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The month of May has seen a replay of the past decade of both Turkish politics and the Western nations' dealings with it: the old rivalry between Turkiye's secularist...
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Syria's return to the Arab League this month was momentous, not because it came as a complete surprise – it did not – nor because it changes much on...
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The foreign ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and other Arab states agreed last month in Jeddah that the Arab world must play a leading role in efforts to...
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April 24, 2023
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Muhammad Hussein
On 24 April 1877, a Russian-Ottoman war began
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April 4, 2023
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Muhammad Hussein
In the West, the existence of a "deep state" remains a contentious issue. Many activists and political outcasts have referred to it, even targeted it, while mainstream media outlets...
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March 22, 2023
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Muhammad Hussein
Much has been made of the West's decades-long energy suicide, especially amid its acceleration over the past few years. The introduction of policies to drive forward a green revolution...
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March 15, 2023
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Muhammad Hussein
The days of war between the Arab world and Israel are long gone. Even enmity toward the occupation state has largely faded away, leaving in its trail the infamous...
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February 26, 2023
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Muhammad Hussein
One of the most illusory phenomena in our current existence is the money we use for buying, selling and hoarding on a daily basis. It is, to put it...
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February 10, 2023
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Muhammad Hussein
There are few tragedies in the world for which the responsibility can be deflected away from politics and human fault. This week's earthquake in Turkiye and Syria was one...
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January 25, 2023
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Muhammad Hussein
It is the unfortunate – or fortunate, depending on one's propensity to autocracy – nature of every decentralised system in this modern age to become centralised under the scope...
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January 18, 2023
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Muhammad Hussein
Turkiye has surprised many policymakers and analysts over the past decade with its diplomatic prominence, soft power projection and hard power in the form of drones and other advances...
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Davis highlights how the JNF has used setting up parks and planting trees to erase Palestinian villages and forms part of Israel's apartheid regime
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December 30, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
As the year of 2022 comes to an end, the usual spate of predictions for the incoming year are espoused by many. That includes, it seems, Russia's Security Council...
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December 15, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
When social media solidified itself into the collective consciousness of technology users in the first decade of this century, it was increasingly looking like a revolutionary tool and saviour...
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December 1, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
Jordan Peterson has long been a controversial figure, subject to attempts to suppress him from various sides. Much of that controversy is not wholly negative: his stand against Canada's...
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November 25, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
There are countless stereotypes and tropes found throughout popular culture, movie productions and social media. One of those is that of undercover police or intelligence agents who famously tend...
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November 9, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
In many ways, the COP27 climate conference being held in Egypt is a cruel but necessary irony. The tyranny of the host government — the sweeping arrests, arbitrary checking...
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November 4, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
Middle East Monitor’s flagship annual literary awards ceremony – the Palestine Book Awards (PBA) – has entered its 11th year today, as awards were handed out to the winning authors and books in the much-awaited event
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MEMO hosted an informal event at London's P21 Gallery last night ahead of this year's Palestine Book Awards (PBA) in recognition of authors and their contribution to literature on...
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October 29, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
What: The invasion of Egypt and the occupation of the area around the Suez Canal by a tripartite alliance of British, French and Israeli forces. Where: Suez Canal, Egypt...
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October 26, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
Anyone determined or patriotic enough to make a list of groundbreaking episodes in Britain's long history is likely to add Rishi Sunak's appointment as prime minister to it. Seeing...
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October 15, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
Since the ascension of America and its aggressive foreign policies throughout the world, both laymen and analysts have mocked Britain for being a shadow of its former self. Its...
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October 9, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
Human rights, in itself, have long been a contentious industry, developing over the decades and adapting to particular regions and surroundings. It is no different in Palestine, and perhaps...
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October 8, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
If any month in 2022 succeeded in further uniting far-right extremists in Europe, Israel and India in a herd mentality, it would be September, when the English city of...
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September 21, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
This month has likely been the most crushing for Russia since it launched its invasion of Ukraine almost seven months ago. In an aggressive counter-offensive operation, Ukrainian forces recaptured...
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September 2, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
It has forever been the dream of almost every state, intelligence agency, empire and totalitarian regime to oversee the doings of all of their subjects, to detect any hint...
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August 22, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
After a decade of support for the Syrian revolution and opposition, Turkiye seems to be having a change of heart. Over the course of 2022, there mysteriously emerged reports...
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August 11, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
When it was revealed last month that Israel had requested the United States to prevent a new Turkish military operation in northern Syria, it served as a necessary reminder...
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July 29, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
As Arab states the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco began establishing ties with Israel over the past few years and warmed towards their old adversary, many...
