Middle East
Israel’s Powerless Protesters
In a move that commentators decried as cynical and dangerous, Netanyahu fired his defense minister on the night of the U.S. elections, thereby pushing yet another investigation into illegal behavior down the Israeli news cycle while the White House was too busy to react.
Language as a Lifeline
Writers in Gaza today, threatened by relentless bombardment and displacement and forced to focus their attention on the small details of survival, have been leaning on language to document, communicate and seek refuge from the brutal war that has now entered its second year.
The Mainstream Israeli Media’s Coverage of Sinwar’s Death
Israeli's veteran journalists long associated with the center-left used overtly racist, triumphalist language to describe the killing of the Hamas leader.
An Ode to the Islamic University of Gaza
After Israel targeted my place of higher learning, I went into a state of denial. I refused to accept that my university was gone and that I could never add to the collection of memories I had created there. I began to believe that Israel was at war not just with Hamas or the Palestinian people, but with our most intimate recollections — and especially our collective memory.
Searching for Hope in the Wake of October 7
Six months after Oct. 7, Israelis were still living the events of that day. Most were open about their own grief and trauma precluding any compassion for the people of Gaza. Attitudes have only hardened since then. Is there any reason to hope for a better future?
End of an Era: Israel and the Arab World Before and After Hassan Nasrallah — with Kareem Shaheen and Yair Wallach
New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai discusses the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and the outsize role the Hezbollah leader had in the Arab world and Israel with the magazine’s Middle East Editor Kareem Shaheen and Yair Wallach, a reader in Israeli studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.
Seeing Israel Clearly Through Arab Eyes
In its decades-long clash with Israel, the Arab world has not yet fully understood its characteristics as a state or Zionism as an ideology. Separating the issues of settler colonialism, Jewish faith and Israel as a “sacrificial” project can offer a clearer picture of the challenge Arabs continue to face.