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Tensions between Palestinians employed in Israel and the Hamas authorities of the Gaza Strip are rising due to widespread anger at changes to work permits. Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock

Hamas-imposed monthly fee for work permits to Israel sparks fury

Tensions between Palestinians employed in Israel and the Hamas authorities of the Gaza Strip are rising due to widespread anger at changes to work permits.

Salem Al Rayyes 30 September 2023
A trove of exclusive top-level documents obtained by Al Majalla reveals how the US’s priority for Damascus shifted from normalisation with Israel to severing its ties to Iran between 2000-2011. Majalla

From normalisation with Israel to severing Iran ties, documents reveal shifting US policy priorities for Syria

A trove of exclusive top-level documents obtained by Al Majalla reveals how US policy priorities for Syria shifted from normalisation with Israel to severing its ties to Iran between 2000-2011

Ibrahim Hamidi 17 September 2023
The Oslo Accords cemented the fragmentation of the Palestinian national discourse and weakened its political entities. Al Majalla explains how the pact gave Israel a clear advantage. Hassan Moharam

30 years later, Oslo's real objectives are clear

The Oslo Accords cemented the fragmentation of the Palestinian national discourse and weakened its political entities. Al Majalla explains how the pact gave Israel a clear advantage.

Majed Kayali 14 September 2023
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks during a joint press conference with the Saudi foreign minister (not pictured) after a ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State in Riyadh in June 2023. AFP

The costs and benefits of Saudi-Israeli normalisation

Seeking US protection against Iranian aggression is key for Riyadh. Biden has a good bit of wiggle room, given that Republicans are willing to work with him. But is this enough? Al Majalla explains.

Bilal Saab 14 September 2023
US President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after delivering a speech at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem May 2017. Getty/Majalla

7 things Saudi Arabia should keep in mind in talks with Israel

Saudi Arabia has a strong hand in discussions. Israel is well aware that many countries are eager to be involved in the economic and social transformations underway in Saudi Arabia.

Brian Katulis 13 September 2023
30 years after the Oslo Accords, what looked like a landmark opportunity has left hope adrift. But there is a way toward a homeland Palestinians deserve via better leaders. Al Majalla explains. Hassan Moharam

30 years after Oslo, Palestinian state elusive as ever

What once looked like a landmark opportunity, has now fizzled out. But there is a way toward a homeland Palestinians deserve via better leaders. Al Majalla explains.

Asaad Ghanem 12 September 2023
A pro-Iranian Hezbollah cleric and his family pass near heavy artillery during a military exhibition in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek in the Bekaa valley. DPA

Is a new Israel-Hezbollah war looming?

Heartened by unprecedented internal strife in Israel, Hezbollah has ramped up its provocations against Israel. It has faced little repercussions, which has emboldened it even more.

David Schenker 09 September 2023
In the September issue of Al Majalla, we take a deep dive into the US-Saudi negotiations with a wide array of articles and interviews that dissect the issue from various angles. Mona Eing & Michael Meissner

Saudi and Israel: Normalisation?

The American Big Deal: Nuclear, Defence, China, and Iran

Al Majalla - London 07 September 2023
Saudi-US talks and the question of normalisation with Israel Mona Eing & Michael Meissner

On the normalisation question

Saudi-US talks and the question of normalisation with Israel

Hesham Alghannam 07 September 2023
In the September issue of Al Majalla, we take a deep dive into the US-Saudi negotiations with a wide array of articles and interviews that dissect the issue from various angles. Mona Eing & Michael Meissner

With an eye on China, the US could offer Saudi Arabia unprecedented security guarantees

International media publications have leaked reports of US-Saudi negotiations. Al Majalla breaks down the possible challenges and benefits that could come from the actualisation of such a deal.

Al Majalla - London 07 September 2023
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Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (C) reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on January 31, 2019. GREG BAKER / AFP
Politics

Pivot to China? Gulf states mull options after Doha strike

12 September 2025

Israel's attack in Qatar erodes Gulf states' trust in the US and serves as a stark reminder that they cannot depend on American security guarantees

Xiaotong Yang
A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

11 September 2025

Many Lebanese see the project as a demographic one with economic dressings aimed at expelling the country's southern population from their lands

Souraya Chahine
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa Al Majalla
Politics

From Idlib to New York: Sharaa’s winding road the UN

12 September 2025

From the plains of Idlib to the presidential palace in Damascus and now the UN headquarters in Manhattan, Al Majalla traces the Syrian president's journey to get to this historic moment

Ibrahim Hamidi
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
Egyptian writer May Telmissany poses during a portrait session held on April 15, 2014, in Paris, France. Ulf Andersen/Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

May Telmissany: writing is an act of resistance against the ugliness of the world

14 September 2025

The acclaimed Egyptian writer talks love, betrayal, autobiography, and the lack of Arab literary identity

El-Sayed Hussein

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