World News Insights: Opinion Articles

We go back to the beginning, to before 1982, that is, to the open war across the borders between Lebanon and occupied Palestine, for a complete review of an experience that all Lebanese people, especially southerners, have lived since the launch of the operations of the Palestinian resistance…

Maya Mizrachi grimaced at the group of eight Israelis calling for peace with Palestinians in front of Israel’s military headquarters this month in Tel Aviv. A year ago, Mizrachi, 25, had protested alongside them, carrying a sign that called for Israel to end its military occupation of the West…

Trying to grab a piece of someone else’s land has always been a favorite trick by rulers in domestic difficulty to divert attention from their own incompetence or worse. It is, therefore, no surprise that as international order begins to break down for lack of an authority to enforce it and…

As recently as this summer, a poll with Donald J. Trump leading among young voters would have been eye-popping. Now, it’s increasingly familiar — and our new New York Times/Siena College national survey released Tuesday morning is no exception. For the first time, Trump leads President…

Will history repeat itself? Will we see the US or the international community do anything in response to the recent attacks by the Houthis, who have been threatening international navigation through the Bab al-Mandab Strait? It is inconceivable for Washington, in particular, to stand idly by amid…

Some observers have not shied away from admitting their bewilderment at Syria’s official stance on the war on Gaza which has, for what has become a long time now, been accompanied by the absence of President Bashar al-Assad, who is only making fleeting quick appearances. Some of the observers…

“In the words of the Lord’s Prayer that we share, I ask you to forgive us our trespasses and our guilt. Without a conscious process of remembering, without sorrow, without apology, there can be no reconciliation.” This quote is from a speech given by Germany Economic Cooperation and Development…

Yehya al-Sinwar wasn’t born yet when memories of the Nakba rattled Palestinians living in Cairo, Kuwait, Qatar and other places. They carried out secret contacts to determine whether they could unite to wage a battle to reclaim all the territories, Al-Sinwar was three years old when Farah…

As 2023 comes to an end, there is a growing sense of panic in Europe. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union has been preoccupied with integrating the country — widely seen as a geopolitical necessity — and with the internal reform required to make that possible…

Since the war began, we have heard several significant statements that exemplify the exploitation of the Palestinian cause, including Gaza, for personal gain. These scattered statements were not contextualized due to "organized disruption" and high-level accusations of betrayal on social media and…

The late Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the former Emir of Kuwait, was renowned for his humanitarianism. He was known as the “Emir of humanitarian efforts” because he would immediately contribute to any humanitarian effort in any part of the world during his reign. He did not…

There is no typo in the title, as the subject of the article is indeed COP23 and not COP28. Despite the urgency of the challenges posed by climate change, the world faces other environmental problems that are no less important and cannot be ignored. The twenty-eighth Conference of the Parties to…