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When restraint is punished: The bombing of Iran and the collapse of the nuclear security order

In June 2025, Israel, soon followed by the United States, launched strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities. The target wasn’t a nuclear-armed...

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Mazlum Özkan

To stand with Palestine, Indonesia must cut ties with the Tony Blair Institute

Indonesia has long positioned itself as a steadfast supporter of Palestine. Government officials deliver speeches condemning Israeli aggression,...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

From free to fallen: The mysterious death of a Libyan activist

Abdelmonem Al-Marimi is dead—and Libya is left grasping for the truth. The 42-year-old activist, father, and outspoken anti-corruption voice died...

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Courtiers in kufiyas: The grotesque spectacle of Arab “scholars” subjugation before Israeli power

There is something nauseating, indeed obscene, about watching Arab dignitaries such as Hassen Chalhoumi, the state sponsored Imam in France and...

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Ziyad Motala

Limits of economic strength and resilience: Lessons from the Israel-Iran War

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran ended with a fragile ceasefire . A review of the war’s economic toll suggests that a prolonged conflict...

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Zahra Niazi

The “Economy of Genocide” report: A reckoning beyond rhetoric

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in occupied Palestine, stands as a testament to the...

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

Killing Palestinians, by genocide and formalities

Israel used no formality in genocide. The EU, on the other hand, treats Israel with the utmost formality designed to help the settler-colonial...

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Ramona Wadi

The Peace Prize farce: When tyrants nominate a tyrant

There are moments in world affairs so brazen, so jaw-droppingly cynical, that satire simply gives up and goes home. One such moment has arrived:...

09.07.2025 3

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Junaid S. Ahmad

“We won’t stop until the genocide ends:” Brazil on the frontlines of global solidarity for Gaza

Over the past week, Brazil has witnessed a powerful and multifaceted display of solidarity with the Palestinian people, reflecting the country’s...

09.07.2025 2

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Eman Abusidu

Gunfire Communication with “Zombie Hordes”: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the IDF

It’s made to order.  First, eliminate the aid system after creating circumstances of enormous suffering.  Then, kill, starve, vanquish and displace...

08.07.2025 6

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

The BRICS declaration may be a breakthrough on Palestine — but action must follow

The BRICS Rio de Janeiro Declaration , issued on 7 July 2025 offers one of the clearest and most forthright positions to date by a major...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The Beit Hanoun operation: A blow to the colony’s alleged “legitimacy”

On 7 July 2025, the Palestinian resistance carried out a series of operations against the occupying army in Beit Hanoun —in the North of the Gaza...

08.07.2025 6

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Alain Alameddine

The UN’s colonial fabrication of human rights

The UN has repeatedly and uselessly declared itself against the forced transfer of the Palestinian people. Yet under its watch, the Zionist...

08.07.2025 3

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Ramona Wadi

Zohran Mamdani: ‘Globalize the Intifada’ or the Reinvention of Goebbels’ Doctrine?

Since winning the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, Zohran Kwame Mamdani has spent more time addressing outrage over two words he never...

07.07.2025 6

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Jamal Kanj

The UK refused to support plans to overthrow Khomeini’s revolutionary rule, one year after the outbreak of the Iraq-Iran war

The UK rejected several appeals made by exiled Iranian opposition individuals and groups in 1981 seeking British backing for military and political...

07.07.2025 8

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Amer Sultan

The refugees we see and the ones we don’t

Just three years ago, Europe opened its arms wide open for refugees fleeing Ukraine due to the Russian Ukrainian war. Today, it’s turning a blind...

07.07.2025 4

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Maya El Jundi

A true ceasefire, or just more waiting?

Here we go again; back in the same endless loop. The war in Gaza enters its twenty-first month. Streets lie in ruins. Smoke curls above. Israeli...

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Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi