AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Behind the times

24 Oct 2024

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump have intensified campaigning in seven states ahead of the election on Nov.5. These are known as the “battleground” or...

Strikes on Gaza have gone up despite Sinwar’s death

20 Oct 2024

The US, UK, German and French leaders have said last week's death of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar could be "an opportunity" to end the Gaza war since they had...

Warning win

17 Oct 2024

Japanese grassroots Nihon Hidankyo movement founded by survivors of the US atomic bomb attacks has won the Nobel Peace Prize. This has been touted as a warning not to use...

Attack on Iran’s N-sites would cross ‘regional red line’

13 Oct 2024

While the region awaits with trepidation over Tel Aviv's retaliation for Iran's October 1st mass ballistic missile launch at Israeli military bases, US officials believe Iran's military and energy...

To endorse or not

10 Oct 2024

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is facing revolt by brave souls within his own party. After endorsing Democrat party challenger Vice President Kamala Harris, the most prominent Republican stalwart Liz...

No care for Palestinian suffering, deaths

06 Oct 2024

Israel missed its opportunity to avoid the carnage of the Hamas attack a year ago and end its forever wars during the 1980s and early 1990s. If Israel had...

The desperate reality

03 Oct 2024

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda and Al-Jazeera’s AJ+ Channels have been awarded an Emmy in the Outstanding Hard News Feature Story for their documentary entitled, “It’s Bisan from Gaza – and...

Israel cannot afford to transform Lebanon into another Gaza

29 Sep 2024

Teams of Israeli military strategists, tacticians and intelligence operatives have long planned their campaign against Lebanon’s Hizbollah. Its opening of a second front in Israel’s deadly and devastating Gaza...

A Biden Burden

26 Sep 2024

Joe Biden’s approval rating stands at 39.5 per cent while 55.3 per cent disapprove of his cumulative actions and policies while in the White House. All six presidents who preceded...

Israel's existential battle is with the Palestinians

22 Sep 2024

Israel's campaign against Hizbollah escalated a week ago with the detonation of thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies which killed around 40 people and wounded 3,000 and peaked with Israeli...

Michael Jansen

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