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Eiko Ojala

Crunch time: this UN General Assembly will be a big one for Palestine

Will recognition from France, the UK, Canada and Australia matter? Or will Israel simply go on defying the vast majority of UN member states? September will tell us.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 11 August 2025
A woman walks past the wreckage of a car on a street in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP

2025 could be a defining year for the West Bank

An emboldened settler movement drunk on the prospect of Trump recognising Israel's control there and an increasingly weakened Palestinian Authority make for a dangerous combination

Michael Horowitz 23 February 2025
Pro-Palestinian protesters attend a rally against US President Donald Trump's recent remarks on Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Sydney on February 7, 2025. Saeed KHAN / AFP

Trump comments on Gaza fuel global drive for a just solution for Palestine

While Trump's comments on the US 'owning' Gaza sparked a firestorm of criticism, it also refocused attention on the urgent need to rebuild the Strip and recognise a Palestinian state once and for all

Con Coughlin 08 February 2025
In an unprecedented attack, Israeli forces carry out several simultaneous explosions in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, destroying at least 20 houses on February 2, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman

With Gaza on backburner, Israel turns its military might on Jenin

Israel blew up 20 homes in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin just as Netanyahu travelled to Washington to meet with Trump, who has suggested Jordan and Egypt absorb Palestinians into their countries

Asaad Ghanem 03 February 2025
Barbara Gibson

Like his predecessors, Trump will keep giving Israel the green light

The president-elect's upcoming Oval Office return is good news for Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right cabinet and bad news for Palestinians in Gaza under Israel's unrelenting air strikes

Majed Kayali 24 November 2024
Heads of state stand for a group photo at the Arab-Islamic summit held in Riyadh on November 11, 2024. SPA

Arab-Islamic Summit: An opportunity to advance the two-state solution

Netanyahu is pushing for a 'New Middle East' that erases Palestine from the map. With Trump in the White House, all bets are off. We must act now before it's too late.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 11 November 2024
Officials from the US, Israel, Palestinian groups, and Arab states have been discussing a ceasefire, the rehabilitation of Gaza, and the future of Palestinian governance. Eduardo Ramon

International diplomats share documents outlining Gaza’s future

In the discussions between American, Arab, and Israeli envoys, a path towards a Palestinian future is beginning to emerge. Here, Al Majalla shares insights from that under-the-radar process.

Ibrahim Hamidi 19 July 2024

Unilateral recognition of Palestinian state gains momentum

Fares Garabet 27 May 2024
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Changing Baghdad’s locks: US pressure key to breaking Iran’s grip

03 August 2025

Is Iraq finally stepping out from under Iran's shadow? Al Majalla covers the story from different angles and perspectives.

Al Majalla - London
Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her sick 18-month-old son Mohammed al-Mutawaq, who is also displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 24, 2025. Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

The culmination of policy: Israel’s use of starvation in Gaza

07 August 2025

What began 18 years ago is coming to a head today: the intentional, purposeful denial of food as a biological weapon that kills a population slowly, after first breaking its will

Hala Al-Naji
UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA) Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher holds the
Global Humanitarian Overview 2025 report during a press conference in Geneva on December 3, 2024. Elodie le Maou / AFP
Profiles

Tom Fletcher: the senior UN man calling out Israeli 'cynicism'

03 August 2025

A former British diplomat now advising the UN Security Council has accused Israel of "making starvation a bargaining chip". Surprise, surprise, this did not go down well in Tel Aviv. Who is he?

Con Coughlin
Solar-powered lights on a mountain road in Lebanon.
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Business & Economy

Powering the periphery: how renewables are reshaping rural development in the Arab world

07 August 2025

Beyond the flashy projects of the Gulf, a quieter contribution to the energy transition is underway across North Africa and the Levant

Jessica Obeid
Jason Lyon
Science & Technology

Could China gatecrash the US-Gulf AI wedding?

09 August 2025

America offers the technology and the know-how, while the Gulf brings the capital and the energy, but are the Gulf states putting all their AI eggs in the US basket?

Shirley Ze Yu

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