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Items by Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini
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UN Resolution 2803: International mandate for America’s plan in Gaza
The United States worked to gradually secure an Arab-Palestinian consensus that would produce a UN resolution granting international legitimacy to the comprehensive twenty-point plan presented by the US president to end the war in Gaza. UN Security Council Resolution 2803 (2025) was adopted on 17 November, paving the way for…
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The American anti-Israel awakening
The renowned American newspaper The New York Times warned a few days ago about the rise of what it described as “right-wing antisemitism”, confirming the emergence of serious divisions among Republicans regarding their support for Israel and their stance toward Jews, in what marks a generational change in the traditional position of…
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Reframing the terminology of war
In light of Israel’s continued return of hundreds of Palestinian bodies who were killed under torture, blindfolded, restrained, bearing marks of abuse and fatal gunshots, many of them so mutilated that they were interred as unidentified, it has become essential to reopen the file of mass abductions, torture, and extrajudicial…
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American policy stands at the heart of major strategic shifts
We are living through an era defined by uncertainty and disorder within the international order, an impediment laid bare by Donald Trump’s rise to power in his current term. After decades of relatively stable American global dominance, the rivalry among great powers has re-emerged, though it had been taking shape…
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War unlikely to return to Lebanon and Gaza
A return to war in southern Lebanon or Gaza now seems improbable, despite the fragile ceasefire in both regions. The United States, which brokered and enforced the truces, appears determined to give Israel the time and space to finish what it could not achieve on the battlefield. What Israel failed…
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The dilemma of ending the war has reached its most critical juncture
Following the declaration of a cease fire in Gaza, a complex new reality has emerged on the ground regarding the governance of the Strip. To begin with, the recent American plan for Gaza is marked by ambiguity and the absence of any clear provisions. Consequently, the most serious political and…
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Will Trump’s plan bring an end to the war in Gaza?
There are clear signs that US President Donald Trump wants a deal as soon as possible. The simultaneous acceptance of Trump’s plan announced just days ago by both the Israeli government and Hamas signals a new development that could pave the way toward ending the war in Gaza. The negotiations,…
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Trump’s Gaza Plan: Does it signal a shift in policy?
Several indicators surrounding the President Trump’s recent proposal to halt the war in Gaza were seen as reflecting possible new intentions and a serious move. While the plan itself still carries the familiar signs of American bias toward Israel, the initial Arab and Western acceptance of it, albeit with reservations…
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A surge of recognition and a glimmer of hope
The recent wave of international recognition for the state of Palestine is not the first of its kind, and it will not be the last, but it is undeniably different. This wave, coming from main Western capitals, at a time of immense human tragedy, carry a resonance that earlier gestures…
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From cold peace to open tensions: Egypt-Israel relations tested
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s recent description of Israel as an “enemy” at the Doha summit marked a clear fracture in relations between the two countries, which had maintained a workable relationship for nearly half a century. Tensions have been mounting, particularly since the Gaza war that began about two…
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Israel’s strike on Qatar exposes the collapse of Arab security assumptions
The thunder of Israeli warplanes over Doha this week was more than just a military operation, it was a shattering moment for the region. Missiles aimed at residential neighbourhoods in Qatar’s capital, as an attempt to assassinate Hamas leaders, sent a shockwave across the Gulf. The United States, caught between…
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Israel’s objectives and the scenario to undermine
The escalation against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank continues relentlessly at the hands of Israel’s government. Whether through the ongoing war in Gaza or the latest measures in the West Bank, this campaign lays bare the government’s true objectives: to shrink the Palestinian presence in Gaza, tighten its…
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“Greater Israel”: A huge challenge to Arab national security
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister recently declared unwavering commitment to the vision of a “Greater Israel”. He explicitly links Israel’s future to a project that extends beyond its current borders into neighbouring Arab lands. As the Israeli street has decisively turned towards to the right, the remarks of Netanyahu,…
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Gaza changes the traditional balances in Europe, but who can stop the war?
From London to Madrid, Berlin to Dublin, hundreds of thousands are marching week after week demanding a cease-fire, recognition of Palestine, and accountability for Israeli actions. These are not fringe protests; they are reshaping political discourse and, in some capitals, bending the machinery of government. It’s a sound that refuses…
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The invisible walls of Israel’s cyber occupation
Under the shade of a white canvas tent near Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, cameras lay scattered in the dust silent witnesses to the drone strike that killed Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqa, along with several other cameramen. This was no chaotic accident in the fog of war. It…
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Will Trump learn from past lessons in the Middle East?
Less than a week into his new presidency, US President Donald Trump revealed his stance towards the Palestinians by calling on Jordan and Egypt to take in Gazans to live in their countries, practically adopting the Israeli policy of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Israel has not concealed its intention to…
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The rigged deal
It seems that reaching a prisoner exchange deal and a ceasefire in Gaza is closer to being accomplished this time than ever before. The core terms of the deal have not differed much from those presented in previous attempts, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu often sabotaged by fabricating reasons…
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No War in Ukraine
It seems that normalcy will soon come back to Europe, without a war, despite all the efforts the US and its Western allies have used to push Russia to the wall. The Western rumours that have been spread lately by the media about the timing of the Russian invasion of…
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The election of Biden: Anything new for the Palestinians?
It is clear that the election of Joe Biden, the Democratic Party candidate for president of the US, would bring changes to the US domestic scene, but not necessarily to US policies toward the Palestinians. It is easy to notice the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties’ domestic programs,…
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The Palestinian secretaries-general meeting – A possible turning point?
The Palestinian secretaries-general meeting that took place a few days ago in Ramallah and Beirut may have a better opportunity for success, compared to previous political reconciliation initiatives. This opportunity has come because of the genuine desire of Hamas and Fatah to reconcile. The Fatah movement initiated this latest move…
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Further Arab normalisation with Israel is waiting in the wings
On 13 August, the Trump administration announced a deal between Israel and the UAE to establish diplomatic relations. The UAE added that there will be no embassy in Jerusalem before the conflict is resolved. The deal was presented by Abu Dhabi as an upgrade of longstanding ties with Israel as…
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Israel wants to control all of Palestine, with as few Palestinians there as possible
There is hardly anyone who does not know very well what Israel’s goal is in the occupied West Bank. It wants all of Palestine, including the West Bank. All statements and plans by Israeli leaders regarding annexation have to be viewed in this context. Subsequent Israeli governments have created, through…