Nazir Magally

Nazir Magally
Arab World An Israeli military patrol near the border between the occupied Golan Heights and Syria on May 4, 2025. (Reuters)

Israel Insists on Holding Syrian Mount Hermon Peaks, Damascus Rejects their Occupation

Israeli political sources revealed that Israel has told Syria, during their ongoing talks, that it intends to maintain control over the Syrian peaks of Mount…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)
Arab World Five Takeaways on Netanyahu’s Moves after Qatar Strike

Five Takeaways on Netanyahu’s Moves after Qatar Strike

Many details of Israel’s attempt to assassinate Hamas leaders in Qatar will become clearer once the full results emerge. But even as Israeli officials…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)
Arab World A delegation of Sweida Druze elders visits Daraya near Damascus in May. (Suwayda 24)

Majority of Sweida Druze Elders Oppose Secession from Syria

Israel’s top Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif has called for a political settlement to safeguard Druze communities in southern Syria after deadly…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)
Arab World Lebanese people inspect a site targeted by an Israeli airstrike in the town of Ansarya in southern Lebanon last Thursday (dpa) 

Israel Tells Lebanon It Will Pursue Military Pressures

Israeli politicians on Sunday has branded the Lebanese government's plan allowing the army to begin centralizing weapons under its control as “vague,…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)
World  billboard in Tehran shows the word “Hitanyahu” in Farsi and the Hebrew phrase “Today’s German Nazi,” hanging above the Iranian-Palestinian coordination center (AFP)

Israel, Iran Raise Military Alert Levels

Days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel’s military was prepared to counter any Iranian attempt to rebuild its missile and nuclear…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv) Asharq Al Awsat (Tehran)
Arab World Smoke rises near the headquarters of the Syrian Ministry of Defense following an Israeli strike on Wednesday. (AFP) 

Israeli Intervention in Syria… What are the Goals and the Message?

In a dramatic escalation along the Israeli-Syrian frontier, hundreds of Druze from Israel and the occupied Golan Heights attempted to cross the border into…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)
Arab World Israeli security forces stand guard as Israeli settlers tour in the Palestinian side of the old city and market of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on July 5, 2025. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)

‘No One Dares’ … First Palestinian Response to Israeli Plan to Separate Hebron from PA

A report published by The Wall Street Journal, and promoted by Israeli media on Sunday, has renewed focus on an Israeli plan dating back more than 60 years…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv) Kifah Zboun (Ramallah)
World Arab Knesset member Ayman Odeh speaks at the “People’s Peace Summit” event in Jerusalem on May 9. (AFP)

Knesset Committee Moves to Oust Arab Lawmaker Ayman Odeh

Hundreds of Jewish and Arab citizens protested outside the Israeli Knesset on Monday as the parliamentary committee responsible for internal affairs voted to…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)