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Once again, Itamar Ben-Gvir staged his extremism at the Al-Aqsa compound, surrounded by a crowd of his fascist supporters, repeating his claim of Israel’s “exclusive ownership” over the site. At the very same moment, while some sought to convince the Lebanese public that their leadership was…

Nations usually commemorate moments of triumph and honor. That is why every country celebrates its Independence Day or National Day. Russians commemorate the heroism of Leningrad and Stalingrad and victory over Nazi Germany. Italians celebrate unification. Americans celebrate independence from…

Is Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking a way out of the Ukraine war through European mediation? During Russia’s Victory Day celebrations, he announced that former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder was his preferred channel to Ukraine. Schroder and Putin share close ties that did not end…

A year before the end of his second and final term at the Elysee, French President Emmanuel Macron went on an African tour that took him from Alexandria to Addis Ababa, by way of Nairobi, where the "Africa Forward" summit convened. This time, however, strategic perspectives broke with those that…

When the "Bermuda Triangle" first entered the popular imagination, it was presented as an obscure area that mysteriously swallowed ships and aircraft. Over time, it became clear that those stories had been propped up by the media and popular fantasies, lacking any scientific evidence. Today,…

Palestine is a word that resonates deeply in the conscience of every Arab and Muslim. It is a shared cause whose burdens and suffering displaced people we have carried for decades amid unprecedented global dithering and neglect regarding an issue of human right before being a political and…

The elites of the Iranian regime have succeeded in absorbing the first blow, averting a vacuum in decision-making. Their rapid absorption of the shock has enabled them to maintain control and brought hardliners who had long operated in the shadows, its most radical military and political figures,…

“Finish the job!” This is the advice given by those who want US bombing of Iran to be resumed until it achieves its goal. It comes from Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu, Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz, prominent American commentators Mark Levin and Victor Davis Hanson, and…

It is natural that military and political analysis should dominate the current moment and occupy center stage in public discourse. Yet intellectual and ideological analysis of the crisis is equally necessary and deserves to stand alongside political analysis itself. This is precisely where many of…

The return of the displaced and refugees driven from their homes by the war remains central to discussions among Sudanese people, as one of the issues most closely tied to the war’s outcome and the prospects for national recovery. What inspires optimism is the noticeable acceleration in returns,…

Palestinians never obtained a political system with full sovereignty, authority, and capacity after the Arab League summit in Rabat that recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. Instead, they had the so-called “regime of…

There has been a surge in arrests of criminals from the former regime, particularly pillars of its military forces and figures within its security apparatus. These arrests have been made on the basis of their involvement in vicious crimes: arbitrary arrests, torture, killings, forced disappearances…