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Gaza ceasefire – A pause by name, while atrocities continue unabated

Gaza ceasefire – A pause by name, while atrocities continue unabated

The world has acknowledged and observes yet another blank ‘ceasefire’. To the people of Gaza, the word has no meaning. Ceasefires in Gaza do not...

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Middle East Monitor

Ranjan Solomon

The Abraham Accords gambit: Washington’s high-stakes balancing act in the Middle East

The Abraham Accords gambit: Washington’s high-stakes balancing act in the Middle East

As Israeli forces continue operations in Syrian territory, a public rebuke from President Donald Trump-the incursions are...

yesterday 30

Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

UN resolutions on Gaza and the Golan: Global legitimacy under pressure, but no path to real peace

UN resolutions on Gaza and the Golan: Global legitimacy under pressure, but no path to real peace

The two recent United Nations resolutions one calling for an end to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and another reaffirming Syria’s...

previous day 10

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Peiman Salehi

The UN never gets to the root of the problem

The UN never gets to the root of the problem

The UN General Assembly has passed another non-binding resolution which is unlikely to dent Israel’s colonial expansion in colonised Palestine. Any...

thursday 20

Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

Yasmine Belkaid’s ever-growing capital

Yasmine Belkaid’s ever-growing capital

My personal physician — one of Britain’s most renowned doctors and recipient of one of the highest honours from the late Queen Elizabeth II —...

thursday 20

Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

Deliberate contradiction: How the West plays dumb and kills people in Gaza

Deliberate contradiction: How the West plays dumb and kills people in Gaza

First, let’s dissect this puzzle. On 29 February 2024, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent shockwaves when he informed lawmakers in the House...

thursday 50

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

How Israel poisoned Gaza’s agricultural land for years to come

How Israel poisoned Gaza’s agricultural land for years to come

Israel’s campaign in Gaza has not only levelled most of the built environment — satellite analyses in 2025 show damage to the vast majority of...

thursday 40

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Beware: Blood diamonds are funding Israel’s war crimes

Beware: Blood diamonds are funding Israel’s war crimes

Last week the 2025 chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, had an article published extolling the benefits of the...

thursday 10

Middle East Monitor

Sean Clinton

The war no one declares: Inside the Mossad–Iran shadow conflict

The war no one declares: Inside the Mossad–Iran shadow conflict

In espionage, truth arrives escorted by doubt. Nothing is announced cleanly; nothing ends conclusively. Stories surface halfway formed, decorated...

03.12.2025 50

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

When the Palestinian flag soars in London but fades across Arab horizons

When the Palestinian flag soars in London but fades across Arab horizons

The sight of the Palestinian flag sweeping through London’s streets is no longer a sporadic gesture enabled merely by freedom of expression. It has...

03.12.2025 50

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Adnan Hmidan

Protecting Israeli colonialism also protects Israel’s torture practices

Protecting Israeli colonialism also protects Israel’s torture practices

Asking Israel to investigate its torture practices, while knowing that torture is an integral part of Israel’s political violence, is one of the...

02.12.2025 4

Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

Trump tried to corner MBS. He blinked first

Trump tried to corner MBS. He blinked first

Washington’s diplomatic theatre has always relied less on persuasion than performance: coaxing allies into submission behind closed doors, then...

02.12.2025 10

Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

A ceasefire in name only: Gaza’s prolonged purgatory

A ceasefire in name only: Gaza’s prolonged purgatory

A ceasefire can be a strange thing.  The assumption, generally speaking, is that the parties to it restrain themselves for a period of time,...

02.12.2025 10

Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark