World News Insights: Opinion Articles

In the torrent of talk about "protecting Lebanon," many of us have reiterated that rebuilding our state and its army is what protects us. This claim hits the nail on the head, drawing the lessons that many bitter experiences have taught us. Indeed, it has become abundantly clear that the danger of…

Amid aggravating regional escalation and major developments in the Middle East that would develop into a multi-front war, the residents of Kurdistan headed to the polls on October 20 to elect a new parliament. Everyone knows that state institutions and the legislative and oversight authorities…

Our newspaper published a story yesterday titled: “US Urges Hezbollah and Iran to Make ‘Painful Decisions.’” This title captures the reality that Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas are facing difficult choices right now. The time for painful decisions is not driven by Washington's wishes but by…

The sun rises again over Gaza and Lebanon, but this time without the dominance of Hezbollah and Hamas, whether we see them as resistance movements or extensions of Iranian influence. A new and a different scene is about to unfold, demanding a Palestinian, Lebanese, Arab, and international effort to…

Hezbollah deceitfully sensationalizes the ambitions of its opponents, claiming that they are striving for an "Israeli Lebanon." This term is often invoked to frighten the people of Lebanon and force them into a lethal binary choice between Israel and the resistance state. Sheikh Naim Qassem, the…

According to Tim Sheehy, the Republican nominee for the US Senate in Montana, “Young people, listen up, they’ve been indoctrinated for too long. We don’t even try to talk to them anymore,” Sheehy said at an event last year. This idea that young voters have been indoctrinated — or even brainwashed —…

If Donald Trump wins, the people who voted for him would have a range of reasons for putting him in office. There are a lot of potential Trump voters who don’t like him that much or who really like only parts of his personality or platform and tolerate the rest. There are probably also those who…

Contrary to the claims of those who are fond of generalizing, it is not true that "Arabs do not acknowledge defeat when they are defeated." In 1948, and especially in 1967, there was a broad spectrum of opinions on everything linked to the defeat: there was disagreement about its scale and nature,…

It has been a month since Israel launched its war against Lebanon and Hezbollah in response to the latter's "support and harassment" in backing Hamas in Gaza since October 8, 2023. Following the lethal blows dealt to the party, most notably the assassination of its Secretary-General Hassan…

“This is the most dangerous of regional wars. Its outcomes will shape roles, locations, maps and capitals. Benjamin Netanyahu took advantage of Yahya Sinwar’s ‘flood’ to launch a complete coup against the Iranian revolt that took place decades ago. Netanyahu enjoys American support and western…

The heyday of the new atheism in Western life, when anti-God tracts by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens bestrode best-seller lists, did not arrive because brilliant new arguments for God’s nonexistence were suddenly discovered. Rather, it arrived because specific events and deeper forces…

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the 27 member states of the European Union held their first-ever summit in the Belgian capital, Brussels, which is a genuine historic opportunity to develop a closer partnership between the two sides. The summit is exceptionally significant for two…