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...

In September last year, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared at the UN that he is calling for an election to be held in Palestine. The aim is to elect...

As was widely expected, US President Donald Trump's plan to resolve the Middle East conflict — the so-called "Deal of the Century" — is officially dead. According to Jason...

A friend of mine has a very peculiar gift: he can relate any incident in his life, be it his marriage, his children's birthdays, his graduation date, the time...

What were the management at the Church of His Presence in Alabama thinking when they gave Yair Netanyahu a platform to speak earlier this month? Did they see him...

Hamas did a rare thing this week; it issued a press release contradicting one of its top officials, Fathi Hammad, who called for the killing of Jews everywhere in...

Palestinians these days are fond of circulating on social media a scene from an old Israeli comedy which shows a group of Hamas fighters who could sneak through a...

It was a revealing and quite intersecting interview that Jared Kushner had with Jonathan Swan on Axios on HBO aired a week ago. Sawn asked Kushner a few direct...

One thing caught my attention during the latest Israeli escalation in the Gaza Strip, which left dozens of Palestinians dead. It was a video message, in Arabic, by Israeli...

Turkish media reported recently on the visit to India by Ibrahim Kalin, the special adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The visit came in the middle of an election...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro caused a big uproar in Israel after he addressed a group of evangelical pastors in Rio de Janeiro, saying that he believes the crimes of...

In Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes a vain emperor hires two tailors who claim to make the most beautiful clothes and convince him that they...

Just few days separated the American official recognition of the Israeli authority over the Syrian Golan Heights and the rocket that destroyed a house in Tel Aviv. In the...

On 4 March, the newly formed Israeli Blue and White party's leaders, Gabi Ashkenazi, Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz and Moshe Ya'alon, declared that Israel will not pull out from...

Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi once said, "Friendship of the wise is good; a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend." I don't know if this applies to the current...

This week, the Palestinians won a moral victory. The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) released a report that sheds light on the killing of peaceful Palestinian demonstrators in the...