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'The Brutalist': a brutally long film that falls short

A budget film from last year that won ten Oscar nominations could have genuinely added to the pantheon of Holocaust films but instead feels contrived, crude, and long

Areej Jamal 20 March 2025
Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in "A Real Pain" Searchlight Pictures

'A Real Pain' shows how grief affects people differently

Culkin's layered Oscar-winning performance as one of two cousins whose grandmother's family went through the Holocaust lets Eisenberg's latest film explore the different ways people process pain

Obaid al-Tamimi 08 March 2025
A scene from the film 'The Zone of Interest' Alamy

The Zone of Interest: A Holocaust film with echoes in today's world

Glazer's Oscar-winning film prompts the question: What would we have done had we lived during the Holocaust and known about it? The genocide in Gaza today reveals frightening answers.

Samer Abou Hawwach 14 March 2024
Participants of a vigil against anti-Semitism gather in front of the Synagogue in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, 16 May 2021. An initiative against anti-Semitism in Berlin has called for the vigil to show solidarity with the Jewish community. On 14 May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned anti-Semitic incidents against synagogues in Germany motivated by the current violence in Israel and Gaza. (EPA/FILIP SINGER)

The Underexplored Dangers of Antisemitism in Europe

The violence that erupted in Gaza during the Israeli military campaign ‘Operation Guardian of the Walls,’ a consequence of escalating tensions in Jerusalem and subsequent rocket attacks by Hamas, was…

Hagar Elnahas 30 July 2021
World leaders listen to a speech by Israel's President Reuven Rivlin during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum on January 23, 2020 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Getty)

Understanding the Holocaust in its Totality

Their names and numbers were Ismail (R9954) and Nasreddin (R9955), Mohammed (R9959) and Hassan (R9965). They were Soviet prisoners of war, captured on the eastern front. In late February and…

Robert Satloff   25 January 2020

Understanding the Holocaust in its Totality

Their names and numbers were Ismail (R9954) and Nasreddin (R9955), Mohammed (R9959) and Hassan (R9965). They were Soviet prisoners of war, captured on the eastern front. In late February and early…

Robert Satloff   25 January 2020
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‘Kushner and Witkoff spoiled the US-Iran talks’

13 April 2026

Sources tell Al Majalla that Iran was able to build a rapport with US Vice President JD Vance in Islamabad, but sensed his hands were tied in the presence of Trump's son-in-law and close friend

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China and Russia's calculated backing of Iran

12 April 2026

Both Beijing and Moscow have pragmatic reasons to help Tehran raise the cost of US action. Each sees value in offering limited but meaningful support.

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The US and Iran mull next moves amid shaky truce

10 April 2026

Washington weighs the desire to avoid a protracted war with offsetting the appearance of defeat, as Tehran debates whether to consolidate gains before conditions shift or press perceived advantages

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The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

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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
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Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

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"

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