World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Following the "Al-Aqsa Flood," many voices, mostly Israeli and Western, compared Hamas's operation to the 9/11 attacks carried out by Al-Qaeda in the United States. Some went even further, considering them to be exactly the same and the operation to be Israel’s 9/11. On the other hand, however…

Following the ceasefire in Gaza, the screaming has intensified. There are two types: screams of suffering and mendacious screams. The former are the screams of the people we are seeing and hearing in Gaza, children, women, and men. The latter are screams that seek to distort the picture and muddle…

Two ideas have reared their heads amid the Gaza war. On the Palestinian side, a multipronged idea, expressed by both Palestinians and those who support the Palestinian cause, has emerged. Its foundational premise is that there can be no resistance without sacrifice and that peace has gotten the…

The Western world seems to have recently reached a rare moment of terrific lethargy by ignoring the tragedies and crimes of Israel’s war on Gaza. The war that Hamas ignited was met with an Israeli attack that crossed all red lines and targeted civilians and public facilities, including hospitals,…

When Israel launched its war on the Gaza Strip, the physical violence was accompanied by an even more violent proposition: Israel would accept nothing less than the eradication of Hamas and the return of all hostages without any conditions, negotiations, or exchange. Benjamin Netanyahu would go on…

These are four days of respite from the killing machine. However, between the optimism regarding an extension of this temporary pause and the pessimism in anticipation of a more cruel and more horrific round of bloodshed, negotiators are seeking to make progress and pretenders are making pretenses…

The day is March 9, 1973. Two generals rejoiced over news they deemed as the “grand prize”. The generals are Ariel Sharon and Moshe Dayan, who was then defense minister. Tales at the time said Dayan wanted to make sure himself and when he did, he ordered that sweets be handed out to the…

A 27-second video of a Palestinian child went viral on social media as soon as the four-day ceasefire in Gaza was declared. The child declared spontaneously and with complete joy that the “world is nice like this. Everyone listen, there’s no sound of planes. Can you hear?” He says so even…

1969 was a year of great upheaval in Libya. The monarchy was falling apart. The key state institution scattered between Tripoli, Benghazi, Al Bayda, and Tobruk, as well as Libya’s King, Idris Al Senussi, had become indifferent. Senussi had grown weary of ruling the country and began spending much…

In his response to my recent article "Gaza and the Wars of Independence", former professor at the Lebanese University Dr. Mohammed Ali Mokalled commented on Palestinian researcher Dr. Yazid Al-Sayegh’s claim that "the Oslo Agreement was a result of the Palestinian national movement’s failure to…

“He is dangerously close to getting re-elected!” This is how, in a recent issue, the London weekly the Economist presented Donald Trump’s chances of returning to the White House next year. This was based on a few polls indicating that, if nominated, Trump would have a chance of winning next…

As a temporary ceasefire agreement has been reached in recent hours, and despite any doubts about its viability, it is important to begin thinking about how to open a political horizon that will enable work towards a permanent settlement of the conflict, which will spare the region the burden of…