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Iran, the West, and the hypocrisy of civilization

Iran, the West, and the hypocrisy of civilization

Iran is more than a state; it is a civilisation — ancient, self-aware, and seasoned by centuries of philosophical, artistic, and spiritual...

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Middle East Monitor

Ranjan Solomon

Europe’s hollow diplomacy: The illusion of accountability in Its dealings with Israel

Europe’s hollow diplomacy: The illusion of accountability in Its dealings with Israel

As evidence piles up of Israel’s flouting of international law and humanitarian norms, Europe engages in a kind of ritual rhetoric, without taking...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Iraq’s elections are over, but the country has yet to begin

Iraq’s elections are over, but the country has yet to begin

The elections have ended, but the real struggle has just begun. The outcome of the elections is not in doubt, because Iraq’s political landscape is...

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Karam Nama

The entire world is a showcase for Israel’s military might, not just defence exhibitions

The entire world is a showcase for Israel’s military might, not just defence exhibitions

France has reneged on its earlier decision to prevent eight Israel companies from participating in the Milipol Paris exhibition on security and...

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Ramona Wadi

The tragedy of premature reckoning: Hamas and the curse of peaking too soon

The tragedy of premature reckoning: Hamas and the curse of peaking too soon

In the long march of liberation, timing is not a luxury; it is survival. Movements rise and collapse not solely on the justice of their cause but...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Haftar’s “Libyan solution”: A sovereignty claim or a power grab?

Haftar’s “Libyan solution”: A sovereignty claim or a power grab?

For months now, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has been pushing to further legitimize his long-standing grip on power in Libya’s eastern and parts of...

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Polishing genocide: Israel’s desperate war to erase history

Polishing genocide: Israel’s desperate war to erase history

Israel’s allies worldwide are desperately scrambling to help Tel Aviv re-establish a convincing narrative, not only concerning the Gaza genocide,...

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

Israeli executions against Palestinians have been enforced for decades; what will the new death penalty law add?

Israeli executions against Palestinians have been enforced for decades; what will the new death penalty law add?

Apartheid Israel never ceases to display the depths of its racist treatment toward the Palestinian people. For decades, it has waged a systematic...

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Ahmed Asmar

The settlers who kill Palestinian farmers and imitate their lives

The settlers who kill Palestinian farmers and imitate their lives

In the hills of the occupied West Bank, a strange and painful irony unfolds every day: the same Israeli settlers who seize Palestinian land , burn...

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Fareed Taamallah

Kazim’s stone: Echoes of refuge on the edge of Europe

Kazim’s stone: Echoes of refuge on the edge of Europe

Across from the Asia Minor shores, on the southeastern coast of Lesvos, opposite the small islets of Myrsinia, somewhere between the calm coves of...

12.11.2025 2

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Tatiana Svorou

Jared Kushner and the age of modern buccaneering

Jared Kushner and the age of modern buccaneering

The classic 17 th -century buccaneer was not a simple pirate; he was a hybrid figure who operated in the grey area between state-sanctioned...

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Dr Sahar Huneidi

Rafah’s fighters will not surrender, when disarmament means extinction

Rafah’s fighters will not surrender, when disarmament means extinction

Rafah stands today as the battered yet unbroken frontier of Palestinian resistance — a landscape scarred by bombardment, starvation, and betrayal....

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Ranjan Solomon

Does the international community truly oppose Israel’s military occupation?

Does the international community truly oppose Israel’s military occupation?

Rebuilding Gaza in accordance with the US plan is facing considerable objections across diplomatic and humanitarian circles. In two years, Israeli...

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Ramona Wadi

From London to New York: The moral misunderstanding of Muslims

From London to New York: The moral misunderstanding of Muslims

Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli’s reaction to Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York offers a textbook example of the West’s moral...

11.11.2025 4

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Karam Nama

When truth becomes treason: Israel’s crisis of conscience

When truth becomes treason: Israel’s crisis of conscience

Every system built on control eventually faces a reckoning. There comes a day when the power that once pointed outward—silencing critics,...

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Peter Rodgers

The improbable statesman: Al-Sharaa’s White House gambit and the future of Syria’s sovereignty

The improbable statesman: Al-Sharaa’s White House gambit and the future of Syria’s sovereignty

In a scene unimaginable just months ago, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa strode into the White House this week, becoming the first Syrian leader...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Back to school or back to death? The missing rights of Palestinian children

Back to school or back to death? The missing rights of Palestinian children

September is a month of excitement in many parts of the world: children start new schools, open fresh notebooks, shoulder their school bags, and...

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Dr Ayşe Duran Yilmaz