Since 7 October, Gaza's rulers have gone from trumpeting its Al-Aqsa Flood attack to untrumpeted offers to lay down its weapons and become a political group only. It is a dramatic change of stance.
Netanyahu hopes to extract even greater concessions from Hamas as his invasion coincides with talks in Cairo, where the group agreed to a deal brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the US
In Palestine, a future has unfolded from which all of us need to defend ourselves. We must find new political techniques to avert this nonsensical era of the worst that cannot stop worsening.
The Israeli 'targeted killings' policy is controversial. Human rights activists see it as an 'extrajudicial execution', but Israel regards it as a legitimate act of self-defence
In the wake of the war in Gaza, Hamas will not remain the group we know. It, and the broader Middle East landscape, are poised for significant transformation.
The political wing of the Gaza's embattled rulers has long been located abroad. After several homes and sporadic expulsions, reports suggest the Qatar-based officers could be packing their bags.
Al Majalla examines this changed landscape—from Israel's domestic political scene to its external ambitions, where it occupies large swathes of new territory in the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria
From Gaza to Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and Algeria, this year's Arab Oscar submissions explore stories of conflict, displacement, memory, and survival