Opinion

Israel-Palestine war multiplies Arab suspicions of the West

While giving me a lift to Amman from the airport where I arrived last week, my taxi driver told me: “Look at McDonald’s outlets and Starbucks cafes. They are empty.” This is the least people could do to express their sympathy and solidarity with the Palestinians under Israeli attac...

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Hateful rhetoric will remain a threat to hopes of peace

Could the Hamas-Israel conflict finally enter a new phase as a result of Wednesday’s deal to release 50 civilian hostages held by Hamas in return for 150 Palestinian prisoners detained by Israel during a four-day truce brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the US? One would hope this agreement wil...

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Middle East crisis the catalyst for change in the UK

It is not an exaggeration to say that, far away from the Israel-Gaza border, this five-week-old conflict has claimed its first political victim. Suella Braverman, the UK interior minister who tried but failed to stop public demonstrations in support of a ceasefire in Gaza — using Armistice Day...

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UK ready for change but will the people back Labour?

All you hear in the UK these days is talk about how the Labour Party is likely to win the general election next year and replace the Conservative Party at the helm of power for the first time since 2010. This would end the years of Conservative government-induced austerity that led to squeezed publi...

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How concerned should we be about the latest Covid variants?

Every time I think about COVID-19, I cannot help but relive the memories and trauma of the early, pre-vaccine days of the pandemic, when we were all living under the fear of infection.As the world continues to try to consign the threat and bad memories of the virus to the pages of the history books,...

Opinion

Has humanity missed its chance to deal with global warming?

No matter how hard one tries, one cannot escape news of the Earth’s changing climate, as we now live in a more polluted world and a hotter planet for all living species. Last week, record-breaking temperatures were registered globally, according to data from the US National Centers for Environ...

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UK’s Labour Party risks losing votes promising to make Brexit work

Many people in Britain cannot wait to see the back of the current government and the end of Conservative Party rule, which has lasted for 13 years so far and has largely been characterized by austerity policies that damaged society and the economy, the historic 2016 referendum on leaving the EU, and...

Opinion

Climate scientists make their case but will the world listen?

The news that humanity will be pushed out of its so-called climate niche, in which our world has flourished, progressed and developed for millennia, is too alarming for policymakers everywhere to simply gloss over. It cannot be blamed on excessive scientific reading and analysis of data or simply di...