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Gaza's unending agony Middle East 

A Year of devastation: Gaza’s unending agony

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By Twink Jones Gadama Today marks a somber anniversary: one year since the outbreak of hostilities in Gaza, which has left an indelible scar on the territory and its people. The numbers are staggering – nearly 42,000 lives lost, over 96,000 wounded, and countless more displaced, traumatized, or struggling to survive. The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza is a stark… Read More
Ismail Haniyeh, Middle East World 

The Life and Times of Ismail Haniyeh: A Hamas Leader’s Journey Cut Short

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BY TWINK JONES GADAMA Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, was killed in Tehran, Iran, on July 31, 2024, in an airstrike at his residence, which Hamas blames on Israel. Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and met with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei before his death. In this article, we will… Read More
Shia Insurrection In Saudi Arabia Middle East Opinions 

Shia Insurrection In Saudi Arabia; The Battle For Awamiya

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By Thomas C. Mountain Since May, 2017 an ongoing insurgency has been raging in the Shia heartland town of Awamiya in eastern Saudi Arabia and its only thanks to the BBC being allowed to enter the area and film the destruction that the world can see how the House of Saud’s war against the Shia population of Yemeni has now expanded… Read More
Benjamin Netanyahu (file photo) Middle East 

An open letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu: The Unfinished Six Day War

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Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu, Since you celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the victory of the Six Day War, did you ponder what this triumph has done to the Palestinian people, and to the moral character of the state of Israel? I am not sure how harshly history will judge you, but one thing is certain — I, like millions of… Read More
Trump and Wife Melanie Middle East 

Trump’s ‘Historic’ Visit To The Middle East: Much Ado About Nothing

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Sadly, President Trump’s visit to the Middle East only confirmed my skepticism about what might come out of it. Trump went to the region with nothing to offer to mitigate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and received no commitment from either Israeli or Palestinian leaders to resume the peace negotiations in earnest, but he received lots of platitudes and empty good-will gestures.… Read More
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Two-Day Youth Summit of Islamic Development Bank Annual Meeting Begins

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KSA, Jeddah – 15 May 2017: Delegates at the first Youth Summit of the Islamic Development Bank Group Annual Meeting drew attention to the key role of youth in overcoming development issues in areas ranging from education, employment, entrepreneurship, networking to financial inclusion. The two-day Youth Summit, which began today, has brought together youth leaders, influential thinkers, policy makers, entrepreneurs… Read More
Middle East OP-ED 

The disunity of Israel’s opposition parties is serving the occupation

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Israel will, on June 5th, reach the grim milestone of fifty years of occupation of the West Bank. Many Israelis have become complacent, and succumbed to the government’s argument that the continuing occupation is necessary to safeguard Israel’s national security. Others are lamenting the day, as they view the occupation not only as a gross violation of Palestinian human rights,… Read More
Erdogan Middle East 

A Sad Day For Turkey

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The razor-thin victory (51.3% to 48.7%) of Turkey’s President Erdogan in the referendum held on April 16 in fact denies Erdogan the mandate to govern with the sweeping powers the new constitution grants the President, especially when the results of the referendum are seriously contested. Even if there was no outright fraud or irregularities in the votes (which by all… Read More
Donald Trump Middle East 

USA moves toward major intervention in Yemen

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The USA, according to Defense Secretary “Mad Dog” Mattis, he who ordered the use of chemical weapons in Fallujah, Iraq, is about to take a major step towards direct intervention in support of Saudi Arabia’s war on the Yemeni people. According to Jeffrey St. Clair, editor of CounterPunch, this war has already seen 90,000 Saudi airstrikes on Yemen, or one… Read More
Erdogan Middle East OP-ED 

The Looming End To The Western-Turkish Alliance

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The growing tension between Turkey and its Western allies, which was further heightened during the Obama administration, is narrowing the space for cooperation between the two sides and in fact is progressively worsening. Erdogan’s hope that he and President Trump would improve their ties as members of NATO has dramatically diminished. Washington and the EU still deeply disagree with Ankara… Read More