World News Insights: Opinion Articles

A week after Paris witnessed a march in support of the “Palestinian cause” it hosted another march, this time against anti-Semitism. Ostensibly provoked by the ongoing war in Gaza the two marches may persuade the French to take a closer look at the messages they convey and their impact on French…

More than ever, Lebanese citizens, especially those in the south, want to see United Nations Resolution 1701 implemented. They want to see it respected and complied with, rather than the government trying to be shrewd and taking face-saving measures. They are alarmed by the escalation in the…

The Lebanese have divergent opinions on what “intervention” is apt in Gaza amid the calamities that Israel’s brutality is giving rise to. At least on social media, some of the opinions from across the spectrum seem to reflect the sectarian backgrounds of those voicing them and their political and…

Many in the Western press are stressing the need for a clear peace plan that allows a two-state solution to be formulated now, not after the end of the war on Gaza. I don't believe that this proposal is mere speculation, but a kind of leak. If these suggestions are indeed leaks, then that is…

Three recent intertwined developments that makeup part of the intricate tapestry of Middle Eastern politics shed light on the current complexities of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and its broader regional dynamics. First, we have the joint Arab-Islamic Summit, which ended with a noteworthy final…

It has been around a month and a half since the October 7 operation in the Gaza Envelope; skepticism is increasing and the risks are accumulating. Setting to one side the bravado shown by Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who have talked about changing maps and claimed…

The Palestinians have fought two major wars: one went on for 88 days and left both sides with a high number of casualties. However, it led to the withdrawal of the Palestinian revolutionary forces from the South and Beirut, before they left Lebanon altogether. The Israelis called the 1982 war …

A ceasefire is not enough to put out the flames. The oppression that causes the blaze needs to be confronted. Avoiding confronting the heart of the problem turns a ceasefire into a truce and paves the way for a broader conflagration. This oppression dates back seven decades. The embers of the…

Joe Biden versus Donald Trump is not the choice America wants. But it is the choice we need to face. Yes, both men are unpopular, remarkably so. Only a third of Americans view President Biden favorably, and two-thirds of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters want to nominate someone else for…

Of course, neither of the two outcomes in the headline is inevitable. In fact, if one party were to emerge victorious, it would not attain a pure victory without partners and free of pressure exerted by third parties. Nonetheless, the headline and extreme potential outcomes seek to establish…

The latest book of Amin Maalouf, the Lebanese author and Permanent Secretary of the French Academy, which was recently published by the prestigious French publishing house, Edition Grasset, is a must-read. “The Labyrinth of the Lost: The West and Its Enemies” examines the current manifestation of…

We are currently experiencing a moment of profound human suffering globally. A pandemic of inhumanity has taken hold, from Darfur to Ukraine, from the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan to the seemingly forgotten voices of Rohingya refugees in Myanmar, and now the intolerable tragedy that is…