Israel and the myth that Christians are flourishing in Palestine
In an effort to ramp up its hasbara, or propaganda, Israel is trying to appeal to US Christians. Early this month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on a podcast run by a conservative Christian...
Shanghai grouping commits to a multipolar world order
The optics of last week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit at Tianjin in China captured as much world attention as the rhetoric. The most striking picture was that of the Russian, Chinese and...
Algeria has become the primary enforcer of Europe’s southern frontier
The migration dynamics between Algeria and Spain are a brutal convergence of geopolitical bargaining, externalized border controls, and human desperation. Once a champion of pan-African solidarity, Algeria has undergone a radical transformation...
The Gulf’s competitive edge in building firm clean power
The global conversation about the energy transition still tends to treat the Gulf as a latecomer trying to catch up with Denmark’s discipline, Germany’s social mobilization, or China’s industrial scale.
Europe’s must-haves: Strong defense with a strong economy
Has war become the best outcome to absolve Europe of its economic mistakes? Europe is today facing an economic reckoning. As I watched last month’s meeting at the White House between US...
Have mass deportations become a vote-winning ticket in the UK?
What to make of a British political leader who pledges to deport 600,000 immigrants in his first term? That is 120,000 people a year. This would even include doing a deal with...
Can Gaza forge Saudi-Iranian unity?
The emergency session of Organization of Islamic Cooperation foreign ministers held in Jeddah last Monday transcended routine diplomatic proceedings. Convened during one of the Gaza war’s most brutal chapters, the gathering highlighted...
Drawing on the moral power of the UNGA this September
The UN General Assembly assembles all members of the organization in an open forum with equal voting power. It was the UNGA that adopted the initial UN Partition Plan for Palestine in...
Why Israel targets journalists in Gaza
When wars erupt, journalists are often the first casualties — not always in terms of physical harm, but in the silencing of their ability to bear witness. In Gaza, however, the war...
Ending Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon also an internal matter
We all know that, to start a war, you need an enemy, while ending a war needs the two enemies to reach an agreement to stop fighting. The difficulty then is in...