Gaza
Israeli Drones on the Med
Countries across the Mediterranean rely on Israeli-made drones to police their maritime borders. Those same drones are often battle-tested on the Palestinians in Gaza.
Lost in a Land That Was Once Ours
In a shared taxi ride across Gaza’s desolate landscape, Lujayn, a young Palestinian writer, witnesses eight decades of Palestinian loss and displacement recounted in a common experience of pain and dispossession.
The War of Narratives in Jordan
On April 15, Jordanian authorities announced the arrest of 16 individuals linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, accused of preparing rocket and drone attacks from within the country. The state’s narrative was assertive and unmistakable: This was not an external operation misdirected inward, nor an ideological protest gone too far. It…
Gaza and the Fall of Western Idealism
Acclaimed writer and journalist Omar El Akkad joins Faisal Al Yafai for a frank, difficult and moving discussion about the personal impact and wider implications of the war in Gaza.
Israeli Politicians Normalize Population Transfer
At a Feb. 4 White House press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump proposed the relocation of Gaza’s Palestinian population. He thus transformed population transfer from a near-taboo subject in Israel to a viable policy option, with dangerous implications for Palestinians, Israel and regional stability.
By Rejecting Evidence of Genocide in Gaza, the US Is Following a Familiar Pattern
The administrations of both Joe Biden and now Donald Trump have vociferously denounced a growing international legal consensus that Israel has been violating the Genocide Convention. This follows a decades-long pattern of the U.S. government denying, downplaying and rationalizing genocide and related crimes against humanity by American allies.
Jordan May Be Ready To Challenge Trump
Today’s meeting between King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Donald Trump is being closely watched across the Middle East. Often seen as a pragmatic and cautious mediator, Jordan’s king is emerging as central in a new grouping of Arab states aligned against U.S. and Israeli regional policies.