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October 15, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud The fact that Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature is welcome news, especially as the Swedish Academy is historically known for lacking in diversity, as if...
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October 12, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Language is politics and politics is power. This is why the misuse of language is particularly disturbing, especially when the innocent and vulnerable pay the price. The wars in...
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October 5, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud There is an unmistakable shift in American politics regarding Palestine and Israel, one that is inspired by the way in which many Americans, especially young people, view the Palestinian...
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October 2, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Canada's unpopular general election of 20 September is increasingly recognised as a mistake by the country's leading political analysts. However, this mistake could potentially prove to be the very...
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September 28, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud The political division in Palestinian society is deep-rooted, and should not be reduced to convenient claims about the "Hamas-Fatah split", elections, the Oslo accords, and subsequent disagreements. The division...
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September 27, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud An urgent task is awaiting us: given the progression of events, we must liberate ourselves quickly from the limits and confines placed on the Afghanistan discourse, which have been...
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September 22, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Scenes of thousands of Afghans flooding the Kabul international airport to flee the country as Taliban fighters were quickly consolidating their control over the capital, raised many questions, leading...
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September 21, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Zakaria Zubeidi is one of the six Palestinian prisoners who, on 6 September, tunnelled their way out of Gilboa, a notorious, high-security Israeli prison. He was recaptured a few...
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September 14, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Twenty-five years before Israel was established on the ruins of historic Palestine, a Russian Jewish Zionist leader, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, argued that a Jewish state in Palestine could only survive...
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September 9, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Suddenly, the idea put forward by French President Emmanuel Macron late last year does not seem so far-fetched or untenable after all. Following the hurried US-NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan,...
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September 7, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud A major Israeli army campaign is taking social media by storm. The unstated aim of the "#Untie_Our_Hands" initiative is the desire to kill, with no accountability, more Palestinian protesters...
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August 31, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud For twenty years, two dominant narratives have shaped our view of the illegal US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. Neither would readily accept the use of such terms as...
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August 28, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Amid chaotic politics and anti-immigrant and refugee sentiments, Stadio Olimpico in Rome seemed like an oasis of social and cultural harmony. AS Roma and Raja Casablanca fans gathered in...
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August 24, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud The killing of four young Palestinians by Israeli occupation soldiers in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank on 16 August was a consequential event, the repercussions...
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August 23, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud The decision by the African Union Commission last month to grant Israel observer status membership in the AU was the culmination of years of relentless Israeli efforts aimed at...
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August 17, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud A unique but critical conversation on Israel and Palestine is taking place outside the traditional discourse of Israeli colonialism and the Palestinian quest for liberation. It is an awkward...
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August 12, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Rome is scorching hot. This beautiful city is becoming unbearable for other reasons, too. Although every corner of the beaming metropolis is a monument to historical grandeur, from the...
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August 9, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud There is an ongoing, but hidden, Israeli war on the Palestinians which is rarely highlighted or even known. It is a water war, which has been in the making...
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August 4, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Jonah Goldberg and Michael Ledeen have much in common. They are both writers and also cheerleaders for military interventions and, often, for frivolous wars. Writing in the conservative rag,...
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August 2, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud When the Palestinian Olympic delegation of five athletes – adorned in traditional Palestinian attire and carrying the Palestinian flag – crossed into Tokyo's Olympic Stadium during the inauguration ceremony...
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July 28, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Ben & Jerry's decision to suspend its operations in the occupied Palestinian West Bank is an event that is proving critical to Palestinian efforts, which ultimately aim at holding...
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July 26, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Do you remember the UN Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals included the eradication of "extreme poverty and hunger", "combating lethal diseases" and...
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July 19, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Europe's identity crisis is not confined to the ceaseless squabbles by Europeans over the EU, Brexit, or football. It goes much deeper, reaching sensitive and dangerous territory, including that...
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July 13, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud When the Israeli Knesset (parliament) failed to renew what is commonly referred to as the Family Reunification Law, news reports and analyses misrepresented the story altogether. The even split...
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July 8, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Another football "controversy" arose when footballers playing in the ongoing UEFA Euro 2020 tournament kneeled down before kick-off in protest against racism, a serious problem that has plagued football...
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July 6, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Claims that the Palestinian Authority's days are numbered are now heard frequently. This is especially so following the torture to death on 24 June of a popular Palestinian activist,...
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June 29, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud Many Palestinians believe that the 10-21 May military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing...
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June 24, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud The killing of a Muslim family in Ontario, Canada, on 6 June presented another opportunity for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to brand himself as a voice of reason and...
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June 22, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud When former US President Barack Obama used an old cliché to denigrate his political opponent, the late US Senator John McCain, he triggered a political controversy lasting several days....
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June 15, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud The now-former Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is as much American as he is Israeli. While other Israeli leaders have made their strong relationship with Washington a cornerstone...
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June 12, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud On 25 May, famous US actor Mark Ruffalo tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza. "I have reflected and wanted to apologise for posts...
