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A false 24-year claim about farmland killed 12 young footballers

A fascinating first-hand account from a former ambassador of the conversation about the Shebaa Farms that uncovered the lie that Hezbollah uses to justify its continued 'resistance' against Israel

Frederic C. Hof 03 August 2024
Smoke rises after an Israeli air-raid on the town of Shamaa (Chamaa) in southern Lebanon on August 1, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. AFP

The politics of Israel’s unprecedented strikes in Beirut and Tehran

A gloating Benjamin Netanyahu gives himself leeway with his far-right coalition partners, but Israelis are in no mood to cheer, while Iran and Hezbollah are working out how to hit back

Michael Horowitz 02 August 2024
Ismail Haniyeh's assassination in Iran is merely the latest in a long line of Israeli killings and attacks in the Islamic Republic. Axel Rangel Garcia

Haniyeh a one-off? Israel is no stranger to assassinations in Iran

The Hamas chief joins a growing list of Israeli enemies to be gunned down or blown up in the heart of the Islamic Republic

Sami Moubayed 01 August 2024
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been critical of Israel's war in Gaza Getty Images

The rattling of sabres between Israel and Turkey grows louder

After Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's recent comments about military action, the two states seem to have hit a new nadir. Yet it wasn't always so, and some suggest there is no fire with the smoke

Omer Onhon 31 July 2024
Israeli soldiers with their Merkava tanks near Gaza. A range of regional powers all willing and able to intervene increases the risk of conflict in the Middle East. Getty Images

Armed to the teeth: how America has funded Israel’s wars

A long history of US military aid to Tel Aviv has created the regional military superpower we see today, but calls to condition or even withhold that support over Gaza may not be falling on deaf ears

Con Coughlin 30 July 2024
A giant fire erupts at an oil storage facility following Israeli strikes in Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024. AFP

Hodeida attack prompts a revisiting of Israel’s Octopus Doctrine

Iran as the head of an octopus and its armed proxies as the tentacles. This is a useful analogy for military strategy in the conflict between Tel Aviv and Tehran. Has Israel's strategy changed?

Lina Khatib 22 July 2024
A Hezbollah member carries a weapon which sources familiar with its arsenal said is used to counter drones, during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Beirut's southern suburbs on 17 July 2024. Aziz Taher / Reuters

Israel is winning the intelligence war with Hezbollah. Will it matter?

Commanders and elites are being killed almost every week, but the group is proving to be resilient. Can Israel's spying do real damage?

Bilal Saab 18 July 2024
Palestinians at the funeral of a victim of Israeli bombing in Khan Yunis in Gaza on 16 July 2024 Bashar Taleb/AFP

New Gaza Nakba deepens Palestinian divisions and differences

The Palestinians need and deserve unity, a clear vision, and a feasible long-term strategy. Instead they have rival leaderships both convinced that they are right and the other is wrong.

Majed Kayali 17 July 2024
Nash Weerasekera

China-Israel relations were waning long before Gaza war

Wider geopolitical shifts are behind a decline in trade and investment, and Tel Aviv's ties with Beijing will always come second to Washington

Shirley Ze Yu 14 July 2024
In April, Hala Rharrit became the first to resign from the State Department’s Foreign Service after an 18-year career as a civil servant. Supplied

Hala Rharrit: Biden’s support for Israel is hurting America

The veteran career diplomat who resigned from her post at the State Department in April speaks candidly with Al Majalla about how her criticisms were silenced from the top echelons of government

Alfred J. Naddaff 13 July 2024
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Did Trump's war on Iran make nuclear proliferation more likely?

11 May 2026

Many US allies across the world are now questioning America's ability and will to protect them, making the prospect of a nuclear deterrent more appealing

Christopher Phillips
A container ship is seen at berth at the container terminal of the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province, on 2 April 2026. AFP
Business & Economy

The US-Iran war has forced a global trade rethink

06 May 2026

There is now a growing recognition that over-reliance on a single corridor or supplier is no longer feasible. While this may worry some, it is a chance for others.

Abdulfattah Khattab
Al Majalla
Politics

Farage emerges as viable PM contender amid Labour losses

11 May 2026

Labour's disastrous showing in the local elections and gains made by the Reform party have sparked calls for Starmer to step down, but he remains defiant

Con Coughlin
Festival General Delegate Thierry Fremaux speaks in front of the Cannes Festival official poster from the movie "Thelma & Louise" during a press conference in Cannes, France, on 11 May 2026. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Culture & Social Affairs

Cinema's changing face on display at Cannes

11 May 2026

This year, the renowned film festival appears to be addressing a world where films are made and consumed differently, while maintaining its legacy as the world's foremost arena for art cinema

Firas Al-Madi
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the day of the EU Leaders and Regional Partners Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 24 April 2026.
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Politics

Are Lebanon-Israel talks a mistake? The view from Cairo

11 May 2026

Egyptian officials believe US-Israeli pressure to rapidly disarm Hezbollah could backfire and plunge Lebanon into a new civil war

Amr Emam

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