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This picture shows a view of a road sign directing towards the city of Dimona, close to the nuclear power plant in the southern Israeli Negev desert. AFP / Ahmad GHARAB

How Israel deceived the US and built the bomb

Newly declassified documents reveal how Israel operated under the noses of US inspectors

Avner Cohen and William Burr 09 February 2025
US Vice President Richard Nixon (L) and Senator John Kennedy participate in the first nationally televised debate between presidential candidates in a Chicago television studio on September 26, 1960. AFP

This day in history: Nixon and Kennedy face off in first-ever US presidential debate

A university student came up with the idea in 1956, which came to fruition four years later. At the time, Fred Kahn didn't know that his idea would change the face of presidential politics in America.

Sami Moubayed 26 September 2024
US President John F Kennedy (1917 - 1963) speaks during a welcome ceremony for Saudi King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1902 - 1969) at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, February 13, 1962. Getty Images

JFK’s history with Arabs and Palestine

On the 60th anniversary of his assassination (22 Nov 1963), Al Majalla revisits John F Kennedy's relationships with Arab leaders and his response to the ongoing question of Palestine-Israel.

Sami Moubayed 22 November 2023
No family name is more familiar in modern US history as the Kennedys, who have been holding public office since 1884. Getty, Al Majalla

Robert F. Kennedy Jr: A controversial figure with a ‘cursed’ family history

The Kennedys have criticised Robert for his stance on vaccines and then, for his support for his father's alleged assassin's release

Sami Moubayed 24 April 2023
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Why the US is asking Lebanon for its bomb back

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When Israel killed a Hezbollah military chief in late November, one GBU-39 bomb failed to detonate, leaving Washington worried that its adversaries could reverse engineer it

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Spanish poet Miriam Reyes on escaping the prison of the page

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With her collection 'Con' having won Spain's 2025 National Poetry Prize, the Galician writer spoke to Al Majalla about the process of creation as she works on her first novel.

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