Israel’s forever war
THE ceasefire announced between Israel and the Palestinian organisation, Hamas, does not erase the memory of the chilling and heart-wrenching images from Gaza during the 11 days of violence. Refugee camps bombarded…
Israel lobbies US to keep Syria weak and decentralised
Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralised, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there to counter Turkey’s growing influence in the country, four…
Wider, uglier war inevitable?
My heart goes out to my Lebanese friends and their families as they get in line to become cannon fodder for the next bloody war in the Levant. But they…
America’s Israel question
In a significant move at the UN General Assembly last week, a non-binding resolution advocating for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza sailed through with a vote tally of 120-14.…
When the journalists are gone
Every few hours we check the social media timeline of Muhammed Smiry, the Gaza-based Palestinian journalist. He has been walking the ruined streets of Gaza, documenting everyday life amidst Israeli…
Attacks on Gaza
Israeli bombardment on Gaza has not only destroyed buildings and hospitals; it has also targeted nearly all roads leading to hospitals. The situation was so grim that even picking up…
Netanyahu blocks Gaza aid funds after border flare-up
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blocked millions in Qatari aid to the Gaza Strip in response to renewed border hostilities, risking increased tensions with the Palestinian territory's Islamist rulers…
Not much room
On January 3, a US drone strike killed Iranian General Qassim Soleimani, head of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), shortly after he landed in Baghdad…
The superpower acts out
The decision by the US president to recognise Jerusalem as capital of Israel and to shift the US embassy there has effectively forestalled the two-state solution that the international community…
More fools rush in
Dubai eye The writer is a Middle East based columnist. Fools rush in where fools have been before. Is it just me or has the world really turned on its…
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