World News Insights: Opinion Articles

It is, perhaps, too early to have a full picture of what led to the recent Hamas attack on Israeli villages close to Gaza. One thing, however, is certain: the attack came when and where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet least expected. But why? One answer adopted by Netanyahu’s team…

The international conference called for by Egypt that was held on October 21st did something important. It clarified or confirmed the political and cultural fault lines of what looks like a clash between two blocs with conflicting interests, or rather irreconcilable basic moral assumptions. At…

In the midst of the Israel-Hamas war, which started more than two weeks ago, two other countries are repeatedly also mentioned: Iran and Lebanon. Israel has said clearly that if Hezbollah enters their conflict with Hamas, it will attack Iran. The recurrent visits of Western leaders to Israel also…

Israel, today, is blind violence. It is the perfect embodiment of what happens when modernity's arm seizes its conscience and heart, and its laws and humanity are beholden to technology. With what it is doing, Israel takes democracy backward, back to its inception, to a time when it coexisted with…

Yahya Sinwar, you are the military field commander of Hamas, and everyone knows that you are the most violent man in Gaza. Your violence is not only directed at Israel, but even some of your own Qassam Brigade officials - Abu al-Majd Shatiwi's mother has previously accused you of killing her son…

“The current Gaza war is not like its predecessors,” we hear again and again. It is not. The war has put us in a position we had not expected to find ourselves in, facing the challenge of another war over hearts and minds that will be fought for years, not weeks or months. We are now in the…

It seems that we do indeed live in a world that despises the sensible and is enchanted by populist showmen. We understand the fact that the truth is the first victim of war, and any doubts that may have remained were dispelled by the heart-wrenching “Gaza war” that began two weeks ago. As…

Before the Rafah border crossing stood a man called Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary General. He has modest demands: that the crossing be opened for a first batch of aid to be delivered. Food and fuel to ease the suffering of those living in the hell that is Gaza. Of course, he…

In confronting Israel, which strikes arbitrarily and stops at nothing, armed with superior lethal technology and international support that is overwhelming in both its scope and bias, the only slogan we should not raise is the one we are raising: “The enemy only understands the language of force.” …

To Mr. Khaled Meshaal, I will address you as Abu Al-Walid. In your interview with Al Arabiya broadcaster, you touched on several issues, political, historical, and religious. Your rhetoric was neither coherent nor consistent, but like that of a messenger. I will not dwell on the political matters…

Why did Hamas trigger the current tragedy that has given the old Israel-Palestine conflict an even deadlier dimension? And what are the chances for shooing the two sides away from the edge of the abyss? The tsunami comments on the latest episode shows that the Israel-Palestine conflict remains…

The world is embroiled in a two-pronged crisis. On October 7, Hamas attacked Israel that retaliated with intensified shelling on Gaza. In addition to hospitals being targeted, the mass displacement and Israel’s cut of electricity and water supplies to the besieged strip, skirmishes continue with…