October 23, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
As Israel continues to indiscriminately bomb Gaza, Emad Moussa writes that it has always been Israel’s goal to ethnically cleanse the Strip, and reflects on the helplessness and rage of Palestinians in the diaspora. “My home! They destroyed my home, everything I worked for in my life is gone. I …
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October 23, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The US is not just backing Israel in its genocidal attack on Gaza: it is actively participating in it, argues Lamis Andoni. Hamas’ Al-Aqsa Flood assault didn’t just damage Israel’s status & reputation regionally – but also those of the US. The Al-Aqsa Flood operation has turned all US calculations …
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October 23, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, is a Palestinian Islamist military and sociopolitical movement that grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni religious and political organization founded in Egypt in 1928 that has branches throughout the world.10 Hamas emerged in Gaza in the late 1980s, and established itself as …
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October 23, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Jordan’s King Abdullah this weekend denounced what he termed global silence about Israel’s attacks on Gaza, which have killed thousands of people in the enclave, and left over a million people homeless. Speaking at a hastily convened meeting dubbed the Cairo Peace Summit, King Abdullah said: “The message the Arab …
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October 23, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Lebanon, which is teetering on the edge of economic and political collapse, risks becoming entangled in the escalating war between Israel and Hamas. Hezbollah has been gearing up for the possibility of joining the fight ever since Hamas’ surprise assault on Oct. 7, 2023, killed nearly 1,400 people, leading to …
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October 23, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
« Destruction du Hamas », « réoccupation militaire », « ruines », « massacres et expulsions de civils »… Dans l’affrontement actuel entre l’armée israélienne et le Hamas, les qualificatifs ne manquent pas pour décrire les avenirs possibles de la bande de Gaza. Au-delà des objectifs militaires à court terme, …
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October 23, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
As the world grasps for a moral framework to make sense of the recent events in Israel and Gaza, Remi Adekoya argues that the dichotomy between the Oppressor vs the Oppressed is deeply unhelpful. As we observe the unfolding of a violent conflict in the Middle East that will reverberate …
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October 23, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The US and Israel have different end goals in bombing Gaza to bits: Tel Aviv wants to ethnically cleanse it of Palestinians and Washington wants to bring back the PA. Both plans, however, are likely to hit an Axis of Resistance wall. As wholly expected, and in line with decades …
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October 23, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Tel Aviv’s war on the beleaguered Gaza Strip represents the first real test of the ‘Unity of Fronts’ concept, which may see a wide range of Axis of Resistance regional groups join the Palestinian resistance in a war on Israel. Just hours after the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the …
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October 22, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
DÉCRYPTAGE – La bannière a été associée à l’État Islamique et interprétée comme le signe d’un lien avec le Hamas, ce que plusieurs experts jugent improbable. Jeudi 12 octobre, cinq jours après l’offensive du Hamas en Israël, les images d’une bannière noire, traditionnellement associée à l’État Islamique – aussi appelé …
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