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June 8, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud How has Benjamin Netanyahu managed to serve as Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister? With a total of 15 years in office, he has surpassed the 12-year mandate of Israel's founding...
![Book Launch of Ramzy's Baroud latest book - The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story on 27 March, 2018 [Jehan Alfarra/Middle East Monitor]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/104A1259.jpg?resize=400%2C385&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
![A peace dove flies past a relief of Alfred Nobel after it was released in front of the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on 8 October 2021. [ALI ZARE/NTB/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GettyImages-1235761857.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The fact that Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature is welcome news, especially as the Swedish Academy is historically known for lacking in diversity, as if...![Members of the public gather as "Little Amal", a giant puppet depicting a Syrian refugee girl, arrives with a European Union flag at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, on 30 September 2021, as part of the initiative "The Walk". [FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GettyImages-1235600947.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Language is politics and politics is power. This is why the misuse of language is particularly disturbing, especially when the innocent and vulnerable pay the price. The wars in...![US House of Representatives [Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-83951850.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
There is an unmistakable shift in American politics regarding Palestine and Israel, one that is inspired by the way in which many Americans, especially young people, view the Palestinian...![Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, speaks at a press conference at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 [David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GettyImages-1235479806-scaled-e1633169054234.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Canada's unpopular general election of 20 September is increasingly recognised as a mistake by the country's leading political analysts. However, this mistake could potentially prove to be the very...![Senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, attends by video conference a meeting with deputy Hamas chief Saleh Arouri (on screen from Beirut) discussing Israel's plan to annex parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on July 2, 2020 [ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-1224196454-scaled-e1632819685608.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The political division in Palestinian society is deep-rooted, and should not be reduced to convenient claims about the "Hamas-Fatah split", elections, the Oslo accords, and subsequent disagreements. The division...![A boy walks along a street selling Taliban flags in Kabul on September 16, 2021 [BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-1235289147-scaled-e1632731265124.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
An urgent task is awaiting us: given the progression of events, we must liberate ourselves quickly from the limits and confines placed on the Afghanistan discourse, which have been...![Afghans, wanting to leave the country, wait around Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on 26 August 2021 [Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20210826-People-wait-to-be-evacuated-at-Kabuls-Hamid-Karzai-Airport_2.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Scenes of thousands of Afghans flooding the Kabul international airport to flee the country as Taliban fighters were quickly consolidating their control over the capital, raised many questions, leading...![The picture of Palestinian prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi hangs of a flag in the occupied-West Bank town of Salfit on September 20, 201 [JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-1235380052-scaled-e1632211657691.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Zakaria Zubeidi is one of the six Palestinian prisoners who, on 6 September, tunnelled their way out of Gilboa, a notorious, high-security Israeli prison. He was recaptured a few...![Palestinians climb on top of Israel's controversial separation wall between the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah and the Israeli settlement of Modiin Ilit during a demonstration against settlements in the area, on February 17, 2017 [ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-642319786-scaled-e1631607758412.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Twenty-five years before Israel was established on the ruins of historic Palestine, a Russian Jewish Zionist leader, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, argued that a Jewish state in Palestine could only survive...![The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. [Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-1234863361.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Suddenly, the idea put forward by French President Emmanuel Macron late last year does not seem so far-fetched or untenable after all. Following the hurried US-NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan,...![Israeli forces take a Palestinian into custody at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on June 10, 2021 [Eyad Tawil/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Israel-arrest-Palestinians-Ben-Gvir_14.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
A major Israeli army campaign is taking social media by storm. The unstated aim of the "#Untie_Our_Hands" initiative is the desire to kill, with no accountability, more Palestinian protesters...![Daily life continues after Taliban takeover of the Herat City, Afghanistan, on August 29, 2021 [Mir Ahmad Firooz Mashoof/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20210829_2_49812943_68304434.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
For twenty years, two dominant narratives have shaped our view of the illegal US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. Neither would readily accept the use of such terms as...![Players of Trabzonspor attend a training session ahead of the UEFA Europa Champions League soccer match between Roma and Trabzonspor at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy on August 25, 2021 [Barış Seçkin / Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20210825_2_49763326_68201325.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Amid chaotic politics and anti-immigrant and refugee sentiments, Stadio Olimpico in Rome seemed like an oasis of social and cultural harmony. AS Roma and Raja Casablanca fans gathered in...![Israeli occupation forces shot and killed four Palestinian youth: Raed Abu Seif, Amjad Hussainiya, Nour Jarrar and Saleh Ammar [@QudsNen/Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jenin.png?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The killing of four young Palestinians by Israeli occupation soldiers in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank on 16 August was a consequential event, the repercussions...![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L-2) and Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki (C) attend the 29th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 3 July, 2017 [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_07_03-Palestinian-President-Mahmoud-Abbas-at-the-29th-African-Union-Summit-in-Addis-Ababa-Ethiopia20170703_2_24531281_23712300.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The decision by the African Union Commission last month to grant Israel observer status membership in the AU was the culmination of years of relentless Israeli efforts aimed at...![People gather in Brooklyn to demonstrate in support of Palestinians in New York City, United States on May 15, 2021 [Tayfun Coşkun/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210515_2_48302578_65199525.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
