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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
A freed Palestinian prisoner gestures after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostage swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah,  in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israel opens Schrödinger’s box as Gaza ceasefire takes hold

For months, Netanyahu has touted that he would not relent until he secures "total victory" over Hamas. But with the group still standing after the truce, it has essentially won.

Michael Horowitz 19 January 2025
A man waves Palestinian flags as Palestinians react to the news on a ceasefire deal with Israel, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

Will a ceasefire bring Palestinians closer to statehood dream?

As Biden and Trump quibble over credit for Gaza ceasefire, it is the latter who will take up the presidential mantle in a few days. Pining over a Nobel Prize, he could push for a more lasting peace.

Con Coughlin 17 January 2025

Will Israel respect the Gaza ceasefire terms?

Fares Garabet 16 January 2025
Palestinians react to the news on a ceasefire deal with Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

One question looms over Israel-Hamas truce deal: Why now?

Biden has been pushing for a deal for more than a year with no success until now. Is Trump the reason?

Daniel Byman 16 January 2025
US President Joe Biden pulls a note card from his pocket as he speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House about the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan on April 14, 2021, in Washington, DC. AFP

Joe Biden’s final foreign-policy report card

It didn't have to be this way, but Biden's foreign-policy legacy will be a world that is less rule-bound, less prosperous, and significantly more dangerous

Stephen M. Walt 15 January 2025
Lina Jaradat

Why Israel went after the man in the white coat

The arrest of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya in northern Gaza shows that destruction is not the only aim of the occupation; humiliation is also a key component of Israel's war of annihilation

Samer Abou Hawwach 09 January 2025
Cars drive past billboards on November 6, 2024, bearing portraits of leaders of the Lebanese Hezbollah group Hasan Nasrallah (R) and of the Palestinian Hamas movement Yahya Sinwar, who were killed by Israel in 2024. Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP

Three seismic events that shook the Arab world in 2024

From Gaza to Lebanon and Syria, this is the story of a year of tumult and surprise which has reshaped the region and echoed through global affairs. And Trump's return means more uncertainty ahead.

Wahid Abdel Maguid 30 December 2024
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