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The PA’s endorsement of the UNSC resolution

The PA’s endorsement of the UNSC resolution

Of course the Palestinian Authority would welcome the UN Security Council Resolution which turns over Gaza into the US’s hands, with all the usual...

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Ramona Wadi

Mr tough guy and the two farcical ceasefires

Mr tough guy and the two farcical ceasefires

Israel’s relentless bombardment of Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon is no defensive reflex but a strategic doctrine. Targeting commanders,...

yesterday 5

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Abstentions and the arithmetic of power: Reading China and Russia’s silence on Gaza

Abstentions and the arithmetic of power: Reading China and Russia’s silence on Gaza

At a moment when Gaza is being pounded into dust — entire families erased, neighbourhoods flattened, starvation engineered — every gesture at the...

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Ranjan Solomon

Things happen: Trump, the Crown Prince and killing Khashoggi

Things happen: Trump, the Crown Prince and killing Khashoggi

The Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is at it again.  Gulling, wooing, and grinning his way into the establishment of another...

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Why the Recent UNSC Resolution 2803 “Board of Peace” Violates the UN Charter

Why the Recent UNSC Resolution 2803 “Board of Peace” Violates the UN Charter

On 17 November 2025 , the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2803 , known as “Board of Peace,” to create an International...

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Dr Mohammad Yousef

The new kill zone: Gaza’s borders after the ‘ceasefire’

The new kill zone: Gaza’s borders after the ‘ceasefire’

The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign...

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

One funeral, one birth: From Cheney’s dark shadows to Mamdani’s bright horizon

One funeral, one birth: From Cheney’s dark shadows to Mamdani’s bright horizon

In the span of just twenty-four hours, two events unfolded that seemed to bookend an era. On 3 November 2025, Dick Cheney—the chief architect of...

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Clandestine cleansing: Al-Majd Europe, Gaza and Israeli policy

Clandestine cleansing: Al-Majd Europe, Gaza and Israeli policy

According to its website , the mission of Al-Majd Europe, yet another odd charity organisation operating in the mash and rubble of Gaza, is...

previous day 9

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

UN delivers yet another stab in the back to the Palestinians

UN delivers yet another stab in the back to the Palestinians

The approval of Resolution 2803 by the UN Security Council, presented by the United States and endorsed by 13 votes in favour, with Russia and...

previous day 7

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Sayid Marcos Tenório

Why the new UN resolution on Gaza signals a US-led trusteeship, not a path to peace

Why the new UN resolution on Gaza signals a US-led trusteeship, not a path to peace

The recent passage of the US-backed Gaza resolution at the UN Security Council represents one of the most paradoxical moments of the post- October...

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Peiman Salehi

The inspired Guardiola: A moral voice on Palestine

The inspired Guardiola: A moral voice on Palestine

Pep Guardiola, the Spanish manager of Manchester City, is a visionary in football tactics and a moral force when it comes to human values. In an...

previous day 7

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Karam Nama

Syria’s foreign policy a year after liberation: Hopes and achievements

Syria’s foreign policy a year after liberation: Hopes and achievements

Historically, Syria has always been considered a crossroads between the East and West, a place where Europe meets Asia, and a trading hub for...

previous day 6

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Zaki Kaf Al-Ghazal

Germany revokes citizenship over “Heroes of Palestine” post

Germany revokes citizenship over “Heroes of Palestine” post

Germany is revoking the citizenship of a recently naturalised man of Syrian background in Berlin after he allegedly praised Hamas on Instagram one...

previous day 5

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Malika Salha

Erasing the future: Gaza’s educational sociocide

Erasing the future: Gaza’s educational sociocide

What makes a society? Is it merely existing as individuals, or is it the threads between them – the schools, the universities, the archives where...

previous day 8

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Jwan Zreiq

How credible are Iraq’s ‘zombie’ elections?

How credible are Iraq’s ‘zombie’ elections?

Iraq held its parliamentary elections on 11 th November, the seventh since the US overthrow of the Saddam Hussein dictatorship in 2003. It’s a...

previous day 10

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Dr Hamid Alkifaey

A Hidden Egyptian–Saudi Conflict

A Hidden Egyptian–Saudi Conflict

Last May, when the US–Gulf summit in Riyadh ignored inviting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, it appeared that something was troubling...

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Mahmoud Hassan

King Abdullah’s visit to Jakarta: Key takeaways

King Abdullah’s visit to Jakarta: Key takeaways

King Abdullah II’s visit to Jakarta last week did not produce dramatic announcements, but it highlighted two converging diplomatic shifts....

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

No more custodians and colonialists, Palestinians will reject even a benign western control

No more custodians and colonialists, Palestinians will reject even a benign western control

The recent vote in the UN Security Council on Gaza – with Russia and China pointedly abstaining and the West once again attempting to choreograph...

18.11.2025 5

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Ranjan Solomon

Germany’s decision to take in donkeys from Gaza for treatment – but not children – has sparked outrage

Germany’s decision to take in donkeys from Gaza for treatment – but not children – has sparked outrage

The news reads like a dark joke—but it isn’t. “Rescued little Donkeys from Gaza Find a Home in Oppenheim,” reports Allgemeine Zeitung , a regional...

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Leon Wystrychowski

Why Qatar is more eligible and successful in global mediation than others

Why Qatar is more eligible and successful in global mediation than others

Under a mediatory role from Qatar, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rebel March 23 Movement (M23) signed a peace...

17.11.2025 40

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Ahmed Asmar

The dawn that never broke: Re-evaluating an ‘unresolved’ war between Iran and Israel

The dawn that never broke: Re-evaluating an ‘unresolved’ war between Iran and Israel

The dawn following 13 June 13 brought no victory for Israel. The twelve-day war between Iran and Israel did not culminate in an Israeli triumph or...

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Kiavash Kalhor

State-sanctioned Jewish-mob terror in the West Bank

State-sanctioned Jewish-mob terror in the West Bank

In the occupied West Bank, Palestinian villages have become open fields for illegal Jewish settlers operating under the protection of the Israeli...

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Jamal Kanj