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Palestinian intelligence man Faraj as governor of Gaza? Why, when and how?
As soon as the Hebrew media announced that Major General Majed Faraj, the head of intelligence in the Palestinian Authority, was working to establish an armed force in southern Gaza, questions began to arise about the role of the PA and its intelligence director and what they intend to...
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Ramadan and stopping the fighting in Sudan
Last Friday, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2724 calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan during the month of Ramadan, which has just started. Both sides of the conflict — the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — were called upon to reach...
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India university ‘bans’ the word Intifada after Hindutva intervention
A university in the southern Indian State of Kerala has banned using the word “Intifada” as it has ‘direct links with the Palestine-Israel conflict and the word is being used by Hamas’. Vice-Chancellor, Dr Mohanan Kunnummal, directed that the word Intifada be removed from all promotional material of the...
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Arab songs about Gaza put spotlight on Palestinian issues
From pathos to praise of Hamas, songs written by musicians across the Middle East in response to Israel’s offensive in Gaza are putting the Palestinian issue back at the forefront of Arab popular culture. The music mixes defiance, helplessness and anger over the Israeli onslaught. In Cairo, the popular...
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Unmasking the culprit: States’ credibility at stake in the evolving international legal order
In the global arena, there is a tendency to spotlight the perceived deficiencies of international laws and organisations. States are often swift to lay blame on these laws and institutions, citing their supposed inadequacies in terms of capacity, credibility and enforcement capabilities. However, recent events, particularly Israel’s war on...
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The Indian judiciary is bending to the will of Hindutva forces
Muslims, the largest minority community in India, are worried as they feel cheated again by the country’s judiciary, which allowed the Hindus to conquer part of a historical mosque. On 31 January, a district court in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh granted the Hindus the right to worship deities...
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Based on the experience in Bosnia, Israel must be held accountable for the genocide in Gaza
If we start from Hegel’s thought that all significant historical events and persons repeat themselves, “first as a tragedy and then as a farce”, it seems that the Israeli government has made the effort to provide us with both on today’s global geopolitical stage. The Holocaust against the Jews...
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Discover the Great Omari Mosque, Palestine
In the heart of Gaza’s Old City stood the magnificent Great Omari Mosque, a place that has borne witness to the ebb and flow of conquerors and civilisations, the rise and fall of empires, carrying in its stones the scent of ancient tales. What was once a majestic symbol...
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Israel has a culture of lying, but its days are numbered
Lying in Israel is part of the culture. In fact, we could call it the lying industry. It is the most requested commodity, and whoever wants to tell the truth is seen as part of the frustration industry. The Zionist lies are based on the fact that neither the...
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‘Bethlehem is a small cage’: Palestinian psychologist on Christmas 2023
As Israel’s war on Gaza rages, Christmas 2023 has been a muted affair, with celebrations cancelled in Bethlehem. “As a Palestinian, you cannot celebrate while the massacre and genocide is going on. You can’t be happy while your brother and sister are being killed,” the founder of Psychology Spa,...
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Bethlehem marches in silence as Christmas is cancelled over Gaza
Christmas celebrations are cancelled in Bethlehem. The streets of the occupied holy city, usually adorned with festive lights and bustling with holiday cheer, now stand in solemn silence as Israel continues its bombing campaign and ground invasion of the besieged Gaza Strip. In just two months, up to 20,000...
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Israel uses starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza
“Bread in those days was like gold.” These were the words of a survivor of the siege of Leningrad, arguably one of the darkest chapters of World War II and a haunting reminder of the horrific toll exacted upon populations deliberately deprived of essential resources. The use of mass...
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As Israel rejects a two-state solution, is there a viable alternative?
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Middle East Monitor (@middleeastmonitor) OPINION: There is ‘absolutely no’ chance of a two-state solution because Israel killed it...
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Neturei Karta, the Zionist presence and the occupation of Palestine
In light of the escalating events in the Gaza Strip since 7 October, a Jewish group called Neturei Karta condemned what the Israelis are doing and supported the people of the Strip in their defence of their rights. As a result, some of its members have been assaulted by...
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Main points of security reform in Sudan
We will not tire of repeating our point that the Sudanese civil forces bear a major burden in averting the current disaster affecting the country, and we will not tire of reiterating that these forces will not be able to play an effective role in bearing this burden and...
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Growing concerns over ‘culture of impunity’ within Israel’s military
The Israeli army will ‘hug’ the soldiers who killed three hostages in Gaza, an IDF spokesperson told Sky News yesterday, as concerns mount over a ‘culture of impunity’ within the Israeli military. “We are, first of all, supporting these soldiers in every way possible,” Lt. Col. Richard Hecht said in an interview following...
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Is Israel a Nazi state or a colonial state?
Israel’s trend, at the political and popular levels, towards the extreme right has become clear since the beginning of the last decade. Following the return of the Likud Party to power in 2009, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, it rose with a Nazi political approach. In recent years, these forces...
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Empty streets as Jordan strikes in support of Gaza
Jordanians responded to calls for a global strike in support of Gaza today, and to demand an end to Israel’s genocidal bombing campaign, with shops remaining closed today and streets left empty. Markets, which are normally bustling with sellers and shoppers were abandoned, with shops closed and shopkeepers posting...
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A question has surfaced again: Why has Iran failed Hamas?
Any bet on Iran in the war on Gaza is no longer useful in light of the negative Iranian position despite the new relationship with Hamas. Any assessment of this position is considered disastrous, as the ceiling of the conflict with Washington, the West or the Zionist state will...
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Egypt and its war on secret documents
Are the Egyptians right to express fear for Sinai due to the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip? In Don Quixote fashion, the regime in Cairo is fighting secret documents whose content is being leaked. Today, it is surrounded by many crises, not to mention the country’s deteriorating economic...
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Between shock and resistance: popular participation and the consequences of the war on Gaza
The question about the impact of the war that Israel is waging on the Arab peoples these days seems ridiculous and irrelevant, as we see the bloody and brutal consequences of this bombing campaign and the successive setbacks of Arab positions. The barrels of explosives that the Zionist aircraft...
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Talking about the future of Gaza is based on an unrealistic assumption
The Zionist entity state has not tired of presenting scenarios and options for the future of the Gaza Strip since the start of the ongoing war on 7 October. Despite its faltering, the battle has not yet been resolved, nor has it achieved a tangible victory on the ground....
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What about Abu Ubaida’s call on Jordan to escalate popular mass action?
In his speech on Thursday, the official spokesperson for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, called on the Jordanian people to escalate all forms of popular and mass resistance action, saying: “You, our people in Jordan, are the nightmare of the occupation that fears your movement and strives tirelessly to...
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Gaza’s will to survive against all odds
Our neighbour’s small clay oven is now serving an entire neighbourhood in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza; you bring your dough, they will turn it into bread. It is one of the ways people in the besieged Strip are coping without electricity, fuel or cooking...