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The Israeli army, given its war machine's extraordinary destructive capacities, can crush the Gaza Strip in its entirety. If the Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu wants, he could fulfill the hope once publicly voiced by his late rival, Israeli Labor Party leader Yitzhak Rabin, to wake up one day and…

Amid unprecedented international support for Israel after the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, and a quintet of leaders from the United States, France, Germany, Italy, and Britain pledging to support “Israel’s ability to defend itself,” and affirming their “steadfast and united” backing for Israel, there…

In 2007, Israelis were scornfully gloating about the infighting between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip. Hundreds were killed during those three months of fratricidal conflict. Hamas took control of the entire strip and expelled Fatah leaders to Ramallah. Israeli media had a…

Every war, regardless of its scale and the number of participating armies and nations, inevitably gives rise to political settlements that draw new maps and create entities. This is particularly true of global and regional wars. With regard to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, it is a perpetual…

A conversation with a senior figure who has occupied several high-ranking positions pushed me to write this article. Our discussion revolved around political powers that have become part of the system despite operating outside of it. Lebanon has undergone several major crises since its…

It is too soon to wonder what the Israeli political military and security institution will conclude from the current developments. It is also too soon to wonder what Hamas will conclude. Will the Israeli institutions view the developments as a terrible setback that must be overcome by making…

Most of the threats facing Saudi Arabia have been coming from the east, driving the Kingdom to develop alliances and counter policies. This is what makes Saudi Arabia’s recent counterintuitive rapprochement with Iran one of its most important diplomatic displays. It has taken one step toward Iran,…

Here we are, facing yet another senseless war in Gaza following the operation "Al-Aqsa Storm," which was carried out by Hamas and other militant factions. I believe these wars are senseless because there is no strategic objective. Rather, it is being fought to serve the interests of particular…

Comparisons of tyrannical and dictatorial phenomena to Nazism (or Fascism) are often hyperbolic, and these hyperboles are usually foolish. Moreover, Nazism (and Fascism) is much more than just a mere insult and far too dangerous to be so. One of the terrible aspects of the political discourse that…

Ever since the Iraqi government assumed its responsibility in October last year, our administration has focused on extending the roots of Iraqi diplomacy across the region and beyond; practicing a policy of balance in foreign relations, and moving away from the policy of adversary. As stated in…

This year marks 5 years since the World Health Organization launched its new vision for the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean launched this 5-year regional vision in October 2018 as an ambitious call for action and…

This could lead to the dissolution of the European Union!" The " this" in Josipi Borel's jeremiad is the issue of immigration which the man in charge of the union's foreign policy identifies as an existential threat. Immigration is one of those wedge issues designed to split the electorate into…