Unpacking Israel's decisive turn towards savagery

Israel's gloves-off approach since 2023 didn't emerge out of the blue; it is deeply rooted in Zionist and Israeli military thought.

Majed Kayali

Maliki’s Last Stand?

[caption id="attachment_55248389" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki gives a joint press conference with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (unseen) in…

Judith Yaphe

A Gloomy Outlook

[caption id="attachment_55248393" align="alignnone" width="620"]Violence at a rally as part of a fresh week of protests called, "Steadfastness in Martyrs' Loyalty" in Cairo, Egypt on January 31, 2014…

Caryle Murphy

Two of One, Six of the Other

[caption id="attachment_55248380" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemen's President Abd-Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (C) shows the book of the national dialogue at the end of a conference aimed at drafting a…

Abubakr Al-Shamahi

Lebanon’s Shadowy Cabinet

[caption id="attachment_55248406" align="alignnone" width="620"] Beirut's Ottoman-era Grand Serail, the seat of the Lebanese government. (Joseph Barrak/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Ten car bombings…

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Testing Kurdish Hospitality

[caption id="attachment_55248373" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian-Kurdish refugees, Jvan Khaled and his wife Shekha, celebrate their wedding ceremony at the Kawergosk refugee camp in Iraqi…

Dilan Raphiann

A Day to Remember

[caption id="attachment_55248281" align="alignnone" width="620"] (FILES) Photo taken 01 February 1979 at Tehran airport of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (C) leaving the Air France…

David Patrikarakos

A Taxing Problem

[caption id="attachment_55248228" align="alignnone" width="620"] Heavy clouds are seen over the center of Riyadh, on November 17, 2013. (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]Saudi Arabia has…

Thomas W. Lippman

Dreaming Big at Davos

[caption id="attachment_55248305" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iran's president Hassan Rouhani addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 23, 2014. (ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images)[…

Alex Vatanka

Between Taza and Gaza

[caption id="attachment_55248297" align="alignnone" width="620"] Morocco's King Mohammed VI. (AZZOUZ BOUKALLOUCH/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Two weeks ago, Marrakesh hosted the 20th Al-Quds …

Younes Hassar

Setting Priorities

[caption id="attachment_55248290" align="alignnone" width="620"] US President Barack Obama waits to deliver his the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on January 28, 2014…

Robert E. Hunter