Gaza as a global metaphor for reclaiming justice | Opinions
“Gaza as a Metaphor and the Right to be Human”, was the title of a paper that I wrote for a conference on International Law…
Fact or fiction? Israeli maps and AI do not save Palestinian lives | Israel-Palestine conflict
On December 2, the Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee posted a map of Gaza, broken up into a grid of numbered blocks with instructions…
There is nowhere safe for children to go in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
By ordering families to move, Israel is not ensuring that they survive, but merely giving them the option to die another way, elsewhere. I have…
What ‘tunnels’ and ‘hostages’ mean in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
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,…
Israel is using the same tactics in Gaza that al-Assad employed in Syria | Opinions
As the humanitarian pause took effect in Gaza, footage of the massive destruction in the northern part of the enclave has started to trickle in.…
Kissinger: A war criminal with a Nobel Peace Prize | Opinions
“No hay mal que dure 100 anos, ni cuerpo que lo resista”, a famous saying in Spanish goes. It translates to “There is no evil…
It is hypocritical to protest Israel but be silent on Syria and Yemen | Israel-Palestine conflict
Since the October 7 pogrom by Hamas – the worst atrocity committed against Jews since the Holocaust – the world has witnessed not an outpouring…
Israel deserves every bit of the global public criticism it is receiving | Israel-Palestine conflict
The ongoing explosion in public activism in the United States and the world for a ceasefire in Gaza and equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians is a…
Renewed violence in Sierra Leone is a sign of fragility, polarisation | Opinions
Two decades after the end of its deadly civil war, Sierra Leone is once again teetering on the precipice of conflict. On November 26, gunmen…
The UN must not abandon Sudan amid war and atrocities | Opinions
As devastating videos and bone-chilling accounts of massacres continue to come out of Sudan, the United Nations has appeared to jettison what little remained of…
Israel has lost the war of public opinion | Opinions
In a new media landscape dominated not by Western media giants but by Instagram reels, TikTok videos and YouTube shorts, Israel’s ongoing war on the…
COP28: Israel should not be allowed to greenwash its war on Gaza | Environment
As its war on Gaza continues with no end in sight, Israel will be participating in the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) which…
A Nakba is unfolding in the occupied West Bank, too | Israel-Palestine conflict
Over the past month and a half, Israel’s genocidal goals in Gaza have become increasingly clear. Not only is the Israeli army mass-slaughtering civilians, but…