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In an unprecedented attack, Israeli forces carry out several simultaneous explosions in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, destroying at least 20 houses on February 2, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman

With Gaza on backburner, Israel turns its military might on Jenin

Israel blew up 20 homes in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin just as Netanyahu travelled to Washington to meet with Trump, who has suggested Jordan and Egypt absorb Palestinians into their countries

Asaad Ghanem 03 February 2025

Can Trump impose a new Palestinian Nakba?

Fares Garabet 03 February 2025
إدواردو ريمون/المجلة

Mohammad Shtayyeh on Trump, Hamas and Israel

In an in-depth discussion with Al Majalla at his Ramallah office, the former Palestinian prime minister shared his insights on Trump, Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and Israel's far-right government

Ahmed Maher 31 January 2025
Eduardo Ramon

The battle after the war: Healing Gaza's traumatised children

Children Not Numbers provides medical, educational, and psychological help to Gaza's children. It is a staggering undertaking, given the scale of death and destruction that Israel inflicted.

Joudy El-Asmar 16 February 2025

Israel turns its guns on the West Bank after Gaza ceasefire

Fares Garabet 27 January 2025
This aerial photo shows displaced Gazans gathering in an area in Nuseirat on January 26, 2025, being prevented by Israel from returning to their homes in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. AFP

Egypt wants to help shape Gaza's future, but not by taking in Palestinians

Cairo wants to show Trump it is a player worth consulting when it comes to Mideast geopolitics, but his comment that Jordan and Egypt should take in Palestinians will not be well-received

Amr Emam 27 January 2025
Eduardo Ramon Trejo / Al Majalla

Steve Witkoff: The Trump envoy who sealed the deal in Gaza

The real estate mogul and longtime friend of Trump reportedly got tough with Netanyahu to get him to finally sign a ceasefire to end his 15-month-long assault on Gaza

Con Coughlin 26 January 2025
People erect tents amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings as displaced Palestinians return to the northern areas of the Gaza Strip in Jabalia on January 23, 2025, during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was reached. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

After truce, Gazans find nothing—or no one—to return back to

Palestinians rejoiced when the news broke last week that a ceasefire was finally reached, but many didn't get the chance to celebrate with their loved ones who Israel killed before the deal took hold

Salem Al Rayyes 25 January 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference after a mini-war cabinet meeting on October 28, 2023. AFP

Will Israel’s Netanyahu survive the ceasefire?

The Israeli premier's political survival skills are renowned, but this time, he is boxed in tightly by Trump, the far right, and the Haredim. March will be an interesting month.

David E. Rosenberg 24 January 2025
Al Majalla/Axel Rangel Garcia

How music helps bring hope and healing to Gaza's war-torn

Palestinians have always clung to their traditions. Music is one of them. Amid the death and destruction, Gaza's displaced find solace in songs of resistance and steadfastness.

Houssam Marouf 23 January 2025
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Business & Economy

Energy infrastructure attacks and the new security imperative

17 March 2026

By attacking Gulf energy infrastructure, Iran aims to apply economic and geopolitical pressure as a way to avoid large-scale conflict

Jessica Obeid
A member of the security forces, holding a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, observes protesters as they gather for a rally in support of the new Supreme Leader in Enghelab Square in Tehran, on 9 March 2026. Getty/ Al Majalla
Politics

Decapitation strikes unlikely to topple Iran's regime

18 March 2026

Instead of taking down the Islamic Republic, what the assassinations have done is harden public support and accelerate the regime's militarisation

Alex Vatanka
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Strait of Hormuz: the waterway critical to global trade 

18 March 2026

Any disruption in the Hormuz has cascading knock-on effects that extend far beyond energy markets, impacting international trade. Al Majalla explores all this and more.

Al Majalla - London
US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2016 Policy Conference at the Verizon Centre in Washington, DC, on 21 March 2016. SAUL LOEB / AFP
Politics

The Israel lobby’s responsibility for the Iran war

17 March 2026

Advocates for the US-Israeli special relationship have played a special role

Stephen M. Walt
US Navy sailors send signals to an E-2D Hawkeye aircraft, 124th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, as it walks on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, on 28 February 2026.
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Documents & Memoirs

Could the US-Iran war spark World War III?

16 March 2026

The current conflict is unlikely to go global for now, but the speed at which it has spread regionally is alarming. A look at history shows the geopolitical factors that led to world wars.

Christopher Phillips

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