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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
Vehicles leave an area engulfed by smoke from fires after rockets launched from southern Lebanon hit areas in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on July 4, 2024. Jalaa MAREY / AFP

Israel vs Hezbollah: The war ‘the world cannot afford’

Simmering cross-border tensions might reach a crescendo and derail the recovery of the global economy—a scenario the international community desperately seeks to rule out

Sharif Mohammad 07 July 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

More than half a century of Israeli wars on Lebanon

The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon may be inevitable, as Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza is still ongoing and as ceasefire negotiations have faltered…

Al Majalla - London 02 July 2024
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Trump's midterm loss opens a window for Iran diplomacy

11, Nov 2026

Both Tehran and Washington have powerful incentives to resolve the conflict through negotiations, but actors on all sides have reasons to derail these efforts

Alex Vatanka
The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey carries the traditional red budget box as he leaves Downing Street in London on 28 October 2026. Reuters
Business & Economy

Britain's debt squeeze tests the pound’s power

11, Nov 2026

Rising borrowing costs and persistent inflation are narrowing the UK's fiscal room for manoeuvre, exposing the limits of monetary independence

Abdulfattah Khattab
Sara Padovan
Politics

The muted impact of electoral change on foreign policy

09, Nov 2026

Despite domestic shifts, new leaders often face structural constraints and have limited parameters to operate

Christopher Phillips
Pep Boatella
Science & Technology

Climate change is redrawing national borders

10, Nov 2026

Whether it is rivers, glaciers, or sea-level submergence, the implications of rising temperatures are becoming an increasingly urgent issue for states

Alaa Emara
Culture & Social Affairs

Five Arab novels that paint an AI-dominated future

10, Nov 2026

From machines that develop human emotions to societies governed by artificial intelligence, Arab novelists explore the promises and perils of a radically transformed future

Ibrahim Adel

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