A deal that disarms Hamas may not disarm Gaza.

Lebanon has become a laboratory for a new age of warfare.

This is part of a series of occasional posts critically assessing Palestinian politics and 7 October

Based on the experience of 75 years of UN peacekeeping and 30 years of NATO stabilization operations, a few critical factors influence whether states, are willing to politically endorse, financially s...

As scrutiny of government withers, corruption thrives

The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.

Israeli military’s U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’ Israel’s military has accepted the death toll compiled by health authorities in Gaza is broadly accurate, marking a U-turn after years of official attacks on the data. A senior security official briefed Israeli journalists, saying about 70,000 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli attacks on the territory since October 2023, excluding those missing. Continue reading...

American officials have put forward the idea of expanding the Gaza 'Board of Peace' to include other countries affected by war and conflicts, including Ukraine and Venezuela, the Financial Times (FT) ...

1953-2025 | Bakri Gained Fame for His Roles in 'Beyond the Walls,' 'Fellow Travelers' and 'Cup Final.' In 2002, He Directed the Controversial Documentary 'Jenin, Jenin'

I've just returned from a whirlwind trip to Denmark and Norway, where I gave four book talks – a million thanks to the University of Copenhagen and DIIS, Aarhus University, NUPI and the University of ...

I've just returned from a whirlwind trip to Denmark and Norway, where I gave four book talks – a million thanks to the University of Copenhagen and DIIS, Aarhus University, NUPI and the University of ...

Åpen antisemittisme av den klassiske, raseideologiske typen som vokste frem mot slutten av 1800-årene – og som kulminerte under nasjonalsosialismen og Holocaust – ble ganske kort tid etter andre verde...

View Asad Haider's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Eyal Zamir said Israel would hold on to current positions, giving it control of more than half of the territory

Several groups - some of them backed by Israel - are ranged against Hamas in Gaza, with complex and overlapping ties.

Amira Hass is an Israeli journalist for the left-wing daily newspaper Haaretz, who has been based in Ramallah, in the West Bank, for twenty years. She (…)

Hamas could be open to a compromise that requires it to surrender “offensive” weapons only.

By Ahmed Jadallah and Andrew MillsDOHA (Reuters) -Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told Reuters, adding he could not commit to the g...

The US president said time was ticking — and he may yet give Israel the green light to continue the war — yet militants are back on the Strip’s streets