AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Grave ramifications of Trump’s Syria pullout

25 Nov 2019

Last week the Pentagon issued a damning report on Donald Trump’s withdrawal of troops from northern Syria. The report, based on intelligence provided by the Defence Department’s investigation arm, said...

An eye for an eye

21 Nov 2019

A week ago, ousted US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified before the House of Representatives committee investigating charges which could lead to impeachment of the current occupant of...

For Lebanese, the status quo has become unbearable

17 Nov 2019

Lebanon’s revolution has lasted two weeks longer than Egypt’s 18-day 2011 uprising. The reason for this state of political affairs was that the Lebanese army is not in a position...

Candidate business

14 Nov 2019

US businessman Michael Bloomberg’s potential entry into the Democratic Party’s race for the presidential nomination has created controversy and upset campaign managers of leading contenders. So far he has...

US, Israel’s nefarious moves to shut down UNRWA

10 Nov 2019

The UN agency caring for Palestinian refugees is facing its greatest challenge in its precarious 70 years of existence. Last week the Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works...

Bane of the Brexiteers

07 Nov 2019

Gina Miller is a businesswoman who has won two Brexit-related legal cases against Britain’s government, altering strategies devised by the Conservative Party to achieve the country’s withdrawal from the...

External powers scramble to retain sway in Syria

03 Nov 2019

As a first step in Syria’s renewed peace process, talks on a constitution began last week in Geneva although fighting rages across the north of the country and external powers...

Roses and Rights

31 Oct 2019

Women have been in the vanguard of Lebanon’s protests and have formed human barricades against violent opponents of anti-government demonstrations, fearing clashes and the transformation of peaceful rallies into riots....

Hollow promises underpin protests in Iraq, Lebanon

27 Oct 2019

Mass demonstrations continue in Lebanon and Iraq with protesters demanding the fall of their governments, removal of and accountability for corrupt politicians, and an end to the secular systems of...

Artefacts show Palestine’s rich culture and history

25 Oct 2019

Shortly before the 2008-09 devastating Israeli war on Gaza, I visited a small private museum, then the only museum in Gaza. “Al-Madhaf” had been established by Jawdat Khoudary, a contractor,...

Michael Jansen

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