Middle Orient

We are approaching nine months since the horrific events on October 7th launched the current phase of conflict between Israel and Hamas. Despite efforts by the UN Security Council and the filings by South Africa at the International Criminal Court to either bring the fighting to an end or to …

Analysis: A clear Labour majority in the UK election is unlikely to change Keir Starmer’s pro-Israel posturing or strategic ambivalence towards Palestine. Ahead of the UK’s general election, scheduled for July 4, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is expected to win a majority victory. If successful, an immediate foreign policy challenge …

Hezbollah has responded to recent Israeli threats by saying it will wage war without ‘limits’ if it continues to escalate military assaults on Lebanon. Hezbollah on Saturday threatened to wage war with “no limit, rules and restraint” in response to any escalation of military activity by Israel on the Lebanese …

Hamas’s assault of October 7 can be likened to an earthquake that strikes an old building. The cracks were already beginning to show, but they are now visible in its very foundations. More than 120 years since its inception, could the Zionist project in Palestine – the idea of imposing …

Israel is relentless in its bombings. Today is the turn of Al Shati Camp in the center of Gaza. It is part of the continued Israeli massacres that took away 41 lives combined with the devastating military actions in Al Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City. BREAKING: The Israeli occupation army …

Among the many sayings attributed to Winston Churchill is, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” This sentiment seems appropriate as Israel potentially appears ready to embark on a war against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said …

Latest Developments Canada’s federal government designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on June 19 as a terrorist organization pursuant to the Criminal Code. The move comes after years of pressure from Canada’s parliament, opposition, and Iranian diaspora, which have repeatedly highlighted the IRGC’s longstanding role in fomenting international terrorism, …

An official United Nations inquiry into violations of international law by Israel in Palestine submitted its findings yesterday, accusing Israeli leaders of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the “extermination” of Palestinians in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Navi Pillay, the chairperson of the inquiry and former United Nations …

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday warned “no place” in Israel would be spared in case of full-blown war against the Lebanese group, and threatened Cyprus if it opened its airports to Israel. “The enemy knows well that we have prepared ourselves for the worst… and that no place… will …

Hamas is preserving its forces in Rafah rather than engaging the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), likely because Hamas does not believe Israel’s Rafah operation will be decisive.[i] Israeli journalists traveling with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Rafah reported that Hamas fighters are avoiding becoming decisively engaged, and that Hamas’ …