Dagestan – the “land of the mountains” – is a multi-ethnic Russian republic situated in the north Caucasus of eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. A place of stunning landscapes, it is a deeply troubled region. On October 29, a crowd at Makhachkala airport in Dagestan’s capital city reportedly went …
Read More »Attempted airport pogrom highlights rising antisemitism in Putin’s Russia
An antisemitic mob stormed Makhachkala Airport in southern Russia’s Republic of Dagestan on October 29 intending to hunt down Jewish passengers on an incoming flight from Tel Aviv. This attempted pogrom was eventually thwarted by local law enforcement officials, but the scenes of murderous intent sent shock waves around the …
Read More »The Sinai Relocation Plan: Israel’s Unrealistic And Dangerous Idea For Gaza – OpEd
The Gaza Strip, home to 2 million Palestinians is one of the most densely populated and impoverished places on earth. It has been under a brutal Israeli blockade since 2007 when Hamas, the Islamist movement that opposes Israel took over the coastal enclave. The blockade has severely restricted the movement …
Read More »Israel In Gaza: No Good Options – Analysis
Israel’s options are central to discussions about the day after the guns fall silent in Gaza. Absent from the debate is what Palestinians want. Also absent is any discussion of funding for Gaza’s reconstruction, although the assumption is that oil-rich Gulf states will step up to the plate. The significance …
Read More »‘Jerusalem Flood’ And Erdogan’s Caliphate Project: The Islamist Reconquista As A Doomsday For Palestinians – Analysis
The world has been pushed into conflicts with endless global implications, and Erdogan’s Turkey has been exploiting every possible regional and international conflict in a campaign to establish an empire that is no less devastating than the Third Reich. Unlike Hitler, however, Erdogan pragmatically combines both nationalist and religious means …
Read More »Iraqis warn of western plan to move Gazans to Anbar desert
While the idea of relocating Palestinians to Iraq’s Anbar region may appear improbable, western-backed conflicts have already displaced millions in the region – many of which appear to be demographically-engineered. The settlement of Palestinians in the Anbar desert, western Iraq, has become a topic of renewed discussion among Iraqis, thanks …
Read More »Between Iraq and a hard place: Sudani’s US dilemma over Gaza
As Israel crosses ‘red lines’ set by the Resistance, a neutral Baghdad is caught between Washington’s endorsement of the Gaza genocide and Iraqi resistance factions gunning for an American regional defeat. The Yamamah Palace, the epicenter of Saudi Arabia’s royal authority in Riyadh, is known for its deliberate and measured …
Read More »Palestinian Islamic Jihad: ‘Al-Aqsa Flood was a preemptive strike against the enemy’
In an exclusive interview, a top PIJ official revealed that the 7 October Al-Aqsa Flood operation was a preemptive strike against a US-Israeli plan to destroy the Palestinian resistance. Now, he says, we will not stop until we ‘break the American-Zionist project in this region.’ In an exclusive interview with …
Read More »Sinai as an alternative to Gaza: Who is funding this? Who is passing the deal?
Egyptian Sinai has returned to the forefront of the conflict between the Palestinian Resistance and the Israeli occupation, with the circulation of plans that include the displacement of the residents of the Gaza Strip there, in exchange for a huge financial deal with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s regime. Despite …
Read More »Proche-Orient : le retour de la « cause palestinienne »
Les manifestations organisées dans de nombreux pays arabes et musulmans en soutien à la population de la bande de Gaza, depuis que la minuscule enclave palestinienne est pilonnée jour et nuit par Israël en riposte aux attaques du Hamas le 7 octobre 2023, ont replacé au cœur des discussions la …
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