-
March 21, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
The sight of Israeli Ambassador Sharon Bar-Li and other Israeli delegates being escorted out of the opening ceremony of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on 18 February...
-
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Tel Aviv for Rome on 9 March, he was flown to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv by a helicopter because anti-government...
-
March 13, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
As hundreds of thousands, throughout Israel, joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge, into the wider struggle against the Israeli...
-
March 7, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
The following text message tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: "We are delighted to report...
-
March 6, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
As is usually the case in long wars, the warring parties and their affiliated media in the Russia-Ukraine conflict have painted each other using uncompromising language, making it nearly...
-
February 28, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Rarely does the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN make an official comment expressing happiness over any official proceedings concerning the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Ambassador Riyad Mansour, though, is...
-
February 24, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
On 20 February, the United Nations Security Council approved a statement, described in the media as a 'watered-down' version of an earlier draft resolution which would have demanded that Israel "immediately and completely...
Published in:
Article,
Asia & Americas,
Europe & Russia,
International Organisations,
Israel,
Middle East,
Opinion,
Palestine,
Russia,
Ukraine,
UN,
US
-
February 21, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Though it has been argued that the so-called American dream is long dead, Nikki Haley is proof that the dream is still alive. Unfortunately, the 'dream' is hers alone....
-
February 20, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
A funeral was held in the north Syrian town of Jinderis on 7 February. It was one of numerous such funerals to be held that day across Syria and...
-
February 14, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Israel has struggled for a whole year to articulate a clear and decisive position regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. The reason behind the seemingly confused Israeli position is that it...
-
February 9, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Though it was clear that Burkina Faso was eventually going to follow in the footsteps of Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR), Ouagadougou's decision to break military ties...
-
February 6, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Though Israel's past wars on Gaza have often been justified by Tel Aviv as a response to Palestinian rockets or, generally, as acts of self-defence, the truth is different....
-
January 30, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
The latest Arab Opinion Index 2022 is yet more proof that Arab societies are diverse in every possible way, from their assessment of their economic situation and living conditions...
Published in:
Africa,
Algeria,
Article,
Asia & Americas,
China,
Europe & Russia,
Israel,
Mauritania,
Middle East,
Opinion,
Palestine,
Russia,
Ukraine,
US
-
January 25, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
The words uttered in Hebrew by a person believed to be Avera Mengistu, an Israeli soldier of Ethiopian origin who was captured and held in Gaza in 2014, are...
-
January 24, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
"For how long will I be in captivity? After so many years, where are the state and the people of Israel?" These were the words, uttered in Hebrew, of...
-
During one of its frequent raids in the occupied West Bank on 19 January, the Israeli military arrested Palestinian journalist Abdul Muhsen Shalaldeh near the town of Al-Khalil (Hebron)....
-
January 21, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
The Global Firepower (GFP) ranking was published on 6 January. The annual report classifies the world's strongest militaries based on over 60 factors, including size, spending and technological advancements....
-
January 17, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
In a self-congratulatory article published in the Atlantic in 2017, Yossi Klein Halevi describes Israeli behaviour at the just-conquered holy Muslim shrines in Occupied East Jerusalem in 1967 as...
-
January 10, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Once more, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to offer a legal opinion on the consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestine. A historic UN vote on 31...
-
January 5, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
When the newsstand of Giuseppe Trani was swept away by disastrous flooding that devastated the southern Italian town of Casamicciola at the end of November, the 70-year-old man lost...
Published in:
Africa,
Article,
Asia & Americas,
Central African Republic,
Europe & Russia,
Israel,
Italy,
Mali,
Middle East,
Morocco,
Opinion,
Palestine,
Russia,
Ukraine,
US,
Venezuela
-
January 3, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Even before the new Israeli coalition government was officially sworn in last week, angry reactions emerged, not only among Palestinians and other Middle Eastern governments, but also among Israel's...
-
January 1, 2023
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Another critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 has wrought much of the same in terms of Israeli military occupation and increasing violence, it also introduced new variables...
Published in:
Article,
Asia & Americas,
Europe & Russia,
FIFA,
International Organisations,
Israel,
Middle East,
Opinion,
Palestine,
Qatar,
Russia,
Ukraine,
UN,
US
-
December 29, 2022
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Two years ago, Morocco and Israel signed the US-brokered "Joint Declaration", thus officially recognising Israel and instating diplomatic ties. Though other Arab countries had already done the same, the...
