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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly 09 April 2026
'Arab in the Corridors of Parliament: My Story and Politics in Israel' by Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi Al Majalla

A window into the experience of Palestinian citizens of Israel

A new book by influential Palestinian Knesset member Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi sheds light on an often-forgotten group of Palestinians—a people dispersed in different directions upon Israel's creation

Mohamed abi Samra 19 June 2025
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Taha

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha: Pulitzer Prize is a recognition of our story

The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.

Houssam Marouf 26 May 2025
Basel Adra GettyImages

Basel Adra: I wanted to make a film as disturbing as my reality

Speaking to Al Majalla, the Palestinian co-director of Best Documentary winner 'No Other Land' says he believes that solidarity with Gaza's suffering was a factor in his film's Oscars success

Houssam Marouf 14 March 2025
Men sit before a wall displaying pictures of killed Palestinians in Jenin in the north of the occupied West Bank on July 5, 2023, after the Israeli army declared the end of a two-day military operation in the area. AFP

Why Israel is threatened by Jenin

The camp's residents show strong social cohesion. Unlike many other cities and villages in the West Bank, it is not characterised by political divisions.

Salem Al Rayyes 05 July 2023
An Israeli settlement Nevi Yakov in eastern Jerusalem. In the background is the Palestinian neighbourhood of Beit Hanina. AFP

Palestinian options at a standstill with no breakthrough in sight

Last year witnessed a significant escalation regarding the Israeli targeting of Palestinians

Majed Kayali 05 February 2023
A Palestinian waitress work at the newly-opened women-only restaurant, called Sabaia VIP, in Gaza City September 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

Sandwiches and A Safe Space: A Gaza Restaurant Run By women, For Women

A Palestinian woman has realized her dream of becoming a chef in the male-dominated Gaza Strip thanks to a new eatery where she heads an all-female staff looking after an all-female clientele. …

12 September 2022
Book Cover.

“Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said”

This American book, and many of the major American comments about it, seem to still have not figured out the real Edward Said. The deeply rooted spirit of Said, starting from Jerusalem, through Cairo…

Mohammad Ali Salih 21 June 2021
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Photos of the new head of the Israeli intelligence agency (Mossad), Roman Gofman (right); Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani; and the US Envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack.
 Al Majalla
Politics

Why Israel's strike in northern Syria surprised Damascus

20 August 2026

Shaibani held several calls with the Mossad chief days before the strike, explaining why the airport's runway was being rehabilitated and that it had no hostile intentions, but Israel bombed it anyway

Ibrahim Hamidi
Pakistan's Ambassador Permanent Representative to the UN, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, attends a United Nations Security Council meeting after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, in New York, on 28 February 2026. REUTERS/Heather Khalifa
Politics

Pakistan's UN envoy: there is no military solution to Iran war

20 August 2026

Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad speaks to Al Majalla about Islamabad's diplomatic role in the talks between the US and Iran, its balancing act between Tehran and Riyadh and the Mecca Pact

Ahmed Maher
Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Why Israel's outsized influence on global tech is worrying

19 August 2026

From Apple's chips to Nvidia's data centres, Israeli tech has embedded itself in the global tech ecosystem. This comes with grave national security implications.

Marco Mossad
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Ahmed al-Sharaa: the next battle

20 August 2026

Balancing the competing interests of regional and global stakeholders is no easy task. Can the president keep Syria from becoming an arena for regional conflict?

Al Majalla - London
Stock markets reacted to an uptick in US inflation, suggesting that President Donald Trump's tariffs were impacting the American economy. Angela Weiss/AFP
Business & Economy

Why bond markets are unnerving rich-world politicians

20 August 2026

As stocks rise ever higher, yields have been climbing ominously

The Economist

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