The Israeli right in power, in both its factions (Likud and ideological) is exploiting the attack of October 7, 2023, and turning it into a pretext for liquidating the Palestinian cause. Politically, they categorically oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital on…

Benjamin Netanyahu has closed the doors to negotiations, stirring anxiety among the Lebanese and Palestinians living on the land about their present and their future. The vast majority of them are in Gaza, where there is no longer any space for life, and Lebanese from the South, who have been…

Some have found both the timing and implications of US special envoy to Lebanon Amos Hochstein’s trip to Beirut obscure. The visit’s ambiguity, or the fact that it was not constructive, further complicates things in the region generally and in Lebanon particularly. Indeed, no scenario can be ruled…

The two assassinations (Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and Fouad Shukr in the southern suburbs of Beirut) opened wide the doors of the Middle East. Whoever took the decision to liquidate them has also decided to push the conflict, which has been going on since October 7, 2023, towards an end or a…

Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian seems to have a more harmonious relationship with the ruling establishment than his reformist and moderate predecessors, even better than former President Sheikh Hassan Rouhani and his team, who came under a lot of pressures, especially in foreign policy. …

According to the Iranian constitution, the transition period is to last fifty days, and this stipulation was applied to the letter. There was no delay; fifty days after President Ebrahim Raisi's passing, Masoud Pezeshkian was elected Iran’s new president. Meanwhile, Lebanon has not elected a new…

Many questions have been posed about the nature and structure of Iran’s political system, its present and future. These major, complex, and sensitive questions are valid. Some have more than one answer, while others are difficult to answer at all. The victory of Masoud Pezeshkian, a puzzling…

The low turnout in the presidential elections disappointed the Iranian regime that sought to demonstrate its legitimacy. The participation rate, which did not exceed 40 percent for the first time in the history of presidential elections, appears to complement the citizens’ unfavorable position…

The Iranian presidential elections taking place today could be exceptional by every metric, especially in terms of the situation of the region and the globe. Iranian decision-makers want a hardliner suitable for this moment fraught with major crises that Iran itself- not only in its spheres of…

Between Hezbollah’s “hoopoe” drone - which flew in the skies of occupied Palestine and returned with pictures of strategic Israeli locations, especially in the city of Haifa and its port, in addition to important factories and military installations - and the White House “hoopoe”, that is, the US…