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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...
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The decision on 30 April by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to "postpone" this month's legislative election, which would have been the first in 15 years, will deepen the...
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April 27, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
At a recent J Street Conference online, US Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another political taboo when they expressed willingness to leverage US military aid as...
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April 23, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan should be a time of spiritual reflection and a reordering of the Ummah's collective priorities. Unfortunately, in the age of globalisation, unmitigated consumption...
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April 20, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Covid-19 cases in occupied Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip, have reached record highs, largely due to the arrival of a greatly contagious coronavirus variant which was first identified...
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April 14, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
The recognition of Palestine as a State by the Australian Labor Party on 30 March is a welcome move, although it comes with many caveats. Pro-Palestine activists are justified...
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The Israeli government's position regarding an impending investigation by the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes committed in occupied Palestine has finally been declared by Israeli Prime Minister...
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April 8, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
In a recent report, the UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), concluded that French warplanes had struck a crowd attending a wedding on 3 January in the remote village of...
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April 6, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
If imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti, becomes the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the status quo will change substantially. For Israel, as well as for the current PA...
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March 30, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
A "major setback" was the recurring theme in many news headlines reporting on the outcome of Israel's General Election last week. While this referred specifically to Prime Minister Benjamin...
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March 26, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Boris Johnson's 16 March speech before the British Parliament was reminiscent, at least in tone, of that of Chinese President Xi Jinping in October 2019, on the 70th anniversary...
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March 23, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
A Palestinian man, Atef Yousef Hanaysha, was killed by Israeli occupation forces on 19 March during a weekly protest against illegal Israeli settlement expansion in Beit Dajan, near Nablus,...
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March 17, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
A much anticipated US foreign policy move under the Biden administration on how to counter China's unhindered economic growth and political ambitions came in the form of a virtual...
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March 15, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Recent statements by US officials suggest that Washington will continue to pursue a hard-line policy on Venezuela. The Biden administration, however, needs to rethink its approach urgently. US State...
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March 9, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Many Palestinian intellectuals and political analysts find themselves in the unenviable position of having to declare whether they support or reject the upcoming Palestinian elections which are scheduled for...
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March 5, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
On 12 February, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked by a reporter whether the new Joe Biden administration intends to shut down the notorious Guantanamo Bay Prison...
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March 2, 2021
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
At a glance, it may appear that the split of Arab political parties in Israel is consistent with a typical pattern of political and ideological divisions which have afflicted...
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A review of a ‘fascinating’ political evolution
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![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)
![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...![Supporters of the Hamas movement take part in a rally against the decision of the Palestinian authorities president to delay the legislative and presidential polls scheduled for May 22 and July 31, respectively, in Gaza City on April 30, 2021 [MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1232606260-scaled-e1620116709645.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The decision on 30 April by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to "postpone" this month's legislative election, which would have been the first in 15 years, will deepen the...![Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (L) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) interact during a break at the Democratic presidential primary debate on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina [Win McNamee/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1208704509-scaled-e1619512609670.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
At a recent J Street Conference online, US Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another political taboo when they expressed willingness to leverage US military aid as...![A Palestinian man distributes free food for Poor families during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in al-Shijaiyah neighborhood in Gaza city, on 14 April 2021. [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/140421_ASH_2_00-48.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan should be a time of spiritual reflection and a reordering of the Ummah's collective priorities. Unfortunately, in the age of globalisation, unmitigated consumption...![Muslims perform first Friday prayer of holy fasting month of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on 16 April 2021 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/First-Friday-prayer-of-Ramadan-at-Al-Aqsa.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Covid-19 cases in occupied Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip, have reached record highs, largely due to the arrival of a greatly contagious coronavirus variant which was first identified...![Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on December 15, 2018 in Sydney, Australia [Mick Tsikas-Pool/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1073349698-scaled-e1618389255414.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The recognition of Palestine as a State by the Australian Labor Party on 30 March is a welcome move, although it comes with many caveats. Pro-Palestine activists are justified...![International Criminal Court's prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (L) shakes hands in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, The Netherlands, on July 8, 2019 [EVA PLEVIER/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1154574180.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The Israeli government's position regarding an impending investigation by the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes committed in occupied Palestine has finally been declared by Israeli Prime Minister...![The 2019 promotion of Air School officer cadets wearing protective masks walk past a French air force Dassault Mirage 2000C fighter jet during their baptism ceremony on the Salon-de-Provence air base yard on 24 July 2020. [CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1227771622.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In a recent report, the UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), concluded that French warplanes had struck a crowd attending a wedding on 3 January in the remote village of...![Image of a poster depicting the portrait of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti during a protest on 14 April 2015 [Shadi Hatem/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2015_4_15-A-Palestinian-woman-holds-portrait-of-jailed-Fatah-leader-Marwan-Barghouti-during-a-protest-demanding-for-his-release-form-Israeli-prison.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
If imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti, becomes the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the status quo will change substantially. For Israel, as well as for the current PA...![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, addresses supporters at the party campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on March 24, 2021 [EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1231895416-scaled-e1617098929781.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
A "major setback" was the recurring theme in many news headlines reporting on the outcome of Israel's General Election last week. While this referred specifically to Prime Minister Benjamin...![British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, UK on 17 March 2021 [David Cliff/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20210317_2_47377536_63452643.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Boris Johnson's 16 March speech before the British Parliament was reminiscent, at least in tone, of that of Chinese President Xi Jinping in October 2019, on the 70th anniversary...![Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign activists lift banners and placards during a demonstration against Israeli occupation and settlement activity in the Palestinian Territories and east Jerusalem, in Jerusalem's Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, on March 19, 2021 [AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1231808332-scaled-e1616491488754.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
A Palestinian man, Atef Yousef Hanaysha, was killed by Israeli occupation forces on 19 March during a weekly protest against illegal Israeli settlement expansion in Beit Dajan, near Nablus,...
A much anticipated US foreign policy move under the Biden administration on how to counter China's unhindered economic growth and political ambitions came in the form of a virtual...![A supporter of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a sign with Maduro's image during a march against the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) in Caracas, on 3 December 2019. [YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1186295784.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Recent statements by US officials suggest that Washington will continue to pursue a hard-line policy on Venezuela. The Biden administration, however, needs to rethink its approach urgently. US State...![A Palestinian man looks for his name on the electoral roll at a school in Gaza City on March 3, 2021, ahead of the first Palestinian elections in 15 years [MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1231488012-scaled-e1615284360412.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Many Palestinian intellectuals and political analysts find themselves in the unenviable position of having to declare whether they support or reject the upcoming Palestinian elections which are scheduled for...![Demonstrators dressed in Guantanamo Bay prisoner uniforms march past Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on 9 January 2020, during a rally on "No War with Iran." [JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1192763815.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
On 12 February, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked by a reporter whether the new Joe Biden administration intends to shut down the notorious Guantanamo Bay Prison...![Mansour Abbas, Israeli Arab member of the United Arab List party, speaks during a campaign rally for the Joint List political alliance ahead of upcoming September parliamentary elections, in the Arab town of Kafr Yasif in northern Israel on 23 August2019. [AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1163385119.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
At a glance, it may appear that the split of Arab political parties in Israel is consistent with a typical pattern of political and ideological divisions which have afflicted...
A review of a ‘fascinating’ political evolution