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Shafiq Nazim al-Ghabra

 

Items by Shafiq Nazim al-Ghabra

  • Hamas and Israel's demonising tools

    Some Arab media outlets publish articles equating Hamas with Israel. In fact, some of these texts make you feel as if Hamas is Israel and that Israel is the righteous party. If we examine what’s written by Arab writers and supported by Arab regimes, whose agendas are open normalisation, we...

  • Shaking the Egyptian mindset

    Egyptian contractor and actor Mohamed Ali has succeeded, with a few videos, in creating a degree of controversy that Egypt has not seen in many years. The public interaction with Ali and the rejection of the current situation in Egypt has seen people break the fear barrier after a...

  • The Gulf crisis exposes the need for proper decision-making processes

    The Gulf crisis and the blockade of Qatar have reached an important juncture, after seemingly dwindling until a statement was issued by the Saudi Foreign Ministry a few days ago, which gave it new momentum. Since June 2017, the crisis has been on the verge of suffocating Qatar at...

  • The Palestinian issue and the horizon of the new birth

    The Palestinian situation is facing one of the most complex historical challenges in the light of Zionism’s renewal of its colonial and occupational principles and its pursuit of Judaising the land, the state, and the geography at all costs. Over the past two decades, the Palestinian geography has been...

  • The implications of normalisation with Israel

    Israel has imposed itself through successive wars and military victories since the 1948 war. Israel has also exploited American support which is committed to making it militarily superior to the armies of the Arab states. Israel is the only country possessing nuclear weapons in the Middle East. However, more...

  • The balance of power has shifted in Palestine-Israel

    The recent military confrontation between Israeli troops and resistance groups in Gaza following Israel’s covert military operation inside the territory resulted in a direct clash as well as an exchange of missiles and artillery shells. The operation not only failed to achieve its goals, but also led to the...

  • The Gulf crisis: continued losses for the region

    The Gulf crisis, which began with the siege and the boycott of Qatar by several Gulf and Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, did not lead to any useful results for the countries that led the blockade. Instead it had the opposite effect the...