Published in:
Africa,
Algeria,
Article,
Asia & Americas,
China,
Israel,
Middle East,
Morocco,
Opinion,
Palestine,
Tunisia,
US
-
My friend is not an elitist. To the contrary, he has spent decades of his life fighting social inequality, racism and championing the rights of disadvantaged groups. Therefore, I...
Published in:
Africa,
Asia & Americas,
Europe & Russia,
FIFA,
France,
International Organisations,
Japan,
Middle East,
Morocco,
News,
Palestine,
Portugal,
Qatar,
Senegal,
US
-
December 20, 2022
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Just when Israel, and even some Palestinians, have started to talk about the Lions' Den phenomenon in the past tense, a large number of fighters belonging to the newly-formed...
-
December 12, 2022
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
The next Nakba Day will be officially commemorated by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 May, 2023. The decision by the world's largest democratic institution is significant, if...
-
December 7, 2022
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
The problem with most Western media's political analyses is that they generally tend to be short-sighted and focused mostly on variables that are of direct interest to Western governments....
Published in:
Arab League,
Article,
Asia & Americas,
China,
Europe & Russia,
GCC,
International Organisations,
Middle East,
OPEC,
Opinion,
Russia,
Saudi Arabia,
Ukraine,
US
-
December 5, 2022
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
We were mistaken to think that Palestine represents the central issue for all Arabs. Such language suggests that Palestine is an external subject, to be compared to other collective...
-
November 28, 2022
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
As western countries are floating the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many western governments continue to turn a blind eye to...
Published in:
Article,
Asia & Americas,
Europe & Russia,
IAEA,
International Organisations,
Iran,
Israel,
Middle East,
Opinion,
Russia,
Ukraine,
US
-
November 23, 2022
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Though brief, the exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia on 16 November has become...
-
November 22, 2022
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
The recent decision by the US Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing in May of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is not a game-changer,...
-
November 18, 2022
|
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organised streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars and perfumes. Amid...
![Book Launch of Ramzy's Baroud latest book - The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story on 27 March, 2018 [Jehan Alfarra/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/104A1259.jpg?resize=400%2C385&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
![Israeli Ambassador Sharon Bar-Li being escorted out of the opening ceremony of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on 18 February [Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sharon-Bar-Li.png?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The sight of Israeli Ambassador Sharon Bar-Li and other Israeli delegates being escorted out of the opening ceremony of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on 18 February...![Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (R) welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with a ceremony at Chigi Palace in Rome, Italy on March 10, 2023. [Israeli Gov't Press Office (GPO) - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AA-20230310-30533567-30533566-ISRAELI_PRIME_MINISTER_NETANYAHU_IN_ITALY-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Tel Aviv for Rome on 9 March, he was flown to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv by a helicopter because anti-government...![Israelis protest against the judicial reform on March 10, 2023 [Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AA-20230310-30534857-30534836-ISRAELIS_PROTEST_AGAINST_NETANYAHU_GOVERNMENT_IN_ROME.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
As hundreds of thousands, throughout Israel, joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge, into the wider struggle against the Israeli...![Outrage as Gaza children’s artwork removed from London hospital [@WarmongerHodges/Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Outrage-as-Gaza-childrens-artwork-removed-from-London-hospital.png?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The following text message tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: "We are delighted to report...![People attend a rally in support of Ukraine on the 1st anniversary of the Ukraine - Russia war, waving Slovak, American, European, and Ukrainian flags in Kosice, Slovakia on February 24th, 2023. [Robert Nemeti - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AA-20230224-30405776-30405764-FIRST_ANNIVERSARY_OF_RUSSIAUKRAINE_WAR_IN_SLOVAKIA.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
As is usually the case in long wars, the warring parties and their affiliated media in the Russia-Ukraine conflict have painted each other using uncompromising language, making it nearly...![Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting at UN Headquarters, on 24July 2018 in New York City. [Drew Angerer/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1004626446.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Rarely does the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN make an official comment expressing happiness over any official proceedings concerning the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Ambassador Riyad Mansour, though, is...
