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Israeli army soldiers patrol an undisclosed area in northern Israel bordering Lebanon on October 15, 2023. AFP

Hezbollah’s dilemma: Shift the war or stick to rules of engagement?

In the hours after Hamas attacked Israel, forces over the northern border in Lebanon kept within existing rules of engagement. After a lack of backing for wider action from Tehran, what is next?

Khaled Hamadeh 18 October 2023
The 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent brutal Israeli military campaign on Gaza beg the question: Can mutual animosity between Israel and the Arab world ever be resolved? Nathalie Lees

New approaches needed to end the vicious cycle of violence in the Middle East

The 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent brutal Israeli military campaign on Gaza beg the question: Can mutual animosity between Israel and the Arab world ever be resolved?

Houssam Itani 17 October 2023

Israel's war on Gaza shows unresolved and long-standing Palestinian grievances

While the images of Israel's brutal bombing campaign in Gaza are gut-wrenching, there is an opportunity in every crisis. Now more than ever, it shows the need for a viable Palestinian state.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 16 October 2023

Israeli mission: Obliterate Gaza

Fares Garabet 16 October 2023
75 years after the first Nakba, Israel is forcibly displacing Palestinians from their land, just as what happened to their forefathers. Michelle Thompson

Palestinians in Gaza in the midst of a modern-day Nakba

75 years after the first Nakba, Israel is forcibly displacing Palestinians from their land, just as what happened to their forefathers.

Houssam Marouf 16 October 2023
The Kingdom’s domestic revolution also requires a revolution in its external relationships to reflect these changes. Nathalie Lees

The past should not hold the present hostage

The Kingdom's domestic revolution also requires a revolution in its external relationships to reflect these changes.

John Jenkins 16 October 2023

Post-October 7: Israel’s brutal pursuit to restore its lost deterrence

A reading on Israel's objectives in its new war on Gaza

Hesham Alghannam 15 October 2023
While the Middle East has a track record of leaving conflicts unresolved, could this chapter be one that could reshape history and break with past patterns of conflict resolution? Al Majalla/Agencies

Will 7 October change the course of history?

While the Middle East has a track record of leaving conflicts unresolved, could this chapter be one that could reshape history and break with past patterns of conflict resolution?

Al Majalla - London 14 October 2023
History has proven that cutting separate peace deals with Israel has not led to a comprehensive and lasting peace for the region. The potential of a Saudi-Israel normalisation opens a new door. Nash Weerasekera

Can peace efforts break through the barbed wire of war?

History has proven that cutting separate peace deals with Israel has not led to a comprehensive and lasting peace for the region. The potential of a Saudi-Israel normalisation opens a new door.

Brian Katulis 14 October 2023
Turkish President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a sign showing the evolution of lands of Israel and Palestine on maps at his party's group meeting in the Turkish National Assembly in Ankara on October 11, 2023. AFP

Israel's Gaza offensive could derail improved ties with Turkey

Erdoğan must carefully weigh his supporters' deep emotions toward the Palestinian cause with the realpolitik benefits of improved relations with Israel.

Omer Onhon 14 October 2023
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Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

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