World News Insights: Opinion Articles

US President Joe Biden announced a three-stage peace plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, and said it was an Israeli plan. However, there is something unclear about the proposal, its timing, and the method of presenting it. President Biden said that the plan is Israeli, and Netanyahu’s office says…

Since the barbaric war on the people of Gaza has dragged on, some have been crying out: "Open the borders and fight." This demand is directed at the Palestinians’ Arab neighbors, especially Egypt and Jordan. As for the other states, particularly oil-producing states, they are asked to stop…

In a 1941 radio interview, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called Hitler's crimes “crimes without a name.” These crimes remained unnamed until 1946 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Resolution on genocide. "The Crime of Genocide" defined it as denying an entire group of…

For all the ways that our political coalitions have changed over the last few generations — Southern Democrats joining the G.O.P., Northeastern Republicans turning Democrat, “Reagan Democrats” moving right, suburban Republicans voting for Joe Biden — there are patterns that persist across the…

While conspiracy theorists offer endless versions of the theory that Islamic President Ibrahim Raisi’s sudden death in a helicopter crash was planned by Tehran’s “deep state” a more realistic approach might show that it has, in fact, created a problem that may not be so easy to solve. From …

The second centenary since the establishment of Greater Lebanon began while the country is facing the challenge of disintegration and extinction. Before the October 2023 war, it was pushed into a dangerous tunnel, as a result of control imposed under the pressure of factional weapons and …

Arab-Chinese ties are deeply rooted in history. The Arabs have always recognized China as a nation with a rich and ancient civilization. For their part, the ancient Chinese were familiar with Arab civilization, with the historic Silk Road playing an important role in this regard. The Silk Road was…

When a child grows up and is sent to school, he becomes in need of a good teacher, not the good nurse who had assisted in his birth. That is the analogy Arthur Schopenhauer drew to argue that Europe had outgrown Christianity and the need for it. The problem with the Iranian regime, and similar…

I honestly don’t remember how many times I had written here warning about plots against Egypt - whether before or after the falsely named “Arab Spring” - because no matter how big or small the development, campaigns are always in place to undermine the country and its stability. Today, after the…

The condolences that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates extended to Iran following the death of its president, Ebrahim Raisi have not gone unnoticed. The attendance of both countries’ foreign ministers at the funeral, following the helicopter crash that killed Raisi, reflects…

In light of the current impasse in Lebanon, there has been a lot of talk about dialogue. However, there are differences around the nature of this dialogue: Is it a dialogue or consultation? Between groups or a duo? The country will be back in the labyrinth of futile debates. Meanwhile, the…

Benjamin Netanyahu anxiously reads the reports about the International Criminal Count, the International Court of Justice and Spain, Ireland and Norway’s recognition of a Palestinian state. A total of 147 countries now recognize the State of Palestine. He tells himself: The flood of the state is…