A wave of protests is currently sweeping through Germany: Hundreds of thousands of people have been taking to the streets for the past few weeks in opposition to the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party. The protests were triggered by the recent revelation by investigative news website Correctiv that a …

Humanitarian aid operations in Gaza are once again in the spotlight following the momentous International Court of Justice (ICJ) provisional rulings against Israel on 26 January. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) – the leading aid entity for Palestinians in Gaza and across the Middle East – is …

Only a few months ago many Western, Israeli, and Arab policymakers and analysts had incorrectly concluded that the Arab world had moved past the issue of Palestine. Some commentators saw the Arab trend toward normalisation with Israel as the future. These voices were convinced that it was only a matter …