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Infusion of arms

25 Apr 2024

The US House of Representatives passed long-delayed bipartisan legislation providing $87 billion in largely military aid to Israel and Ukraine despite

Trump: The first president to face criminal prosecution

21 Apr 2024

Donald Trump’s fraud trial opens today in an uncongenial, cold Manhattan court room. The trial was delayed from March 25th,

The West should have exerted maximum pressure on Israel

14 Apr 2024

Ignoring rising tensions spooking Israelis, the US, and regional players fearing Tehran’s retaliation for Israel’s bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus,

Heritage lost

11 Apr 2024

On April 9, 2003, the US army occupied Baghdad and ousted the government of Saddam Hussein. Washington’s 31-day war on Iraq

There should have been no attack on workers

08 Apr 2024

There should have been no attack on the workers. They were travelling in a deconflicted area which was under Israeli control. They had notified the Israeli command of their plan to deliver food aid to an Israeli-monitored warehouse.

Perilous crossings

04 Apr 2024

A second convoy of vessels carrying 400 tons of food aid to 300,000 starving Palestinians in war-ravaged northern Gaza set sail on Saturday

Yet another challenge for Binyamin Netanyahu

31 Mar 2024

While fighting a war on the Gaza and Lebanese fronts, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has faced down his latest domestic challenge. The issue is exemption from military service for ultra-orthodox religious students. The Supreme Court argues exemptions are discriminatory and ended

No end in sight

28 Mar 2024

Ramadan in Gaza is the Ramadan of the second Palestinian Nakba, the Catastrophe wrought by Israel’s 1948 war of establishment when between 10-12,000 Palestinians

Call for ‘Free Palestine’ and an end to the war

24 Mar 2024

There is a dangerous disconnect between the Israeli public and the rest of the world over the Gaza war. Most Israelis see and hear reports which cater to their views and sentiments rather than the ugly and cruel reality of their army’s offensive against Gaza and Gazans.

Compassionate ties

21 Mar 2024

Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar flew to Boston and Washington last week to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
which falls on March 17, his country’s national day,

Michael Jansen

The author, a well-respected observer of Middle East affairs, has three books on the Arab-Israeli conflict.