Middle East

By John Strawson, University of East London (The Conversation) – Now a ceasefire has come into effect in Gaza, Israel’s long-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces the dilemma of how to campaign ahead of the next national elections. These elections must be held, at the latest, in one year’s time. In a meeting at the […]

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Whitewashing Gas Exploration in Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Amid its lethal bombarding campaign, Israel awarded licenses for gas exploration in offshore Gaza, which is not under its sovereignty. Hence, the ceasefire smokescreen to disguise the struggle for the gas reserves. New York (Special to Informed Comment) – In December 2022, Israeli Ministry of Energy launched the Fourth Offshore Bid Round offering new exploration […]

Israel/ Palestine

With 83% of its Buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than Money to rebuild

The Conversation

By John Tookey, Auckland University of Technology (The Conversation) – The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and 11km wide. Some 2.3 million souls are crammed into a space of around 360 square kilometres. This is barely larger than central Sydney. People and empires have lived in, built […]

Israel/ Palestine

Stateless: Memory, Identity, and the Palestinian Experience

Global Voices

Statelessness is the political weapon of a colonial project that fragments and displaces a nation Written byGuest Contributor ( Globalvoices.org ) – Ask a Palestinian if they are “stateless,” and the answer is never straightforward. The international system loves its labels. “Stateless.” “Refugee.” “Displaced.” “Resident.” “Citizen.” Each one neatly defined in treaties, UN Reports, and […]

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The Israeli Scramble for Palestine’s Energy Reserves (Pt. 1)

Dan Steinbock

For 25 years, Israel’s Gaza policies have been motivated not just by security concerns, but by efforts to exploit the Palestinians’ energy reserves. With the smokescreen of the ceasefire, these behind-the-façade attempts are now rapidly escalating. New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As the Second Intifada was about to begin in September 2000, […]

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“You Cannot fight the World:” The Hidden Meaning behind Trump’s Warning to Israel

Ramzy Baroud

( Middle East Monitor ) – A single, candid statement by US President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on 9 October may illuminate the true calculus behind Israel’s decision for a ceasefire in Gaza, following a relentless, two-year genocidal campaign that has tragically killed and wounded nearly a quarter of a million Palestinians. […]

Israel/ Palestine

The Gaza ceasefire Deal could be a ‘Strangle Contract’, with Israel holding all the Cards

The Conversation

By Marika Sosnowski, The University of Melbourne (The Conversation) – There are jubilant scenes in both Gaza and Israel after both sides in the war have agreed to another ceasefire. If all goes well, this will be only the third ceasefire to be implemented by Israel and Hamas, despite there being numerous other agreements to […]

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Terror from the Skies in the Middle East: Israel and the Ghost of Bomber Harris

Juan Cole

Here is my essay for this week’s Tomdispatch.com . Check out the great Tom Engelhardt’s introduction at that site, where he reminds us of the eerie similarity of today’s Washington strategy toward the Middle East, of intensive bombardment, to that of Nixon-Kissinger in Southeast Asia. For people of my generation, it raises the sad question […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire

The Conversation

By Colleen Murrell, Dublin City University (The Conversation) – The world’s media are currently busy recording the tales of released Israeli hostages, freed Palestinian prisoners and their families after a ceasefire came into effect for the war in Gaza. But they are doing so while still being held at a distance from the centre of […]