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Using phones to kill or strike down traditional enemies is not new to Israel. It actually pre-dates both pagers and mobiles. Lina Jaradat

Israel's assassinations via telecoms predate pagers

From letter bombs to car bombs to even chocolate, Israel has a long, sordid history of assassinations and unorthodox ways to carry them out

Sami Moubayed 18 September 2024

Pager attack rips up Israel-Hezbollah rules of engagement

Fares Garabet 18 September 2024
Andrei Cojocaru

The biggest question about the Hezbollah pager attack is why now

A technically adroit strike could be a curtain-raiser for an expanded conflict

Colin P. Clarke 18 September 2024
Axel Rangel Garcia

Yoav Gallant: Netanyahu sacks his defence minister and key critic

After months of clashes over domestic politics and Israel's war efforts, Netanyahu has finally fired Gallant, saying the "trust between us has cracked"

Con Coughlin 15 October 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2L) and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant (R) sit during a commemoration ceremony for Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza on July 16, 2024. Abir Sultan/AFP

Why Israel constantly hesitates when it comes to Hezbollah

Netanyahu is effectively stuck between a rock and a hard place. Public pressure to eliminate the threat posed by Hezbollah in the north is mounting, so why hasn't he acted yet? Al Majalla explains.

Michael Horowitz 17 September 2024
A man sits in front of a damaged building after an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on September 6, 2024. AFP

Ravaged but not defeated, Jenin braces for Israel's next raid

Israeli soldiers ransacked the West Bank refugee camp, looking for Palestinians fighting against their occupation, leaving a trail of death and destruction behind. For Jenin, this is now the norm.

Ahmed Draghmeh 15 September 2024
On 13 September 1993, the Oslo Accords were signed between Israeli and Palestinian leaders under US auspices. Since then, Israel has put facts on the ground that make a Palestinian state impossible. Andrei Cojocaru

31 years later, Oslo takes its last dying breaths

On 13 September 1993, the Oslo Accords were signed between Palestinian and Israeli leaders under US auspices. Since then, Israel has put facts on the ground that make a Palestinian state impossible.

Sami Moubayed 13 September 2024

Gaza ceasefire deal as elusive as ever

Fares Garabet 12 September 2024
Lieutenant General Ahmed Khalifa with Egyptian troops in Sinai near the Rafah border crossing. Egyptian military spokesman/Facebook

Egypt uses Israeli presence on Gaza border to justify troop surge in Sinai

Despite Egypt's anger over Israel's takeover of the Philadelphi Corridor in breach of its peace treaty, Cairo is now able to do something it has long wanted

Amr Emam 10 September 2024

Netanyahu determined to ignite a regional war

Fares Garabet 09 September 2024
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump at the White House, Washington, on 18 November 2025.
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Politics

Saudi Arabia scores ally upgrade in Washington

19 November 2025

Trump elevates Saudi Arabia to 'major non-NATO ally' status, but bigger issues of normalisation with Israel and a binding security treaty need more time. Nonetheless, this is a huge step forward.

Abdullah F. Alrebh
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

From oil to AI: a century of Saudi-US partnership

17 November 2025

The Saudi-US alliance is entering a new phase—one characterised by maturity, equilibrium, and a shared vision attuned to a world increasingly shaped by technology

Omar Harkous
Al Majalla's Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim Hamidi interviews Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on 13 November 2025. Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Asaad Shaibani on how Syria untangled its Russian knot

18 November 2025

In Part 1 of a two-part interview with Al Majalla, Syria's foreign minister explains how the Assad regime fell and how President Ahmed al-Sharaa went from a wanted man to a world leader

Ibrahim Hamidi
Opinion

A new Ukraine peace plan surfaces out of the blue

20 November 2025

Kyiv looks to be under renewed pressure amid reports that Russia and the US have been secretly drafting a 28-point peace plan to put an end to the conflict

Con Coughlin
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Culture & Social Affairs

'It Was Just An Accident' takes on the morality of revenge

19 November 2025

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi tells the story of a group of ordinary people, all tortured by the same man, grappling with whether or not to take justice into their own hands

Maram Abou Hawach

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