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Israel's settler pressure on West Bank villages stirs annexation fear

Just metres from the last houses in Bardala, a Palestinian village at the northern end of the occupied West Bank, Israel’s army has been bulldozing...

yesterday 20

Reuters

The power of cinema: From No Man’s Land to No Other Land

My Bosnian neighbours Karim and Selma invited me to view No Man’s Land during my 2010 work tenure in Sarajevo, as the movie reflected their own...

yesterday 30

Dr Elif Selin Calik

Gaza exposes Europe’s hypocrisy on the Day of the Righteous

On 6 March, Europe commemorates the Day of the Righteous, a day meant to honour those who have stood against oppression, genocide and crimes...

yesterday 20

Jehan Alfarra

Trump tells Hamas, 'Only sick, twisted people keep bodies,' but what about Israel?

US President Donald Trump threatened the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on Wednesday with “severe consequences” if it continues to...

yesterday 10

Ahmed Asmar

The EU needs to clarify where it stands on Gaza

Speaking at the Emergency Summit of the League of Arab States this week, European Council President Antonio Costa’s intervention was replete with...

yesterday 7

Ramona Wadi

From Gaza to Syria: The unyielding reality of Israeli settler-colonialism

The conversation on settler-colonialism must not be limited to academic discussion. It is a political reality, demonstrated clearly in the everyday...

yesterday 7

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Let’s look at what was absent from the Arab Summit closing statement

Millions listened to the closing statement of this week’s Arab Summit, which undoubtedly showed great progress in its tone and the seriousness of...

yesterday 7

Dr Ali Muhammad Fakhro

What does Trump’s Ukraine policy offer the Middle East?

Donald Trump prides himself on deal making in a way that transcends conventional approaches whereby he has the ultimate say with all other parties...

yesterday 20

Dr Mustafa Fetouri

A new security order: The Arab world’s opportunity to challenge ‘Greater Israel’

The world is changing rapidly. The rules-based system is breaking down, insecurity is growing, and major powers are once again competing with each...

previous day 20

Nasim Ahmed

Why the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire negotiations is failing

The three-phase ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, while offering a fleeting glimmer of hope for...

previous day 20

Jamal Kanj

Are minorities in Syria vulnerable groups or political loopholes?

When the decades-long Assad family dictatorship fell in December, it sparked hopes for a better Syria. But did it bring hope to all Syrians? The...

previous day 20

Manoug Antaby

Mubarak predicted Jordan would lose its ‘int’l role’ after West Bank disengagement, British documents reveal

Hosni Mubarak predicted “disastrous effects” for Jordan due to its disengagement from the occupied West Bank almost four decades ago, British...

previous day 20

Amer Sultan

The Arab Summit’s Gaza plan is a step forward, but the road ahead is long

The emergency Arab Summit on Gaza reconstruction held in Cairo yesterday was a rare moment of unity in the region. The summit was convened in...

previous day 8

Maya El Jundi

US-Israel relations face a fragile future: abandoning Ukraine is a warning

Henry Kissinger’s cynical observation that, “It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but being America’s friend can be fatal,” has never...

previous day 10

Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi

The limits of the Israeli escalation against Egypt

The Chief of Staff of the Israeli occupation army, Herzi Halevi, was keen to end his leadership of the army with a new escalation against Egypt, by...

previous day 10

Kotb Elaraby

Marriage for people with disabilities is an often forbidden right in Egypt

A woman in her fifties reflected the struggles faced by people with disabilities in Egypt when it comes to realising their dream of getting...

tuesday 4

Mahmoud Hassan

The UAE should stop its violations of the UN arms embargo in Darfur

The civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces started in mid-April 2023. Its impact has been dire on...

tuesday 20

Mohamed Suliman

How a key ingredient in Coca-Cola, M&M’s is smuggled from war-torn Sudan

Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M’s sweets, is increasingly being trafficked from rebel-held areas of...

tuesday 10

Reuters

Whose interests do the plans for Gaza serve?

While US President Donald Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza and create the “Riviera of the Middle East” has been largely...

tuesday 10

Ramona Wadi

Ocalan's call for peace and the regional variable in favour of Turkiye

The Kurdish issue is viewed as a thorny and multi-dimensional issue, as it includes conflicts extending across four countries: Iraq, Iran, Turkiye...

tuesday 1

Dr Amer Al-Hazeel

International law is at a crossroads: Can Gaza spark a global reckoning?

International law is fighting for relevance. The outcome of this fight is likely to change the entire world’s political dynamics, which were shaped...

tuesday 3

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Gaza faces hell or hell

It has become clear that the choice that Netanyahu and his government are giving the resistance and the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is...

tuesday 8

Suhail Kewan

Zelenskyy was the victim of Colosseum politics

There was a revolting tabloid quality to the Oval Office reception given to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 28 February, but then his US...

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