AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Filming reality

19 Sep 2024

A documentary film, “The Bibi Files,” was previewed at this month’s Toronto International Film Festival to lend urgency to popular Israeli demands for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu to...

The West cannot fathom what Ukraine means to Russia

15 Sep 2024

US President Joe Biden is under pressure from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to agree on Ukraine’s use of long-range Anglo-European Storm Shadow missiles on military targets deep inside...

Deadly risks

12 Sep 2024

Human rights activist Aysenur Eygi was the 18th person to be killed by Israeli troops since 2020 during a Palestinian protest against Israeli settlements in the occupied northern West Bank...

Lebanese banker Salameh to face criminal charges

08 Sep 2024

Lebanon’s former Central Bank governor Riad Salameh has been arrested, imprisoned, and is due to l appear in court today to contest a charge of embezzling $40 million from...

Inevitable protests

05 Sep 2024

US universities and colleges, students, police and law enforcement are bracing for the resumption of anti-Gaza war protests as the academic year begins. Protests are inevitable in the run-up to...

Jenin, a turbulent history and a violent present

01 Sep 2024

"Jenin," the name of the northern West Bank city has a lovely ring like a bell. Jenin is an ancient city with a turbulent history dating to the 14th...

Surprising twist

29 Aug 2024

By adding his influential name to the Trump presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has expanded the crackpot dimension of the race for the White House. As popular...

Gaza, peace talks have been repeatedly sabotaged

25 Aug 2024

The outcome of yesterday’s escalation between Hizbollah and Israel has, as usual, been obscured by the fog of war. Israeli claims to have struck 100 Hizbollah rocket launchers ahead...

High stakes campaign

22 Aug 2024

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris should limit appearances alongside unpopular incumbent Joe Biden during her jolly, high stakes campaign to succeed him. Last Wednesday, he hovered beside her on the...

Gaza: Words are fine, but deeds decide peace

18 Aug 2024

Israel's war on Gaza and constant attacks in this region loom large on the agenda of the Democratic National Convention convening today in Chicago to confirm Kamala Harris and...

Michael Jansen

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