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July 20, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
US President Joe Biden's Middle East tour was muddled from the start, and his administration's regional policy was criticised by analysts for lacking clarity and direction. The results of...
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July 12, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
It is difficult to recall a time in the lives of current and surviving generations where the Hajj pilgrimage was made so chaotic and unstable as it was this...
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June 29, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
Fifty-five years ago this month, Israel declared war on the United States of America. Unofficially and not in so many words, of course, but what else can it be...
![Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the 79th General Assembly of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkiye (TOBB) at TOBB Towers in Ankara, Turkiye on May 30, 2023 [TUR Presidency/Murat Cetinmuhurdar - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/AA-20230530-31283877-31283872-TURKISH_PRESIDENT_RECEP_TAYYIP_ERDOGAN-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The month of May has seen a replay of the past decade of both Turkish politics and the Western nations' dealings with it: the old rivalry between Turkiye's secularist...![Members of the Arab League gather for an emergency meeting in Cairo on April 5, 2023, after Israeli forces raided the al-Aqsa mosque during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan [AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1250790800-scaled-e1680723075142.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Syria's return to the Arab League this month was momentous, not because it came as a complete surprise – it did not – nor because it changes much on...![Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud (C), Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani (L-2) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (L-4), GCC Secretary-General Nayef Falah M. Al-Hajraf (R), Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (L), King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (R-3) and Omani Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al-Said (L-3) pose for a family photo prior the 43rd Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 9 December, 2022 [Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1245490498-scaled-e1672309074230.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The foreign ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and other Arab states agreed last month in Jeddah that the Arab world must play a leading role in efforts to...
On 24 April 1877, a Russian-Ottoman war began![Pakistani army soldiers stand atop a military vehicle carrying missiles Babur during the Pakistan Day parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2022 [GHULAM RASOOL/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1239432773-scaled-e1680597441426.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In the West, the existence of a "deep state" remains a contentious issue. Many activists and political outcasts have referred to it, even targeted it, while mainstream media outlets...![Dubai Financial Market in the Gulf emirate [KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1192020171.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Much has been made of the West's decades-long energy suicide, especially amid its acceleration over the past few years. The introduction of policies to drive forward a green revolution...![People stage a rally in Tehran to 'support the administration and security forces' on September 25, 2022 in Tehran, Iran [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AA-20220925-28988771-28988770-RALLY_IN_SUPPORT_OF_THE_GOVERNMENT_IN_TEHRAN.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The days of war between the Arab world and Israel are long gone. Even enmity toward the occupation state has largely faded away, leaving in its trail the infamous...![A foreign currency dealer counts US dollars at a money exchange company in Karachi, Pakistan, 20 May 2022. [Yousuf Khan - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AA-20220520-27926764-27926757-DOLLAR_HITS_ALL_TIME_HIGH_AGAINST_PAKISTANI_RUPEE.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
One of the most illusory phenomena in our current existence is the money we use for buying, selling and hoarding on a daily basis. It is, to put it...
There are few tragedies in the world for which the responsibility can be deflected away from politics and human fault. This week's earthquake in Turkiye and Syria was one...![Exchange office is seen in Cairo, Egypt. [Stringer - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220321_2_52731120_74969519.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
It is the unfortunate – or fortunate, depending on one's propensity to autocracy – nature of every decentralised system in this modern age to become centralised under the scope...![Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) in Ankara, Turkey on October 05, 2020 [Fatih Aktaş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201005_2_44680701_58652589.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Turkiye has surprised many policymakers and analysts over the past decade with its diplomatic prominence, soft power projection and hard power in the form of drones and other advances...
Davis highlights how the JNF has used setting up parks and planting trees to erase Palestinian villages and forms part of Israel's apartheid regime![A general view of the 43rd Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit at King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [Royal Court of Saudi Arabia - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AA-20221209-29689751-29689738-43RD_GCC_SUMMIT_IN_RIYADH.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
As the year of 2022 comes to an end, the usual spate of predictions for the incoming year are espoused by many. That includes, it seems, Russia's Security Council...![In this photo illustration, the image of Elon Musk is displayed on a computer screen and the logo of twitter on a mobile phone. [Muhammed Selim Korkutata - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AA-20220426-27677626-27677623-ELON_MUSK_TWITTER.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
When social media solidified itself into the collective consciousness of technology users in the first decade of this century, it was increasingly looking like a revolutionary tool and saviour...![Jordan Peterson speaks at ICC Sydney Theatre on February 26, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. [Don Arnold/WireImage]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1132234684.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Jordan Peterson has long been a controversial figure, subject to attempts to suppress him from various sides. Much of that controversy is not wholly negative: his stand against Canada's...![A woman pushes a child in a buggy past shadows cast by a tree onto a wall in Bethnal Green on February 22, 2019 in London, England. [Dan Kitwood/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1126755487.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
There are countless stereotypes and tropes found throughout popular culture, movie productions and social media. One of those is that of undercover police or intelligence agents who famously tend...![Leaders and participants pose for a family photo during the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP27, at the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on November 07, 2022 [Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sa.png?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In many ways, the COP27 climate conference being held in Egypt is a cruel but necessary irony. The tyranny of the host government — the sweeping arrests, arbitrary checking...
