The agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and Iran under Chinese auspices on 6 March aroused much interest in the Arab world, the Middle East and the world in general....

Where and when does history begin? And who decides? This is a crucial point when it comes to the conflict in Palestine due to the conflicting narratives. The mainstream...

Benjamin Netanyahu has always been an open book. Although the Israeli prime minister is skilled at twisting facts and rewriting history when necessary, he has been very clear on...

Ned Price, the spokesman for the United States Department of State, said his country is "deeply troubled" over Israel's intentions to legalise more illegal Israeli Jews-only settlements in the occupied West Bank. When...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the European Parliament last week to support his country in the fight against Russia. I was there, and heard him speak. Unlike Ukrainians, being...

When Palestinian boy Muhammad Aliwat, 13, from Silwan in occupied Jerusalem, shot at a group of five Israeli settlers recently he wounded two of them, one of whom was...

At least 30 Palestinians, including three children, have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank this month alone. A number of the killings were recorded on...

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) sent its President Betsy Korn, CEO Howard Kohr and Israel Director Cameron Brown to the occupation state on 17 January. AIPAC advocates...

No sooner than former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid left the podium, Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) and his ministers started "ruining" Israel, contrary to Lapid's warning. Netanyahu, who bragged that...

Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest serving prime minister of Israel, built his entire career on confronting Iran. His argument is, Iran is building a nuclear weapon and its intent on...

The results of the last round of Israeli elections must have represented a big blow to US hopes and efforts as they placed their bets on the former caretaker...

The Imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Sheikh Ṣaliḥ Ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Ḥumayd, prayed to the Almighty during the Friday prayer last week, to "bring annihilation upon...

With Israel in its eighth decade, many worries and fears haunt its people. The curse of the eighth decade has become an obsession for the Israeli political elite, which...

A linguistic analysis of the "Jerusalem Declaration" signed by US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on 14 July exposes the nature of the document. It...

US President Joe Biden's upcoming visit to the Middle East has generated a lot of discussion in the region, not least because he has said that he will initiate...

I was one of those who concluded very early on that there is little difference between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. I still believe this to be true. Although...

Many acts regarding Palestine are an enigma. Everything is convoluted, and you do not know who is killing who and for what reason; a "mad house" where nothing makes...

Thirty-one-year-old Ghofran Warasnah was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces located at the entrance of Al-Arroub Palestinian refugee camp near Hebron. Ghofran was a Palestinian journalist who was...

The phone call between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh comes amid clashes in Jerusalem. It also occurred in the context of multiple international contacts...

There are two kinds of Americans: those to whom America rushes for help and others whom America turns its back on and turns a blind eye to their tragedy....

I had written an article about the belief among a large section of the Palestinians that the second half of the eight decade of the State of Israel would...

Images of at least one Israeli drone dropping tear gas on Muslim worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan marked a new phase in the occupation's...

Israel sees an existential threat in everything, because it is a state like no other; it cannot close its eyes at night and sleep soundly when the rest of...

The Americans and Europeans are not serious in addressing Israeli crimes committed against the Palestinians, an expert on international law told me yesterday, adding that they are selectively in...

Yesterday evening, I had the opportunity to have the Ramadan break-fast iftar meal with a university professor from Gaza. He was my neighbour's old university classmate and was transiting...

For Muslims, the holy month of Ramadan is associated with peace, serenity, tranquillity, happiness, family and charity. In many Muslim countries, public authorities and private sector employers reduce working...

According to Reuters, France summoned the Russian ambassador last week over a cartoon on Twitter that "mocked Europe". The cartoon which angered the French government depicted Europe as a...

For many Palestinians, 2022 is a very special year as it marks the beginning of the "downfall" of the Israeli occupation. This belief is widely spread by some Muslim...

Since 1979, when Iranian students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran and held American diplomats captive, the US strategy towards Iran has been aggressive. The US led the whole...

Although many leaders of the ruling Turkish party (AKP) are never tired of reiterating that their party is not an Islamic party but a conservative one, many out of...

The Palestinian public observed keenly the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. For most Palestinians, it represented a window of hope and a major morale boost; if the greatest world power...

The Israeli plan to annex what's left of Palestine leads us to a simple conclusion: It is time for freedom-loving people of the world to take concerted action to...