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Sarah Hurwitz and the human carnage no argument can break

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Jwan Zreiq

Ceasefire is “holding”: So long as only non-Israeli-Jews are murdered

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Jamal Kanj

America at the edge: Lessons from Rome, warnings from history

America at the edge: Lessons from Rome, warnings from history

Empires rarely recognize the moment their power begins to slip. The Romans didn’t. The Ottomans didn’t. The British certainly didn’t. The causes...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Clownish Proscriptions: Challenging the Palestine Action Ban

Clownish Proscriptions: Challenging the Palestine Action Ban

On 20 June, members of Palestine Action broke into a Royal Airforce base at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, going on to spray paint two military...

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

How Washington’s “warlord” myth helped bring back the Taliban

How Washington’s “warlord” myth helped bring back the Taliban

On 27 November, just blocks from the White House, an Afghan evacuee named  Rahmanullah Lakanwal  allegedly opened fire on two U.S. National Guard...

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Ahmad S Bakhshi

Rain season and the rituals of predicting the rain in Palestinian heritage

Rain season and the rituals of predicting the rain in Palestinian heritage

In my village of Qira near Salfit, as in many Palestinian villages, we wait for the first drops of rain with a mixture of longing and unease. Rain...

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Fareed Taamallah

Why Morocco stands out in Tesla’s global expansion plans

Why Morocco stands out in Tesla’s global expansion plans

As the leading electric vehicle manufacturer seeks to broaden its global footprint, Morocco’s strategic location—serving as a gateway to both...

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John Olorunfemi

The American anti-Israel awakening

The American anti-Israel awakening

The renowned American newspaper  The New York Times  warned a few days ago about the rise of what it described as “right-wing antisemitism”,...

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

So that the UN Security Council resolution does not become a cover for genocide

So that the UN Security Council resolution does not become a cover for genocide

According to The Washington Post , in a “dirty” location within an industrial area in Kiryat Gat, a once-abandoned three-storey building has been...

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Mohammed Jamil

The vanishing future of the Arab world: climate, corruption, and the AI divide

The vanishing future of the Arab world: climate, corruption, and the AI divide

The Arab world is standing at a precipice. Climate change is accelerating at twice the global average across the region. Water scarcity threatens...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Beyond jargon: Tripoli’s ‘Supreme Authority’ is a self-preservation plot, not a co-ordinating framework

Beyond jargon: Tripoli’s ‘Supreme Authority’ is a self-preservation plot, not a co-ordinating framework

The Libyan political landscape, long defined by competing governments and institutional fragmentation, has recently delivered its most rent — and...

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

The ruptured mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli narrative

The ruptured mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli narrative

The world beyond 7 October 2023 is not the same. It is a world that has finally seen beyond the decades-old narrative of a perpetually vulnerable...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Germany: Free speech wins in court, arms deliveries stay untouchable

Germany: Free speech wins in court, arms deliveries stay untouchable

It seems that barely a week goes by without Germany’s anti-Palestinian repression being condemned – whether by international institutions and...

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Leon Wystrychowski

The exodus of faith: Israel’s internal reckoning

The exodus of faith: Israel’s internal reckoning

Israel today is grappling not with the battlefield alone, but with a far subtler, far more consequential collapse: the evaporation of confidence...

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Ranjan Solomon

Who’s afraid of Dr Naledi Pandor? Zionism, Empire, and the visa revoked in panic

Who’s afraid of Dr Naledi Pandor? Zionism, Empire, and the visa revoked in panic

There are occasions when state power reveals its insecurities with embarrassing transparency. The United States’ revocation of Dr Naledi Pandor’s...

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Junaid S. Ahmad

On the anniversary of the UN 1947 Partition Plan, the PA asserts its allegiance with colonialism

On the anniversary of the UN 1947 Partition Plan, the PA asserts its allegiance with colonialism

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had the opportunity to denounce the UN for its hypocritical “International Day of Solidarity With the...

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Ramona Wadi

After 75 years: Could Israel actually lose its UN membership this time?

After 75 years: Could Israel actually lose its UN membership this time?

On 24 November 2025, civil-society actors in Chile launched a campaign calling for the expulsion of Israel from United Nations , invoking UN...

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Dr Mohammad Yousef