Opinion
Under the slogan “Gaza is Ours, Forever,” a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the settlement of Be’eri, near the Gaza border, on October 20-21.The group represented a “who’s who” of the Israeli right, far right, and ultranational...
No one had expected that one year would be enough to recenter the Palestinian cause as the world’s most pressing issue, and that millions of people across the globe, would, once again rally for Palestinian freedom.The last year witnessed an Israeli genocide in Gaza, unprecedented violence in t...
The Democracy Perception Index (DPI) issued its 2024 report on May 8, revealing important and interesting shifts in global perceptions about democracy, geopolitics and international relations.The conclusions in the report were based on the views of over 62 thousand respondents from 53 countries &nda...
Left to its own devices, Israel would never grant Palestinians their freedom.In the past, some, whether ignorantly or not, claimed that peace in Palestine can only be achieved through ‘unconditional negotiations’.This mantra was also championed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah...
“If you try to break the mold, you’re not going to last long,” famed linguist and cultural critic Noam Chomsky wrote in an essay published in Z Magazine in October 1997.The essay, entitled, ‘What Makes Mainstream Media Mainstream”, appeared before social media took off ...
Gaza was among the main topics on the agenda of Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrived in the Middle East region on Wednesday, December 6.Some news reports referred to the trip as ‘rare’, especially since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022.We know that the situa...
But the history of Gaza is a history of great civilisations, as well as a history of revival, rebirth.Shortly before the war, on Sep. 23, archaeologists in Gaza announced that four Roman-era tombs had been unearthed in Gaza City. They include “two lead coffins, one delicately carved with harve...
You simply cannot overstate the growing economic clout of the BRICS group. Equally important to economic power is the political influence that members of BRICS will most likely command in the coming years.A new report by Bloomberg, published on Nov. 3, provides additional proof of why our perception...
Moreover, the repercussions of this devastating war are likely to alter the political equation in the entire Middle East and to re-center Palestine as the world’s most urgent political crisis for years to come.Since the establishment of Israel, facilitated by Britain and protected by the Unite...
“Berlusconi is there because others have failed.” These words by Italian columnist Massimo Franco were made to the Washington Post in 2018, shortly before the Italian March elections. They sum up the story of Italy’s modern politics.Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s longest-serving ...
Europe keeps reminding us that geopolitical interests trump ideology.European politics is the prime example of how states and political parties are willing to ditch their very ideological foundations to hold onto power, even if briefly.The unmistakable political shift of attitude in Italian Prime Mi...
On April 23, I completed the Madrid International Marathon. It was my 14th overall full marathon. It was not an easy feat.When I ran my first full marathon in 2008, I merely wanted to complete a single run, and only to prove something to myself. I had no plans to keep on running. But I did.A few mon...
Who would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise as the potential rival of the G7 countries? But that once seemingly distant possibility now has real prospects which could change the political equilibrium of world politics.BRICS is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Afric...
Feb. 7, a funeral was held in the northern Syrian town of Jinderis. It was one of numerous such funerals to be held on that day across Syria and Türkiye, following a devastating earthquake that killed and injured thousands.Each one of these funerals represented two seemingly opposite notions: c...
When the news-stand of Giuseppe Trani was swept away by massive flooding that devastated the southern Italian town of Casamicciola, near Naples, the 70-year-old man lost everything.Not for long, though, as the townsfolk, who were also affected by the flooding and landslides experienced throughout th...
My friend is not an elitist. To the contrary, he has spent decades of his life fighting social inequality, racism and championing the rights of disadvantaged groups.Therefore, I was taken aback when he surmised that “football is the opium of the people”.In the Fifa World Cup 2022, held i...
Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city’s well-organised streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure.Large billboards advertised the world’s leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Amid all the expressions of wealth and plenty, an electronic sign by a bus s...
The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell is not particularly perceived by the EU’s political elite or mainstream media as a right wing ideologue or warmonger. But seen through a different, non-western prism, it is hard not to mistake him for one.Borrell’s comments la...
As soon as I landed in Rome, I discovered that I was no longer able to access any Russian media whatsoever. Unfortunately, threats by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, that Europe should sever all links with “Russia’s propaganda machine” were taken seriously by th...
Finally, France will be leaving Mali, nearly a decade after the original military intervention in 2013. The repercussions of this decision will hardly be confined to this West African nation, but will likely spread to the entirety of the Sahel Region; in fact, the whole of Africa.France’s deci...
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