A unique but critical conversation on Israel and Palestine is taking place outside the traditional discourse of Israeli colonialism and the Palestinian quest for liberation. It is an awkward...![A wildfire burns outside the village of Kamatriades, on Evia island, Greece, on 9 August 2021 [Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-08-09-wildfire-greece.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Rome is scorching hot. This beautiful city is becoming unbearable for other reasons, too. Although every corner of the beaming metropolis is a monument to historical grandeur, from the...![A Jewish settler family swims in the water of the natural spring of Ein Al-AUJA in the occupied Jordan Valley West Bank on 24 June 2020 [Amir Levy/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/GettyImages-1222705210-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
There is an ongoing, but hidden, Israeli war on the Palestinians which is rarely highlighted or even known. It is a water war, which has been in the making...![Image of US soldiers during the 2003 invasion in Baghdad, Iraq [DVIDSHUB/Flickr]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2008_8-22-US-troops-in-iraq.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Jonah Goldberg and Michael Ledeen have much in common. They are both writers and also cheerleaders for military interventions and, often, for frivolous wars. Writing in the conservative rag,...![Team Palestine flagbearers Dania Nour and Mohammed K H Hamada carry the Palestinian flag during the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan [Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Palestinian-flag.png?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
When the Palestinian Olympic delegation of five athletes – adorned in traditional Palestinian attire and carrying the Palestinian flag – crossed into Tokyo's Olympic Stadium during the inauguration ceremony...![An Israeli flag is set atop a delivery truck outside US ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry's factory in Be'er Tuvia, on 21 July 2021. [EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1234093940.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Ben & Jerry's decision to suspend its operations in the occupied Palestinian West Bank is an event that is proving critical to Palestinian efforts, which ultimately aim at holding...![Demonstrators opposing coronavirus lockdown restrictions and related measures including mask-wearing and the possible introduction of covid-19 'vaccine passports' for certain settings gather for the 'Unite for Freedom' march in Parliament Square in London, United Kingdom on May 29, 2021. [David Cliff - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210529_2_48526630_65621476.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Do you remember the UN Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals included the eradication of "extreme poverty and hunger", "combating lethal diseases" and...![People attend a 'Stand Up To Racism' vigil at the North Brixton Islamic Cultural Centre on January 10, 2020 in London, England [Guy Smallman/Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1198653568-scaled-e1626707191936.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Europe's identity crisis is not confined to the ceaseless squabbles by Europeans over the EU, Brexit, or football. It goes much deeper, reaching sensitive and dangerous territory, including that...![A woman holds up a sign against Israel's controversial Citizenship and Entry law, during a demonstration by Israeli Arabs ahead of a vote by the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 5, 2021 [MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1233812602-scaled-e1626166027717.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
When the Israeli Knesset (parliament) failed to renew what is commonly referred to as the Family Reunification Law, news reports and analyses misrepresented the story altogether. The even split...![Harry Kane of England takes a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement as Mikkel Damsgaard of Denmark stands prior to the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Semi-final match between England and Denmark at Wembley Stadium on 7 July 2021 in London, England. [Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1327513540.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Another football "controversy" arose when footballers playing in the ongoing UEFA Euro 2020 tournament kneeled down before kick-off in protest against racism, a serious problem that has plagued football...![Palestinians lift placards in Arabic which read "What a situation: Occupation... deceit... arrest... assassination" as a banner addressing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reads "Leave" in Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank on July 3, 2021 [ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1233785496-scaled-e1625562295958.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Claims that the Palestinian Authority's days are numbered are now heard frequently. This is especially so following the torture to death on 24 June of a popular Palestinian activist,...
Many Palestinians believe that the 10-21 May military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing...![Mourners and supporters gather for a public funeral for members of the Afzaal family at the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario on 12 June 2021 in London, Canada. [Ian Willms/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1233417844.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The killing of a Muslim family in Ontario, Canada, on 6 June presented another opportunity for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to brand himself as a voice of reason and...![A far right Israeli holds a poster with a photo of new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett saying in hebrew "Liar" on June 15, 2021 in Jerusalem [Amir Levy/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1233470846-scaled-e1624349487538.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
When former US President Barack Obama used an old cliché to denigrate his political opponent, the late US Senator John McCain, he triggered a political controversy lasting several days....![Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement after meeting with the US secretary of treasury in Jerusalem, on January 7, 2021 [EMIL SALMAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1230463867-scaled-e1623752073896.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The now-former Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is as much American as he is Israeli. While other Israeli leaders have made their strong relationship with Washington a cornerstone...
On 25 May, famous US actor Mark Ruffalo tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza. "I have reflected and wanted to apologise for posts...![Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister and the leader of the Likud party, waves to his supporters on stage during a party event in Jerusalem, Israel, on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 [Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1231896007.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
How has Benjamin Netanyahu managed to serve as Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister? With a total of 15 years in office, he has surpassed the 12-year mandate of Israel's founding...