The US plan to revamp the Palestinian Authority is doomed to fail | Opinions
For two months now, the United States and other Western countries, backing Israel, have been talking about “the day after” in Gaza. They have rejected…
Palestine, the alchemy of big lies and future of the university | Israel War on Gaza
In September 1944, as the genocide of European Jews was ongoing and the violence of World War II was at its peak, Max Horkheimer, co-founder…
It’s high time for all those at Harvard to stand with Palestine | Opinions
These days one of the most talked-about news stories in the United States is the resignation of Harvard University President Claudine Gay. As Harvard and…
Christian Zionist cowboys: American and Israeli affinities laid bare | Opinions
In early November, a photograph of four white men in cowboy hats at JFK airport was uploaded to social media with the caption, “These cowboys…
DR Congo’s shambolic election should be a wake-up call for the SADC | Opinions
On January 9, the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi’s landslide victory in the hotly disputed…
Israel’s war on Gaza triggered a war on free speech in the West | Israel War on Gaza
On December 20, I was woken up at 7am by the ringing of my doorbell. At the door were two police officers. I was told…
It is time to use Russia’s frozen assets to help Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war
An estimated $350bn in Russian government assets have been frozen in Western accounts since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on…
Watching the watchdogs: The 5 Ds of US Middle East policy | Opinions
For 100 days now, Israel’s sustained genocidal war on Gaza has propelled the Middle East into new orbits of death, destruction, and ever-rising fears of…
How I stopped being a cartoonist and became a ‘troll’ | Israel War on Gaza
In the late 2000s, an editor kicked me out of his office because he didn’t find the cartoons I had offered for publication “funny”. I…
As a feminist, what I wish for in 2024 is criminal justice reform | Women’s Rights
If I could have one wish for the new year, it would be for Britain’s criminal justice system to be reformed in a way that…
Can President Boakai deliver war crimes justice in Liberia? | Conflict
Joseph Boakai, who secured a narrow victory against incumbent George Weah in a November run-off election, is set to be inaugurated as Liberia’s new president…
President Biden, stop vetoing peace! | Opinions
On January 9, 36 rabbis and rabbinical students from Rabbis for Ceasefire took our prayers and outrage at Israel’s ongoing violence in Gaza to the…
Hasina remains the high priestess of Bangladesh’s dynastic democracy | Sheikh Hasina
It has been said that for the past 15 years, Bangladesh’s elections have been so skewed in favour of the ruling Awami League, they are enough to make North Korea’s Kim Jong Un…
Why is Germany so viciously anti-Palestinian? | Opinions
Since Israel launched its latest war on Gaza, Germany has stood firmly by its ally. Even as warnings of a genocide committed by Israeli forces…
Safe zones: Israel’s technologies of genocide | Gaza
“This evacuation is for your own safety,” the Israeli military declared on October 13, when it ordered 1.1 million Palestinians in northern Gaza to leave their homes.…
Drop the charges against Indigo ‘Peace 11’ protesters | Opinions
On November 22, Canadian police conducted coordinated pre-dawn raids on seven homes across the greater Toronto area and made 10 arrests. They broke doors, ordered…
The (not so) surprising revelations of the Epstein list | Opinions
What do former United States presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump have in common with Hyatt Hotels executive chairman Thomas Pritzker and celebrity lawyer Alan…
Bangladesh elections mark a pro-China tipping point in South Asia | Politics
The year 2024 will witness key elections to choose democratic governments across the world, and the season begins with the Bangladesh election on January 7.…
For feminists, silence on Gaza is no longer an option | Women’s Rights
Like many around the world, I am emotionally drained. I spend most of my waking hours scanning the news, reading about one tragedy after the…
New year, ‘new Middle East’? | Opinions
In July 2006, in the middle of Israel’s war on Lebanon that ultimately killed approximately 1,200 people – the overwhelming majority of them civilians –…