On 20 February, the United Nations Security Council approved a statement, described in the media as a 'watered-down' version of an earlier draft resolution which would have demanded that Israel "immediately and completely...![Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks to the Republican Jewish Coalition annual meeting at the Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 19, 2022. [Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AA-20221120-29491157-29491142-HALEY_AND_DESANTIS_DELIVER_SPEECH_AT_THE_RJC_ANNUAL_LEADERSHIP_MEETING_IN_LAS_VEGAS-scaled-e1676967394910.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Though it has been argued that the so-called American dream is long dead, Nikki Haley is proof that the dream is still alive. Unfortunately, the 'dream' is hers alone....
A funeral was held in the north Syrian town of Jinderis on 7 February. It was one of numerous such funerals to be held that day across Syria and...![Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) during a meeting in Sochi, Russia on 12 September 2019. [Amos Ben Gershom / GPO / Handout - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190912_2_38190341_47531460.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Israel has struggled for a whole year to articulate a clear and decisive position regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. The reason behind the seemingly confused Israeli position is that it...![Demonstrators hold placards during a protest to support the Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on January 20, 2023. [OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-1246384975-scaled-e1675978575121.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Though it was clear that Burkina Faso was eventually going to follow in the footsteps of Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR), Ouagadougou's decision to break military ties...![Palestinians stage a demonstration to protest after nine Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army in the West Bank on Thursday, on January 26, 2023 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AA-20230126-30096409-30096399-PROTEST_IN_GAZA_OVER_THE_KILLING_OF_9_PALESTINIANS_BY_ISRAELI_FORCES.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Though Israel's past wars on Gaza have often been justified by Tel Aviv as a response to Palestinian rockets or, generally, as acts of self-defence, the truth is different....![People march during a protest organized by Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine [Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AA-20230130-30124107-30124096-PROTEST_IN_CHICAGO_OVER_THE_KILLING_OF_9_PALESTINIANS_IN_JENIN_REFUGEE_CAMP.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The latest Arab Opinion Index 2022 is yet more proof that Arab societies are diverse in every possible way, from their assessment of their economic situation and living conditions...![Ilan Mengistu (L), brother of Avera Mengistu (C), one of two Israelis held by Hamas in Gaza since 2014 in Jerusalem on September 6, 2018 [THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1027678916-scaled-e1623076037156.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The words uttered in Hebrew by a person believed to be Avera Mengistu, an Israeli soldier of Ethiopian origin who was captured and held in Gaza in 2014, are...![Israel called upon by family to seek release of captive, Avera Mengistu in Gaza [@MontaserSabbagh/Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Avera-Mengistu.png?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
"For how long will I be in captivity? After so many years, where are the state and the people of Israel?" These were the words, uttered in Hebrew, of...![Palestinian journalists protest against attacks on their colleagues in the annexed east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on May 28, 2021. [AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1233155664-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
During one of its frequent raids in the occupied West Bank on 19 January, the Israeli military arrested Palestinian journalist Abdul Muhsen Shalaldeh near the town of Al-Khalil (Hebron)....![Soldiers take part in an annual military drill on December 30, 2022 [Iranian Army/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AA-20221230-29870784-29870775-IRAN_HOLDS_ANNUAL_MILITARY_DRILL_NEAR_STRATEGIC_STRAIT_OF_HORMUZ.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The Global Firepower (GFP) ranking was published on 6 January. The annual report classifies the world's strongest militaries based on over 60 factors, including size, spending and technological advancements....![An Israeli man walks past an electoral billboard bearing portraits of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flanked by extreme right politicians Itamar Ben Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich and Michael Ben Ari, in Jerusalem, on March 29, 2019. [THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1133463868.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In a self-congratulatory article published in the Atlantic in 2017, Yossi Klein Halevi describes Israeli behaviour at the just-conquered holy Muslim shrines in Occupied East Jerusalem in 1967 as...![An inside view of International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on July 23, 2018 [Abdullah Asiran/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1004290708-scaled-e1673379257257.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Once more, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to offer a legal opinion on the consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestine. A historic UN vote on 31...![Unisphere [Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1449194793-scaled-e1672922395350.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
