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Items by Ahmed Asmar
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The Gaza genocide drops the last fig leaf of Western democracy and tolerance
For decades, Western democracies presented themselves as the gold standard of exemplary governance and tolerance; the shining “beacons of hope” that the rest of the world was expected to follow. But the Gaza genocide has torn that facade apart. What we have witnessed over the past two years is not…
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After the war on Iran, the Transatlantic alliance rift grows wider
For decades, the Transatlantic alliance was presented as the cornerstone of the so-called liberal international order—a partnership portrayed by shared values, mutual defence, and coordinated foreign policy. However, the recent US-Israeli war on Iran, which erupted on 28th February 2026, has contributed greatly to shattering that illusion. As the repercussions…
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Palestine between the Nakba of 1948 and the genocide, displacement, and Judaization of 2026
Every year on May 15, the Palestinian people commemorate the Nakba that befell them in 1948, when Zionist militias and gangs forcibly displaced over 900,000 Palestinians from their cities and villages, completely destroyed approximately 531 villages, and committed more than 70 massacres in which over 15,000 people were killed. Seventy…
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After US-Israeli war on Iran: What is left of the Gulf countries’ trust in America?
The world has now witnessed relief as a two-week-long truce between Iran and the US came into effect on April 8 (Wednesday), after nearly 40 days of relentless exchanges of attacks between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, during which the Gulf region…
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Mladenov’s Gaza disarmament plan blackmails the victim, relieves the aggressor
When the United Nations Security Council convened on March 24 to discuss Gaza’s future, the world witnessed something grotesque: a plan dressed in diplomatic language that effectively punishes the victims of genocide while covering its perpetrators. Presented by Nickolay Mladenov, the Trump-appointed envoy of the so-called “Board of Peace,” the…
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Lindsey Graham: A warmonger in the service of Israel and the defence industry
In the dark corridors of the United States’ power and politics, where morality is starkly traded for profit, and human lives are calculated as unimportant line items on a balance sheet, few figures embody the terrible mix of greed and warmongering quite like Senator Lindsey Graham. The notorious South Carolina…
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Between Palestine and Iran… Zelensky reveals his inconsistent values and alignment with imperialist policies
In the complex landscape of international politics, consistency of principle often forms the foundation of a leader’s moral authority. For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has positioned himself and his conflict with Russia as a heroic defense of sovereignty against aggression, recent developments have exposed what many perceive as a…
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Ramadan under the rubble: Gaza welcomes the holy month amid ruin and unhealed wounds
Ramadan arrives in Gaza this year (2026) for the first time since the ceasefire that came into effect last October. Yet the word “ceasefire” feels painfully detached from reality. The bombs may have slowed, but the wounds remain open. The devastation is vast, the humanitarian catastrophe is over imagination, and…
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Israel and the politics of fragmentation: The hidden hand behind secessionist projects in Yemen, Somalia, and Libya
Israel’s malicious, meddling role in the Arab countries has long extended beyond direct military confrontation, as seen in Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria. For long, Tel Aviv has pursued a quieter yet dangerous strategy of encouraging fragmentation, weakening central states, and cultivating ties with separatist actors in fragile and war-torn countries.…
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Why The Wall Street Journal amplifies collaborators instead of Palestinian voices
Once again, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has chosen to offer its pages not to genuine Palestinian voices, but to figures who align explicitly with Israeli agendas in Gaza. On 11 December, the newspaper published an opinion piece by Hussam al-Astal, an infamous militia leader presented as a potential military…
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The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: A humanitarian name for an inhumane mission
Nine months after its suspicious establishment, the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced on Monday the end of its operations in the Gaza Strip, closing a dark, bloody chapter of the Israeli genocide against Palestinians. Rather than alleviating suffering, the GHF became a central actor in deepening Gaza’s…
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Why Qatar is more eligible and successful in global mediation than others
Under a mediatory role from Qatar, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rebel March 23 Movement (M23) signed a peace framework in the Qatari capital Doha on Saturday (15 November), marking the latest step in Qatar’s efforts to end the decades-long conflict in eastern Congo and…
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Israeli executions against Palestinians have been enforced for decades; what will the new death penalty law add?
Apartheid Israel never ceases to display the depths of its racist treatment toward the Palestinian people. For decades, it has waged a systematic campaign of dehumanisation, oppression, and violence against them. The latest manifestation of this reality came on Monday evening, when the Israeli Knesset passed a bill in its…
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What shocks Israel: The gang-rape crime itself or that the world saw it?
Israel has long been a racist and fascist state that seeks to dehumanise Palestinians in every possible way. The latest stark example of this reality was the gang rape crime committed by Israeli soldiers against a Palestinian detainee in the notorious Sde Teiman military prison. Yet, what shocked the Israeli…
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“Only sick, twisted people maim and abuse corpses” — what will Trump say now?
The maimed bodies of dead Palestinians who were recently handed over by the Israeli authorities reminded me of an infamous and biased post by US President Donald Trump, when he condemned Hamas saying, “Only sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted!” I wonder what President…
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Al-Sharaa’s Moscow visit marks a new era of balanced diplomacy for Syria
The official visit of Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa to Russia was not only his first to a country that had long supported the former regime of Bashar al-Assad, but also a clear demonstration of Syria’s new, balanced diplomacy. It is one that is unburdened by the past and focused instead…
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Trump tells Hamas, ‘Only sick, twisted people keep bodies,’ but what about Israel?
US President Donald Trump threatened the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on Wednesday with “severe consequences” if it continues to hold Israeli captives and the bodies of dead hostages. “Only sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted!” said Trump on his social media platform. “Shalom…
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Palestine condemns Fiji’s decision to open embassy to Israel in Jerusalem
Palestine has strongly condemned Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s decision to open the country’s embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, calling it a violation of international law and relevant UN resolutions. The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry and the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued separate statements late on Tuesday, urging the Fijian…
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Did Palestinian fighters rape and sexually assault Israelis on 7 October?
The devastating Israeli war on the Palestinian people in Gaza didn’t only reveal the hypocrisy of the West, but also debunked the Western media’s claims that they abide by the rules of professionalism and neutrality in covering events. We have previously said Western media is biased to the Israeli narrative…
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Western hypocrisy on Palestine is at an unprecedented level
The latest example of Western hypocrisy is Germany’s outrageous and unjustified campaign against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who described the ongoing Israeli onslaught against the people of occupied Palestine as a “holocaust”. Such hypocrisy is at an unprecedented level. Despite the daily killing of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers and the…
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UN complacent for allowing extremist Gilad Erdan’s senior UN post appointment
The appointment of Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan on 7 June to the post of vice-president of the UN General Assembly was not only provocative to the feelings of the Palestinian people, but also an insult and disgrace to the values of humanity and justice of…
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What is left for Turkiye to be in the western camp? The Armenian tragedy and the last fig leaf
The US – and most of the western governments – stance on the issue of the Armenian tragedy of 1915 was the last in a series of western positions that harmed their relations with Turkiye. Over the past decades, despite being a sincere and indispensable ally – as many western…
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Does Turkey need the EU anyway?
Australia’s scrapping of the French submarines deal constitutes a turning point in the strength and solidarity of the Western alliance headed by the US, which dominated the world stage following the end of the Cold War period and the formation of the Western-oriented world order. Over the past three decades,…