Palestine

Do attacks on US bases in Middle East suggest escalation in waiting?

Around 13 attacks have targeted US and allied forces’ bases in Iraq and Syria in the past one week. All…

1 year ago

Why ‘Brother’ Turkey wants to save Hamas for another day

To solve the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, Turkey is one of the channels to communicate with senior Hamas leadership. The “Turkish…

1 year ago

Hamas releases two Israeli women hostages

Hamas has released two elderly Israeli women, who were held hostage by the Palestinian militant group during the October 7…

1 year ago

Roots of two-state solution can be traced to UN’s post-war Partition Plan of Palestine- Farhang Jahanpour

Hamas’s barbaric incursion into Israel, killing some 1,300 Israeli citizens and taking some 150 hostages, followed by Israel’s massive retaliation…

1 year ago

20 aid trucks enter Gaza from Egypt as Rafah crossing opens; WHO says ‘needs are far higher’

On the fifteenth day of the Israel-Hamas war, 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid were finally allowed to enter the Gaza…

1 year ago

2 women, scores injured in Israeli strike on Greek Orthodox Church

At least two women have been killed and many other people have been injured in an Israeli attack on the…

1 year ago

Israeli-Palestinian peace peaked in 1990’s and then…

The ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict is not showing signs of de-escalation. The crisis was triggered on October 7 when Hamas, the…

1 year ago

Egypt has agreed to open Rafah crossing to allow aid trucks into Gaza: Biden

Egypt's President Al-Sisi has agreed to open the Rafah border crossing to allow roughly 20 trucks to provide humanitarian aid…

1 year ago

Widespread condemnation of carnage at Gaza hospital

Worldwide condemnation followed after hundreds were killed in overnight explosion at Gaza City hospital that was cramped with patients and…

1 year ago

Biden to visit Israel tomorrow on ‘solidarity and peace mission’

US President Joe Biden is set to visit Israel on Wednesday at a time when the country is facing its…

1 year ago

Biden warns Israel against Gaza occupation

President Biden warned Israel in an interview aired on Sunday not to reoccupy Gaza, his first significant public effort to…

1 year ago

‘Nowhere to go’: Egypt keeps Rafah shut for Gazans

Gazans fleeing Israeli bombardment of the densely populated enclave have nowhere to go, till now. The only place where they…

1 year ago

Is an endgame emerging in the Hamas-Israel conflict?

The signals of endgame in the Hamas-Israel conflict hint towards more dire consequences. While the Israeli assault in Gaza continues…

1 year ago

Is tardy diplomacy festering Hamas-Israel conflict?

Grandmaster of diplomacy Henry Kissinger shot to cult status as the greatest strategist negotiator after his role in bringing Israelis…

1 year ago

Will the Arab Street blow up Biden’s Middle East aspirations?

Arabs stand in solidarity with Palestinians after shocking Hamas attacks on Israeli cities and subsequent reprisals by the Israeli forces.…

1 year ago

UNSC to hold close door session on Middle East situation today afternoon

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold a close-door session on the Middle East situation at 3 pm (US…

1 year ago

With memories of Black September still alive, can Pakistan betray Palestinians, yet again?

Israel has entered the Pakistani diplomatic lexicon yet again, even though Islamabad might want the world to believe that it…

1 year ago

Bibi ‘on cusp of Saudi scoop’ with Palestinians on board, but without Palestine

Beleaguered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aka Bibi, is overflowing with expectations that Saudi Arabia, the heart of Islam, will…

1 year ago

Why breakdown of Saudi-Israeli talks will harm Tel Aviv, Washington

Possibilities of Saudi-Israeli détente seem all but over. Saudis have made it clear to both Tel Aviv and Washington that…

1 year ago

From hospice in East Jerusalem to landing on moon, India’s soft power resonates in Middle East

As all leading world powers are reaching out to countries in the Middle East anticipating it as the post-US moment,…

1 year ago

Why Biden’s patch up bid between Saudi-Arabia and Israel may become a flop show

On top of US President Joe Biden’s foreign policy agenda is to make Saudis and Israelis sit and sign a…

1 year ago