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A Palestinian volunteer works to rescue and restore damaged books and manuscripts inside the library of the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City, on 26 February 2026.
 OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP

Cultural genocide: Israel's war on Palestinian memory

By making Gaza unrecognisable, Israel aimed to sever an indigenous people from any physical or emotional connection to their homeland

Atef Abu Seif 23 March 2026
Palestinian youth retrieve books from the rubble of a mosque and buildings which collapsed during Israeli bombardment around the town city of Rafah southern Gaza Strip on 24 January 2024. MOHAMMED ABED / AFP

Gaza in ruin: lost deeds muddle proof of ownership

As reconstruction looms, Gaza's Palestinians find themselves unable to prove who they are or what they own, their identity cards and title deeds lost beneath the rubble of war

Salem Al Rayyes 21 February 2026
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'Gaza has broken every record of modern warfare'

Former Médecins Sans Frontières president Rony Brauman explains to Al Majalla how Israel's war on Gaza has produced unprecedented suffering and exposed the collapse of international law

Elie Kossaifi 26 January 2026
Heads of State and Government of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in Niamey, Niger, July 6, 2024 Reuters

Why more states are walking away from the ICC

The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Rome Statute shows how international legal institutions are increasingly being seen as instruments of imperialism.

Sergey Eledinov 05 October 2025
Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza on September 18, 2025, due to an Israeli military operation, moving with their belongings to the south after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Palestinians flee Gaza City amid terrifying Israeli invasion

Israeli ministers boast that "Gaza is burning" after the US gives the green light to empty Gaza city of its residents. Meanwhile, the massacres and maiming continue.

Salem Al Rayyes 19 September 2025
A girl stands embracing a man as they inspect destroyed bulldozers and other heavy vehicles at the Jabalia municipality garage, which was hit by Israeli bombardment, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 22, 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP

Exploding robots: Israel's latest hammer to level Gaza

Vast areas of the Strip are being flattened. Even trees are being destroyed, lest a Palestinian hide behind them. Increasingly, explosive-laden vehicles are being sent to do the damage.

Salem Al Rayyes 13 September 2025

For many in Gaza, there is no 'day after'

Fares Garabet 08 September 2025
People mourn for Palestinian journalists Moaz Abu Taha and Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, who were killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in Gaza on August 25, 2025, along with 15 others. AFP

'Genocide didn't unfold in Gaza; it was the intent all along'

A new book by Lebanese jurist Mazen Shindab provides an invaluable legal resource on the genocide in Gaza, laying bare the flaws of international law and the moral imperative to hold Israel to account

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush 25 August 2025
Moazzam Begg, Senior Director at CAGE International, addresses pro-Palestinian activists gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice on July 4, 2025, in London. Mark Kerrison / Getty

Moazzam Begg: the British activist protesting genocide

Held and tortured in Guantanamo for three years, Begg was released in 2005 without any charge. He sued the UK for complicity, and years after his release, he continues to advocate for the oppressed.

Con Coughlin 24 August 2025
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

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

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 07 August 2025
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Gulf states should steer clear of attritional war traps

01 April 2026

The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.

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'Israel is exploiting Iran war to kill a Palestinian state'

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New fronts have opened up across the region in light of the US-Israeli war on Iran, as non-state actors with links to Tehran fear for their futures

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People gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) at the Umayyad Square, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, 20 December, 2024. Reuters / Ammar
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