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The Silence of the Sultans: Muslim Regimes and the Holocaust of Our Time

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Junaid S. Ahmad

Red card for genocide: Why FIFA must be held to account

Fans worldwide are unequivocally challenging FIFA’s continued support for Israel, organizing with unprecedented unity for Palestine. Unlike...

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

The proposed burqa ban isn’t about safety—it’s about control

I wear the hijab. It’s a choice I make every day—a personal, conscious decision rooted in my faith and identity. But recently, I’ve watched with...

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Tasnim Nazeer

The morality of small means: Sanctioning Israel’s ministers

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Global resistance against global injustice

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Turan Kislakci

Human Rights According to Trump: From the South African Myth to the Gaza Catastrophe

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Greg Pence

Protecting Israel’s narrative also protects genocide

According to US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, there is a ‘complication’ when Palestinians want their own state on their own land. Speaking...

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Ramona Wadi

A troubling trend: The rise of pro-Israel voices in Indonesia

In recent years, Indonesia has witnessed an unusual and disquieting trend: the rise of public figures openly supporting Israel, in stark contrast...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The Haredim and Netanyahu: Will the traditional right wing camp fall apart?

It may not have occurred to David Ben-Gurion 77 years ago, when he approved a limited exemption from military service for a few hundred yeshiva...

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Hussam Abu-Hamed

Are Israeli-American relations losing their special status?

The phone call between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two nights ago, was described by most Israeli media...

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Antoine Shalhat

Israel’s PR stunt backfires, guides focus to humanitarian deprivation in Gaza

“All the passengers of the ‘selfie yacht’ are safe and unharmed. They were provided with sandwiches and water. The show is over,” Israel’s Foreign...

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Ramona Wadi

‘Free Thiago!’: Brazilian voices grow louder after Israel arrest Ávila aboard Madleen

In a surge of national and international concern, Brazil finds itself at the heart of growing global condemnation following the detention of Thiago...

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Eman Abusidu

Catching Israel Out: Gaza and the Madleen “Selfie” Protest

The latest incident with the Madleen vessel, pictured as a relief measure by celebrity activists and sundry accompaniments to supply civilians with...

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Gideon’s Chariots: Repeating a strategic and humanitarian disaster in Gaza

In March 2025, Israel launched a new large-scale military operation in Gaza, codenamed “Gideon’s Chariots”. This operation, one of the boldest and...

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Peter Rodgers

Ethiopia refused to negotiate with Mubarak’s regime over water, believing no one could stop its projects on the Nile – British Documents

Ethiopia refused to negotiate with Hosni Mubarak’s regime over the Nile water issue, believing that no one could stop it from pursuing its projects...

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Amer Sultan

Israel has crossed the Rubicon and the reckoning is coming

The brutal Israeli war on Gaza has done more than reshape the physical landscape of the besieged enclave; it has irrevocably altered the global...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

When conscience sails and law sinks: The illegality of intercepting Madleen

Once again, the so-called “most moral army in the world” flexes its muscle, not against a military threat or armed combatants, but against a small...

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Adnan Hmidan

How long will Americans wonder why the world hates them?

Americans continue to ask the same silly question: Why does the world hate us? Since I was a student in the US we have been discussing America’s...

09.06.2025 20

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Dr Abdullah Khalifa Al-Shayji

Indonesia Shouldn’t Trade Palestine for OECD Membership

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto recently signaled that the country may consider recognizing Israel—if Israel, in turn, recognizes Palestinian...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat