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Iran is moving its proxy pieces around on the Middle East chessboard to pressure a ceasefire in Gaza while Israel tries to drag the US into a regional war. shutterstock

Iran and Israel face off on Middle East chessboard

Iran is moving its proxy pieces around on the Middle East chessboard to pressure a ceasefire in Gaza while Israel tries to drag the US into a regional war

Khaled Hamadeh 19 January 2024
Palestinians stand next to a mural of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat amidst the debris following Israeli bombardment on Rafah on November 22, 2023 AFP

War in Gaza puts future in focus, but Palestinians differ on what that looks like

The debate among Palestinians over their future covers a wide political spectrum and has intensified since the war began

Majed Kayali 18 January 2024

Will 2024 see another Nakba in Palestine?

Fares Garabet 18 January 2024
At least 50 affected countries, a 40% decline in Suez Canal revenues, and German car factories paused production. Al Majalla lays out the economic impact of Red Sea disruptions in numbers. Majalla

Houthi attacks in Red Sea deal heavy blow to global trade

At least 50 affected countries, a 40% decline in Suez Canal revenues, and German car factories pause production. Al Majalla lays out the economic impact of Red Sea disruptions in numbers.

Mohamed Sharki 17 January 2024
In a wide-ranging interview with Al Majalla, former American diplomat Dennis Ross shares his thoughts on how to exit the Gaza war Axel Rangel Garcia/Majalla

Dennis Ross: Hezbollah-type model in Gaza is a recipe for disaster, West Bank on brink of explosion

In a wide-ranging interview with Al Majalla, the former American diplomat shares his thoughts on how to exit the Gaza war

Ahmed Maher 17 January 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Israeli bombing of Gaza emitted 281,000 metric tonnes of carbon

Carbon emissions generated during the first two months of the Gaza war exceeded the annual carbon footprint of more than 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations

Al Majalla - London 16 January 2024
In this file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) attends a parliament session to vote on the national budget on May 23, 2023, at the parliament in Jerusalem. AFP

Gaza war exacting huge price on Israel

Israeli bombs have blown huge holes not just in the Gaza Strip but in Israel's budget too. Ministers are now hurrying to adjust their balance sheets and projections.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 16 January 2024
Palestinians mourn the death of loved ones following Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on December 5, 2023, outside a hospital in Khan Younis. AFP

No regional war over Gaza but everyone still loses

The Gaza war probably will not cause a huge regional conflagration but instead will weaken all the major actors.

Robert Ford 16 January 2024
A Palestinian man reacts as he holds the remains of his mother wrapped in a blanket amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 2, 2023. AFP

Israel's war on Gaza: 100 days of death and destruction

According to UNOCHA, Israel has killed 23,074 Palestinians including 10,000 children in Gaza, between 7 October 23 and 7 January 24, an average of 250.8 per day

Elie Kossaifi 14 January 2024
US President Harry Truman (left) with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in the Oval Office on May 8, 1951. AP

Examining the evolution of US-Israeli relations

Israel's interests, particularly in displacing Palestinians and annexing their land, are at odds with America's interests which require peace in the Middle East

Hesham Alghannam 13 January 2024
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