When the newsstand of Giuseppe Trani was swept away by disastrous flooding that devastated the southern Italian town of Casamicciola at the end of November, the 70-year-old man lost...![Palestinians hold banners and Palestinian flags gather during a protest against US President Joe Biden's support for Israel at Unknown Soldier Memorial Park in Gaza City, Gaza on July 14, 2022 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AA-20220714-28419667-28419659-PROTEST_AGAINST_US_PRESIDENT_BIDENS_SUPPORT_FOR_ISRAEL_IN_GAZA.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Even before the new Israeli coalition government was officially sworn in last week, angry reactions emerged, not only among Palestinians and other Middle Eastern governments, but also among Israel's...![Palestinians attend a rally marking the 58th anniversary of the Fatah Movement Foundation at the al-Kitabeh Square in Gaza City, on December 31, 2022. [Mustafa Hassona - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AA-20221231-29880191-29880175-CELEBRATIONS_HELD_FOR_58TH_ANNIVERSARY_OF_THE_FATAH_MOVEMENT_FOUNDATION_IN_GAZA.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Another critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 has wrought much of the same in terms of Israeli military occupation and increasing violence, it also introduced new variables...![People gather to stage a demonstration in support of Palestinians and to protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip, on May 15, 2021 in Rabat, Morocco. [Jalal Morchidi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210515_2_48302440_65198823.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Two years ago, Morocco and Israel signed the US-brokered "Joint Declaration", thus officially recognising Israel and instating diplomatic ties. Though other Arab countries had already done the same, the...![A view as a child stands next to a World Cup replica football on November 19, 2022 [Muhammed Said/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AA-20221120-29486320-29486308-SYRIAS_CHILDREN_HOLD_THEIR_OWN_WORLD_CUP_IN_IDLIB-scaled-e1671709603392.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
My friend is not an elitist. To the contrary, he has spent decades of his life fighting social inequality, racism and championing the rights of disadvantaged groups. Therefore, I...![The Lions' Den armed group in the old city of Nablus, photo published on 3 September 2022 [Lions' Den/Telegram]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-10-at-3.23.43-PM-780x470-1-e1679484155944.jpeg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Just when Israel, and even some Palestinians, have started to talk about the Lions' Den phenomenon in the past tense, a large number of fighters belonging to the newly-formed...![People take part in a demonstration with Palestinian flags in Ramallah, West Bank on 15 May 2022 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AA-20220515-27868469-27868449-DEMONSTRATIONS_ON_THE_74TH_ANNIVERSARY_OF_THE_NAKBA_IN_THE_WEST_BANK.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The next Nakba Day will be officially commemorated by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 May, 2023. The decision by the world's largest democratic institution is significant, if...![Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the 2019 Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia on 7 June 2019 [Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190607_2_36790583_45129581.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The problem with most Western media's political analyses is that they generally tend to be short-sighted and focused mostly on variables that are of direct interest to Western governments....![Supporter of Uruguay with Tshirt 'Freedom for Palestine' during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on November 28, 2022 in Lusail City, Qatar [Manuel Reino Berengui/DeFodi Images via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1245184244-scaled-e1670267716140.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
We were mistaken to think that Palestine represents the central issue for all Arabs. Such language suggests that Palestine is an external subject, to be compared to other collective...![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on Iran's nuclear program at the defence ministry in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018 [JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-953159268-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
As western countries are floating the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many western governments continue to turn a blind eye to...![Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on September 4, 2016 in Hangzhou, China [Lintao Zhang/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-599079032-scaled-e1669220561946.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Though brief, the exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia on 16 November has become...![Press members holding photos of female reporter of Al-Jazeera television channel Shireen Abu Akleh, in Nablus, West Bank on May 11, 2022 [Nedal Eshtayah/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AA-20220511-27827653-27827633-THE_DEAD_BODY_OF_SHIREEN_ABU_AKLEH_KILLED_BY_ISRAELI_SOLDIERS_BROUGHT_TO_NABLUS_FOR_AUTOPSY-scaled-e1669109763964.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The recent decision by the US Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing in May of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is not a game-changer,...![A Sudanese woman walks carrying a bag of food aid on her head in Geneina, the capital of the state of Sudan's West Darfur, on February 8, 2017 [ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-634272202-scaled-e1619015293503.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organised streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars and perfumes. Amid...