Middle Orient

Thousands of demonstrators shouted anti-Israeli slogans, held signs saying “Death to Israel, death to America” and waved Palestinian flags. Chanting crowds gathered in several Iraqi cities on Saturday, some burning Israeli and American flags, in protest against the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Thousands of demonstrators shouted anti-Israeli slogans, …

Palestinian sources expressed concern that Brig.-Gen. Esmail Qaani’s promise to continue supporting Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad could undermine efforts to reach a new ceasefire with Israel. As the US, Russia, and other parties pursued efforts over the weekend to end the fighting between Israel and Hamas, Iran has praised …

Publicly, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hamas that “it’s not over yet”. Senior defense officials are pushing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz to start working toward a ceasefire that would bring an end to the ongoing IDF operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. This …

White House calls on Israel, urging that the “safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility.” Israel came under heavy criticism on Saturday for striking a 12-story tower in Gaza housing the offices of foreign media affiliates such as the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and other …

While the overwhelming concern just now should of course be for steps which can check violence immediately, troubling questions remain as to what exactly have the efforts of over seven decades achieved for bringing justice to the people of Palestine and peace to the wider troubled region. While the woes …

Israel pounded the Gaza Strip for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, with the health ministry in the territory reporting more than 100 killed in the most severe military offensive there since 2014. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza continued to retaliate by firing projectiles towards Israel. Seven people, including a …

There is one sure-fire way of guaranteeing that Hamas will continue to employ terrorism against Israel…. That sure-fire way is to reward the terrorists who employ this tactic and to punish their intended victims who try to fight back. The real root cause of terrorism is that it is successful …

La polémique autour de la grande mosquée de Strasbourg a révélé l’ampleur de l’influence grandissante de l’islam turc sur le sol français. Cette communauté minoritaire s’est imposée dans les instances musulmanes et près de 50% des imams détachés en France sont issus de ses rangs. Le président Erdogan est à …

Hamas’s long-planned attack is an effort to position itself as the defenders of Jerusalem. Israel must shatter the terror group’s assumptions Well before the Sheikh Jarrah dispute erupted, Hamas was prepared to launch rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, including toward Jerusalem. Its goal was to tie the Gaza Strip …

It’s about Hamas seeing a chance to seize the narrative and increase its own influence and control over Palestinians in Jerusalem As I write this, rockets are raining down on Israel from Gaza, and protests are being instigated in cities throughout the country. People have already died as a result …