World News Insights: Opinion Articles

In a pre-recorded televised speech following the "pager attack" that targeted his party on Tuesday and Wednesday, Hassan Nasrallah said: "We are rational" in a broken tone. He acknowledged Israel's technological superiority, justifying this disparity by pointing to the fact that the United States,…

Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its long-standing position on the Palestinian issue, which has remained unchanged for decades. Speaking at the opening of the Shura Council’s ninth session, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the Palestinian issue remains a top priority for the Kingdom. He…

When the late Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser was asked why he was defeated in the 1967 war, he said it was due to “Israel’s air superiority over us.” That is why it fought us (Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) simultaneously. When a journalist responded, “But Egypt also has a large fleet of fighter…

The two consecutive operations carried out by Tel Aviv, involving the detonation of electronic devices used by Hezbollah members - military, security, and civilian personnel - can be described as acts of mass extermination. This is due to the high number of casualties, nearing 4,000 injured and…

A couple of weeks ago I had a visit from a schoolmate I had not seen since the “good old days” of pre-Khomeini Iran. Under the Shah he spent eight months in prison because he was supposed to be on the left. Under the mullahs he spent five years in jail on a charge of pro-monarchy activities. In…

US Presidential Envoy Amos Hochstein had not arrived in Tel Aviv to hold talks to dissuade Israel from expanding the war in the north when its Northern Command announced that it was recommending that “the Israeli army be allowed to create a buffer security zone in southern Lebanon." General Ori…

Last Saturday, the British daily "The Guardian" published a piece about "Israel's prime target." The question its Jerusalem correspondent Julian Borger poses is one that has been asked by many in a variety of countries: would killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar end the war in the Gaza Strip? Such a…

The question of reviving the "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" (JCPOA) or the P6+1 Agreement (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, as well as the European Union) and Iran, has returned to the fore. Concluded on July 14, 2015, after years of negotiations, the…

The world could not function without crude oil and its associated products. For consumers, it delivers gasoline, diesel and a host of other transportation fuels, and enables the development of plastics, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and much more. For producers, the revenues derived from this…

Why is it that we disagree on when autumn begins when compared to the other three seasons? Is it because autumn has unique characteristics that are not found in other seasons? Or is it because, despite also being the season of plowing and sowing, autumn has unfairly been singled out as a metaphor…

The presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and current Vice President Kamala Harris has overwhelmed everything that has happened in the race to the White House over the past week. The debate in Philadelphia, "the cradle of liberty," had been highly anticipated. The Democratic…

When trust collapses, what can hold a nation together? A shared history? A common language? The unavoidable interconnections that come from living in close proximity? Or nothing at all? This question weighs heavily on American life. It hangs over the biggest issues of the day: our fractured…