldiers shot him dead on a sunny February morning outside his home in Jenin refugee camp. Relatives said he was killed while trying to collect some winter clothes for his family. He had fled with his children and grandchildren a week earlier when Israeli troops moved into the camp and ordered residents out within an hour. They scrambled to gather documents, valuables and phones, and had little time to pack clothes.