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Israeli assault on Rafah imminent

Fares Garabet 02 May 2024
US President Joe Biden (L) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on 18 October 2023. AFP

History shows US-Israel relationship has survived worse

The very public disagreements between Washington and Tel Aviv over Gaza in recent weeks are both rare and telling, yet this transatlantic alliance has weathered far more severe storms

Aqeel Abbas 02 May 2024
The US has been “flooding” the Middle East with weaponry for decades. It provides Israel with billions of dollars of sophisticated military equipment every year, with no strings attached. Nathalie Lees

America fuelled the fire in the Middle East

Israel is in growing danger—but the responsibility lies more in Washington than in Tehran

Stephen M. Walt 01 May 2024

Israel stifles Gaza humanitarian aid efforts

Fares Garabet 29 April 2024
Intended as a means of avoiding future deadly conflagrations, nations' refusal to impose sanctions and targeted countries' ability to circumvent them made them ineffective in many cases Nash Weerasekera

“Eat grass”: The problematic record of sanctions

Intended as a means of avoiding future deadly conflagrations, nations' refusal to impose sanctions and targeted countries' ability to circumvent them made them ineffective in many cases

Steve Hewitt 28 April 2024
Israeli soldiers of the Jewish Ultra-Orthodox battalion "Netzah Yehuda" hold morning prayers as they take part in their annual unit training in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the Syrian border on May 19, 2014. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP

Israel fears US sanctions on army battalion could open the floodgates

Israel fears that such action—if taken in Washington—could then be taken by other Israeli allies, whether against Netzah Yehuda or any other military unit

Sherine Younes 26 April 2024
Student demonstrators occupy the pro-Palestinian "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on the West Lawn of Columbia University on April 24, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/AFP

The campus is coming for Joe Biden

As in 1968, the Democrat risks being the candidate of chaos and war

The Economist 26 April 2024

Israel's war on Gaza passes 200-day mark

Fares Garabet 25 April 2024
A member of Iraq's PMF stands in front of the wreckage of the car in which Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (L) and IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani were assassinated on Jan 2, 2023 to mark the third anniversary of their killing. AFP

Will Israel temper its war on Iran's regional proxies?

It remains to be seen if, going forward, Israeli strikes on Hezbollah in Syria or Lebanon—or against the PMF in Iraq—will elicit a direct Iranian response. Time will tell.

David Schenker 24 April 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

What’s in the $95bn foreign aid package passed in the House?

The US House of Representatives passed on Saturday a $95bn legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan over objections from a number of Republicans.The legislation…

Al Majalla - London 23 April 2024
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US President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House on 18 November 2025, in Washington, DC. Win McNamee / Getty
Politics

Saudi Arabia and the US: renewing a long partnership

28 November 2025

Al Majalla's December cover story highlights the signficance of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington in November

Al Majalla - London
Opinion

Events have shown that Israel's might has its limits

01 December 2025

Israel's aggression and territorial expansion have become a political, financial, and moral burden, as they have on its Western government allies, who find it increasingly difficult to defend

Majed Kayali
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attend a welcoming ceremony for participants of the BRICS summit in Kazan on 22 October 2024. Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP
Politics

Egypt's multipolar balancing act is paying off

26 November 2025

With nuclear know-how from Russia, weapons from America, infrastructure from China, and money from the Gulf, Egypt is making the most out of a world with many powers.

Amr Emam
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

The Moroccan dirham emerges as an alternative currency in African markets

25 November 2025

As European banks retreat, debt balloons, and price volatility spooks central banks, Morocco's national currency is increasingly being used in continental trading.

Mohamed Sharki
A work from Syrian artist Shadi Abu Saada's latest exhibition, 'Migrants'. Mark Hachem Gallery
Culture & Social Affairs

Shadi Abu Saada’s take on the migrant experience

13 November 2025

The Syrian artist's works on display in Beirut consider the hopes and dreams of migrants, the walls they face, and their eventual arrival in a safe harbour

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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