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Iran’s nuclear development and the limits of coercive strategy

Iran’s nuclear development and the limits of coercive strategy

Both Donald Trump and Israeli leaders fundamentally misjudged the nature of Iran’s nuclear file. The “maximum pressure” campaign, culminating in a...

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Timothy Hopper 

US predicted Israel would use nuclear weapons against Iraq during Kuwait liberation war, British documents reveal

US predicted Israel would use nuclear weapons against Iraq during Kuwait liberation war, British documents reveal

United States predicted Israel might use nuclear weapons against Iraq during the war to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, newly declassified...

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Amer Sultan

How Gaza exposed the post-Holocaust identity crisis of German academia

How Gaza exposed the post-Holocaust identity crisis of German academia

German academia, once renowned for its humanistic tradition, now stands implicated in a crisis of intellectual repression and moral inconsistency....

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Mahitab Ali

China’s spectacular rise

China’s spectacular rise

Following President Nixon’s historic visit to China in the early 1970s, many believed that fostering economic ties with China would pave the way...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Only an emergency UN multinational protective force will stop Israel’s genocide

Only an emergency UN multinational protective force will stop Israel’s genocide

Since October 2023, Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has crossed every moral and legal threshold. Israel has defied over 100 United Nations...

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Dr Rosemarie M. Esber

Recognition without justice: Why Palestine needs sanctions, not symbolic gestures

Recognition without justice: Why Palestine needs sanctions, not symbolic gestures

For decades, Palestine has been recognised as a state by the majority of the international community. One hundred and forty-three countries have...

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Ranjan Solomon

Israel is engineering starvation to redefine the meaning of life for Palestinians

Israel is engineering starvation to redefine the meaning of life for Palestinians

The starvation crisis in Gaza is simply understood as a humanitarian catastrophe or a war crime. While these descriptions are not incorrect, they...

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Maheera Munir

The hunger war in Gaza against displaced Palestinians: Starvation as a weapon

The hunger war in Gaza against displaced Palestinians: Starvation as a weapon

In Gaza today, a hunger war is unfolding before the world’s eyes — a siege in which starvation is being wielded not by drought or pestilence, but...

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Dr Oroub El-Abed

Indonesia’s independence rings hollow if it clings to the two-state solution for Palestine

Indonesia’s independence rings hollow if it clings to the two-state solution for Palestine

This weekend, as red-and-white flags ripple across the Indonesian archipelago and schoolchildren recite “Merdeka!” (freedom), the nation will mark...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Who enabled the process of “Greater Israel”?

Who enabled the process of “Greater Israel”?

In a recent interview with i24 , Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated he is “on a mission of generations” for “Greater Israel”....

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Ramona Wadi

The broadcast war: Israel’s pride in its crimes

The broadcast war: Israel’s pride in its crimes

Even in major democracies, of which Israel considers itself one, governments committing crimes typically try to conceal them from the public eye....

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

A shield of lies: Netanyahu’s battle against the world

A shield of lies: Netanyahu’s battle against the world

It was a sign of someone desperate that his message has failed to take wing and make its way to better lands.  With the strategy of Israeli Prime...

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Israel’s image: From darling of the West to global pariah

Israel’s image: From darling of the West to global pariah

For 77 years, Israel has enjoyed the unwavering support and admiration of the West, frequently championed as the only democracy in the Middle East....

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Israel in Gaza’s quagmire: Military failure, humanitarian catastrophe, global isolation

Israel in Gaza’s quagmire: Military failure, humanitarian catastrophe, global isolation

Gaza is now caught in a suffocating siege, and Israel’s military strategy, launched with the promise of eliminating Hamas, has not only failed in...

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Greg Pence

Brazilian media outlets join global outcry over killing of Al-Sharif and colleagues

Brazilian media outlets join global outcry over killing of Al-Sharif and colleagues

A targeted airstrike in front of Al-Shifa Hospital has left six Al Jazeera journalists killed, sparking international outrage and renewed demands...

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Eman Abusidu

Polio’s comeback in the Arab world: Between politicisation and securitization

Polio’s comeback in the Arab world: Between politicisation and securitization

During humanitarian crises and armed conflicts, children are the most vulnerable to the devastating consequences, such as the outbreak and...

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Manoug Antaby