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Sep 22
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Headlines for September 22, 2025; Trump Expands “Authoritarian” Free Speech Crackdown, Calls Negative Media “Illegal”: Jameel Jaffer; “Huge Step Forward”: MP Jeremy Corbyn Cheers U.K. Recognition of Palestine, Calls for More Pressure on Israel; Egypt Pardons Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah; British MP Jeremy Corbyn Responds to “Amazing News”; Israeli Peace Activist: My Mother Was Killed on October 7. Here’s Why I Support Palestinian Statehood.; “Nothing Will Stop Israel”: Mustafa Barghouti on the Limits of Western Recognition of Palestine

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