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September 7, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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June 6, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
We are led to believe that history is being made in Israel following the formation of an ideologically diverse government coalition which, for the first time, includes an Arab...
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June 4, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Why does the US advocate a free market while doing its utmost to stifle it? The current US-China economic war is a perfect example of this perplexing question. The...
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June 1, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
The political discourse of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, is similar to that of an ineffectual king who has been isolated in...
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May 29, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
The ceasefire on 21 May has, for now, brought the Israeli war on Gaza to an end. However, this ceasefire is not permanent, and constant Israeli provocations anywhere in...
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May 25, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
The "Palestinian Revolt of 2021" will go down in history as one of the most influential events to have shaped collective thinking irreversibly in and around Palestine. Only two...
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May 18, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
From the outset, some clarification regarding the language used to depict the ongoing violence in occupied Palestine, and also throughout Israel. This is not a 'conflict'. Neither is it...
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May 15, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
While Human Rights Watch’s conclusions carry a significant legal and potentially political weight, the report is hardly an isolated event.
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May 12, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories. One is read about and watched on the news, the other receives little media coverage or due analysis. The obvious story is...
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May 10, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Covid-19 has been a lengthy wake-up call. It is a loud and costly reminder of our lack of preparedness. One of many crucial questions this deadly pandemic is confronting...
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On 1 April, a mural appeared in the Italian city of Naples. It depicts Palestinian workers lining up at an Israeli military checkpoint near Bethlehem in the occupied West...
![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 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://i0.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://i0.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://i0.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://i0.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://i0.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://i0.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://i0.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://i0.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://i0.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://i0.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://i0.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://i0.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...![Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List (Ra'am) is seen during an exclusive interview in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2021 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210331_2_47601662_63850337.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
We are led to believe that history is being made in Israel following the formation of an ideologically diverse government coalition which, for the first time, includes an Arab...![US and Chinese national flags fly outside a company building in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone's Waigaoqiao free trade zone and logistics park in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, 22 Oct. 2013. [Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-185616617.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Why does the US advocate a free market while doing its utmost to stifle it? The current US-China economic war is a perfect example of this perplexing question. The...![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, West Bank on May 12, 2021 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210512_2_48257651_65090154.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The political discourse of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, is similar to that of an ineffectual king who has been isolated in...![Palestinian artists draw murals on the ruins of Al-Shurouk Tower in Gaza to highlight the people’s steadfastness on 25 May 2021 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/5-2.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The ceasefire on 21 May has, for now, brought the Israeli war on Gaza to an end. However, this ceasefire is not permanent, and constant Israeli provocations anywhere in...![Palestinian artist Etaf al-Najili paints Al-Aqsa Mosque's Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, on a remaining wall section of a damaged building in Gaza City, on 24 May 2021. [MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1233084273.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The "Palestinian Revolt of 2021" will go down in history as one of the most influential events to have shaped collective thinking irreversibly in and around Palestine. Only two...![Palestinians gather during a protest against Israeli forces' attacks over Jerusalem and Gaza, on May 14, 2021 in Bethlehem, West Bank [Wisam Hashlamoun / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210514_2_48286259_65159853.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
From the outset, some clarification regarding the language used to depict the ongoing violence in occupied Palestine, and also throughout Israel. This is not a 'conflict'. Neither is it...![Israeli forces drag an Arab-Israeli protestor during a demonstration at the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, after the Israeli government's plan to force Arab Israeli families out of their homes in East Jerusalem on May 05, 2021 [Mostafa Alkharouf / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Israeli-forces-attack-Palestinians-_24.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
While Human Rights Watch’s conclusions carry a significant legal and potentially political weight, the report is hardly an isolated event.![Palestinians in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, stage a protest in solidarity with Palestinian residents of the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 10, 2021 [HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1232811630-scaled-e1620725992816.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories. One is read about and watched on the news, the other receives little media coverage or due analysis. The obvious story is...![A medical worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in Mumbai on May 9, 2021 [INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1232778670-scaled-e1620635619577.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Covid-19 has been a lengthy wake-up call. It is a loud and costly reminder of our lack of preparedness. One of many crucial questions this deadly pandemic is confronting...
On 1 April, a mural appeared in the Italian city of Naples. It depicts Palestinian workers lining up at an Israeli military checkpoint near Bethlehem in the occupied West...