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What ‘tunnels’ and ‘hostages’ mean in Gaza

I grew up in Gaza where tunnels provided us with essentials Israel banned and hostages were the Palestinians it imprisoned unjustly. I spent most of my life on a strip of land not much bigger than Manhattan, surrounded by a massive razor-wire fence. Most of the time, it felt like …

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ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in October 2023

Following is the October 2023 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. ISIS carried out at least 19 confirmed attacks in October in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at …

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Dimensions entrevues du «Déluge de l’Aksa»

L’événement du «Déluge de l’Aksa» fut certes surprenant par son déclenchement. Mais il l’est plus, par les dimensions qu’il recèle. Je compte en souligner certaines, tout en les explicitant quelque peu, une à une. 1- Je commence par ce qui me semble être, de toute évidence, l’inexistence radicale et totale …

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