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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
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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
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
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Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, waves an Israeli flag following the exit polls at his party headquarters, on the evening of Israel's national election, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 28 October 2026. REUTERS/Shir Torem
Politics

Is Israel ready for its first non-Ashkenazi prime minister?

07, Nov 2026

Gadi Eisenkot, who may form a government, hails from a Moroccan-Jewish family. Israel's 15 prime ministers have all had European or Russian heritage. Is it time for a change?

Kamal Alam
Sara Padovan
Politics

The muted impact of electoral change on foreign policy

09, Nov 2026

Despite domestic shifts, new leaders often face structural constraints and have limited parameters to operate

Christopher Phillips
Pep Boatella
Science & Technology

Climate change is redrawing national borders

10, Nov 2026

Whether it is rivers, glaciers, or sea-level submergence, the implications of rising temperatures are becoming an increasingly urgent issue for states

Alaa Emara
Mohsen Rezaei attends a farewell ceremony on 3 July 2026 for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on 28 February in a US-Israel strike in Tehran. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Profiles

Mohsen Rezaei: the unlikely peacemaker

09, Nov 2026

The former IRGC general was recently appointed as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. For the US, the danger is mistaking his prominence for a willingness to deliver concessions

Alex Vatanka
Culture & Social Affairs

Five Arab novels that paint an AI-dominated future

10, Nov 2026

From machines that develop human emotions to societies governed by artificial intelligence, Arab novelists explore the promises and perils of a radically transformed future

Ibrahim Adel

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