Summary: world opinion is moving strongly against Israel as it continues its massive military assault on Gaza and from the MENA region comes a request to the UN that it deem what is being inflicted on Palestinians a genocide.
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Summary: more grim days in Sudan underline the tragedy unfolding in the country as the world remains transfixed by events in Putin’s Russia.
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Summary: ISIS strikes in Syria, MbS leaves Paris smiling, a “bad bill” comes before the UK parliament, the cycle of violence in the Occupied West Bank intensifies and a great chef passes away in Lebanon.
Summary: MbS in Paris, Qatar moves in on Man United, the UAE rolls out the tax welcome mat for Russia, Kais Saied plays poker with the IMF, Ben-Gvir’s unquenchable thirst and atrocities in Sudan.
Summary: touted as a pathway to statehood for Palestine, free industrial zones in the West Bank are another weapon in Israel’s colonisation arsenal that have become even more potent with the extremist regime that Benjamin Netanyahu has pulled together.
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Summary: a grim week concludes with air strikes on Gaza and rocket attacks on Israel; as the cycle of violence escalates it is worth noting significant anniversaries.
Of anniversaries and Palestine Read More »
Summary: the renewal of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran is a win that takes down the temperature in the region and one that represents a setback for Netanyahu and a message for Biden.
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Summary: unequal water treaties have given Israel the ultimate weapon in its efforts to continue its colonisation of the Occupied West Bank and to exert control over Jordan.
Israel and the weaponisation of water Read More »
Summary: there have been many dark days in the Middle East and North Africa but events in Tunisia and the Occupied West Bank over the weekend have cast a long and frightening shadow across the region.
Dark days for MENA Read More »
Summary: precipitated by the most extreme government in the country’s history, predictions of civil war and the end of Zionism are being raised by both Israel’s supporters and its critics. Besides being a calamity for Jews, Israel’s collapse would reshape the global order and have far-reaching consequences in the Arab world.
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