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Economists says the impact of war is expected to grow in the second half of 2024. Shutterstock

Israeli economy still strong (for now) despite huge Gaza war costs

A ballooning budget, a widening deficit, rising inflation, a falling currency, and a ratings agency downgrade have given some cause for concern, yet the fundamentals remain sturdy.

Sharif Mohammad 12 June 2024
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses a crowd on 3 June during a ceremony marking the 35th death anniversary of the Islamic Republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at his mausoleum in Tehran. AFP

Iran’s shifting political calculus for Hamas and Hezbollah

A fiery speech hails the pre-war Arab-Israeli rapprochement as dead, showing how Tehran sees the Middle East eight months after Hamas attacked Israel, while Hezbollah is also hoping to gain.

Elie Kossaifi 10 June 2024
 A student is arrested during a pro-Palestine demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24, 2024, in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell/AFP

Universities get tough on students after students get tough on Israel

A wave of student protests against Israel's war on Gaza was followed by vicious and unnecessary police crackdowns in the name of 'fighting antisemitism'. Al Majalla debunks this baseless smear.

Alfred J. Naddaff 09 June 2024
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“Biden's plan” for Gaza in full: Exchange of prisoners and hostages, truce, withdrawal and reconstruction

The Gaza Agreement draft, unveiled by President Joe Biden on 31 May and obtained in full by Al Majalla, incorporates Israeli amendments to the original draft accepted by Hamas

Ibrahim Hamidi 07 June 2024
Eduardo Ramon/Getty Images

Are global tech giants facilitating Israel’s war on Gaza?

With $1bn+ deals for vital services like cloud computing and AI software, some say the tech community is complicit in Israeli crimes against Palestinians. The truth is still emerging.

Marco Mossad 31 May 2024
Damage to the Al-Omari Mosque in Gaza City, which is the oldest mosque in Gaza, as a result of the Israeli bombing. AFP

Gaza's ancient ruins may be ruined forever

Bombing archaeological and cultural heritage sites shows the Israeli army's disregard for humanity and ranks it alongside the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and IS for wanton historical vandalism.

Taissier Khalaf 27 May 2024
Sebastien Thibault

Arafat's 1982 exile from Beirut: Will history repeat itself?

When the PLO leader was forced out of Beirut in the 1980s, he did so with pride, purpose, and sorrow. After signals that Hamas leaders may be exiled from Gaza, could history be a guide?

Sami Moubayed 20 May 2024
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Finding a collective voice at the 2024 Arab Summit in Manama

Gaza is a top priority, but a confluence of factors means that now is the time to set up durable systems, including a regional security architecture. It all starts with having a collective Arab vision

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 15 May 2024
Palestinians travel in an animal-drawn cart as they flee Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah on May 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Israel's Rafah invasion aimed at pressuring Hamas in ceasefire talks

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

Salem Al Rayyes 12 May 2024
For decades, Israel has been trying to defeat Hamas without success. After seven brutal months of war, it still exists. There is reason to think it always will. Nathalie Lees

Hamas will likely survive as long as Israel’s occupation persists

For decades, Israel has been trying to defeat Hamas without success. After seven brutal months of war, it still exists. There is reason to think it always will.

Asaad Ghanem 09 May 2024
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Trump-Xi meeting is about much more than trade

22 October 2025

US and Chinese leaders have locked themselves into a downward spiral that goes far beyond tariffs, exports, and rare earths. This is about the future and who controls it.

Shirley Ze Yu
Governor of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, delivers his speech at the opening of the ninth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), in Riyadh, 28 October 2025. Reuters
Business & Economy

Investing in people and AI: Saudi Arabia’s vision for a new Middle East

29 October 2025

Now in its ninth edition, Riyadh's Future Investment Initiative has transformed from an investment forum into a geo-economic platform redefining how nations link peace, progress, and technology

Omar Harkous
People walk amid the destruction in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on October 11, 2025, a day after a ceasefire took effect. AFP
Politics

Gaza's partition: Palestinian peril dressed up as pragmatism

26 October 2025

Presented as post-war stabilisation, an experiment in controlled fragmentation appears to be underway, with diplomacy, security, and commerce converging to cement a new geopolitical order

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Opinion

West Bank annexation could upend the region

24 October 2025

Jordan's 1994 peace treaty with Israel remains a cornerstone of regional stability. It has survived two intifadas and recurrent Gaza conflicts, but annexation would push it to the brink

Alice Gower
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stands with Rwanda's FM Olivier Nduhungirehe and Democratic Republic of Congo's FM Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, after signing a peace agreement in Washington on June 27, 2025. AP / Mark Schiefelbein
Politics

The flaw in America's Africa policy

27 October 2025

With China, Türkiye, the Gulf states, and Russia offering tangible investment and influence in Africa, the US's reliance on facilitation and hollow declarations has reduced it to a mere observer

Sergey Eledinov

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