Middle East Monitor’s flagship annual literary awards ceremony – the Palestine Book Awards (PBA) – has entered its 11th year today, as awards were handed out to the winning authors and books in the much-awaited event![Mohammad Sabaaneh discusses his book at the Palestine Book Awards on 3 November 2022 [Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SRV_6230-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
MEMO hosted an informal event at London's P21 Gallery last night ahead of this year's Palestine Book Awards (PBA) in recognition of authors and their contribution to literature on...![Port Said seen from the air during the Suez Crisis [snl.no]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/standard_Port_Said_from_air.jpeg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
What: The invasion of Egypt and the occupation of the area around the Suez Canal by a tripartite alliance of British, French and Israeli forces. Where: Suez Canal, Egypt...![Rishi Sunak leaves the Conservative Party Campaign Headquarters after being announced the winner of Conservative Party leadership contest in London, United Kingdom on October 24, 2022 [Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AA-20221024-29239886-29239877-RISHI_SUNAK_TO_BECOME_BRITAINS_NEXT_PRIME_MINISTER_IN_LONDON.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Anyone determined or patriotic enough to make a list of groundbreaking episodes in Britain's long history is likely to add Rishi Sunak's appointment as prime minister to it. Seeing...![Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid (R) meets with British Prime Minister Liz Truss (L) within 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States on September 22, 2022. [Israeli Government Press Office - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AA-20220922-28963961-28963960-LIZ_TRUSS_YAIR_LAPID_MEETING_IN_NEW_YORK-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Since the ascension of America and its aggressive foreign policies throughout the world, both laymen and analysts have mocked Britain for being a shadow of its former self. Its...
Human rights, in itself, have long been a contentious industry, developing over the decades and adapting to particular regions and surroundings. It is no different in Palestine, and perhaps...![Members of Muslim Students Federation Delhi University stage a protest after two persons from the Muslim community were allegedly killed by police in Ranchi during protest over controversial remarks made by two now-suspended BJP leaders about Prophet Mohammad, outside at the Delhi University in New Delhi India on June 11,2022. [Stringer - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AA-20220611-28137768-28137764-MUSLIM_STUDENTS_PROTEST_IN_NEW_DELHI.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
If any month in 2022 succeeded in further uniting far-right extremists in Europe, Israel and India in a herd mentality, it would be September, when the English city of...
This month has likely been the most crushing for Russia since it launched its invasion of Ukraine almost seven months ago. In an aggressive counter-offensive operation, Ukrainian forces recaptured...
It has forever been the dream of almost every state, intelligence agency, empire and totalitarian regime to oversee the doings of all of their subjects, to detect any hint...
After a decade of support for the Syrian revolution and opposition, Turkiye seems to be having a change of heart. Over the course of 2022, there mysteriously emerged reports...
When it was revealed last month that Israel had requested the United States to prevent a new Turkish military operation in northern Syria, it served as a necessary reminder...
As Arab states the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco began establishing ties with Israel over the past few years and warmed towards their old adversary, many...![US President Joe Biden (L) being welcomed by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) at Alsalam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 15, 2022 [Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AA-20220715-28427229-28427227-US_PRESIDENT_JOE_BIDEN_IN_SAUDI_ARABIA-e1658304350106.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
US President Joe Biden's Middle East tour was muddled from the start, and his administration's regional policy was criticised by analysts for lacking clarity and direction. The results of...![Hundreds of thousands of prospective Hajj pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba with praying on June 29, 2022 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [Ashraf Amra - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AA-20220629-28293128-28293115-PROSPECTIVE_HAJJ_PILGRIMS_IN_MECCA.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
It is difficult to recall a time in the lives of current and surviving generations where the Hajj pilgrimage was made so chaotic and unstable as it was this...![Damaged USS Liberty one day (9 June 1967) after attack [Wikipedia]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/USS-Liberty.png?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Fifty-five years ago this month, Israel declared war on the United States of America. Unofficially and not in so many words, of course, but what else can it be...