Opinion

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is apparently angry with the Zionist state of Israel and its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to the "failure" of attempts to "rein in"...

The Israeli army bid farewell to 2022 with its Human Resources Division revealing the number of soldiers killed in various incidents. The figures show that 2022 was a bloody...

At the end of last month, Benjamin Netanyahu formed the most extreme Israeli government since the Occupation of Palestine in 1948. The government includes two of the most racist...

Churches in East Jerusalem are constantly concerned about the rise in Israeli extremist attacks on Christian property in the city. Current and former church officials told Anadolu Agency that...

Just days after the most right-wing Israeli government was sworn in, one of the most extremist and far-right ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir, stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site. By...

Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Israeli far-right politician and leader of the Jewish Power Party, has visited Al-Aqsa Mosque's courtyards many times before. But never as a minister in the Israeli...

If it seems like Groundhog Day in Afghanistan, you could be right. The ruling Taliban seems to have made little change to its ideology and is even further away...

With its controversial Rwanda asylum scheme, under which asylum seekers are sent to the East African nation as their applications are processed, the UK is not the first to...

Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest serving prime minister of Israel, built his entire career on confronting Iran. His argument is, Iran is building a nuclear weapon and its intent on...

The resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly last Friday is historic because it shed light once again on the Israeli occupation and its daily violations of the rights...

Israel's sharp tilt to what is likely to be the most hard-right government in its history puts its new Arab allies in the awkward position of having to deal...

When the newsstand of Giuseppe Trani was swept away by disastrous flooding that devastated the southern Italian town of Casamicciola at the end of November, the 70-year-old man lost...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is building upon the international community's strong support for the apartheid state's colonial expansion, as well as the international indifference to the legitimate political...

George Abraham's lyrical and poignant debut poetry collection, Birthright, was published at the height of global chaos in the midst of the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then,...

In 2022, the biggest energy issue in the Middle East was Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil cut as the world economy entered into a period of...

Many people in Tunisia are looking for an opportunity to leave the country. Some opt for the dramatic but illegal way using unseaworthy boats that may or may not...

Last week, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar met with his Russian and Syrian counterparts, Sergei Shoigu and Ali Mahmoud Abbas respectively, in Moscow, in what was the first official...

Have you ever heard of Kach? No? Never mind, but if you do not know what Kach was then it is likely that you do not know who Itamar...

The gleaming tower blocks and high-tech facilities of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's flagship new capital are a far cry from Cairo's congested streets and crumbling facades. In the New...

American Jewish leaders are right to be worried. As Benjamin Netanyahu peels away at the façade that has maintained support for the occupation state within liberal Jewish constituencies in...

In keeping with his new government's policy statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the UN General Assembly vote on a resolution about "Israeli practices and settlement activities...

Even before the new Israeli coalition government was officially sworn in last week, angry reactions emerged, not only among Palestinians and other Middle Eastern governments, but also among Israel's...

After five General Elections in Israel since 2019, Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu again took the oath of office as prime minister on Thursday shortly after the Knesset passed a...

There have been recent Israeli calls to enact new racist laws that can be classified as collective punishment and constitute a war crime. These laws call for the execution...

Every year hands over major issues and events to its successor. As we enter 2023, arguably the most important outstanding issue facing the world is Russia's war in Ukraine,...

For the next few weeks, the 3rd Ramallah Art Fair is creating a bridge between the local and the international art worlds to nourish Palestinian artists and their collector...

During his recent visit to the White House, US President Joe Biden promised Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the Ukrainian leader would "never stand alone". The grinning Zelenskyy reminded me of...

Another critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 has wrought much of the same in terms of Israeli military occupation and increasing violence, it also introduced new variables...

The results of the last round of Israeli elections must have represented a big blow to US hopes and efforts as they placed their bets on the former caretaker...

Hanukkah 2022 will be remembered as the holiday when Israeli voters snuffed the Menorah candles and welcomed darkness by electing a refurbished Jewish version of the Taliban government. Tel...

When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (aka MBS), the de-facto ruler of the largest Gulf country, was accused of ordering the brutal 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, his ambitious plans to revolutionise...

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...