What Netanyahu got wrong in his UN speech
OSAMA AL-SHARIF September 26, 2023 Benjamin Netanyahu, once the golden boy of the Israeli hard right, appears to have been stripped of his Midas touch. A sly orator, a populist […]
Ghosts of the past: For Israel, war on UNESCO is an existential battle
Sep 26,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Jericho does not belong to the Palestinians alone. It belongs to the whole of humanity. For Israel, however, the recognition by UNESCO […]
How the US failed Oslo
Sep 25,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The breakthrough of the Oslo Accords was not in its details, but rather in its opening sentences in which the Israeli […]
Bishr the Barefoot: Ordinariness of the sacred
BY SULTAN ADANIR SEP 24, 2023 – DAILY SABAH EDITED BY BUSE KESKIN Islamic art decorations by the mausoleum of renowned medieval Iranian poet and mystic Farid ud-Din Attar in his hometown of Neyshabur, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, Aug. 19, 2014. (Getty Images Photo) Ascetic Bishr al-Hafi’s unwavering reverence for […]
A clarion call: King Abdullah’s Royal proclamation in New York
Sep 24,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Nedal El Batayneh In the midst of prevailing Arab neglect and inertia surrounding Palestine, His Majesty King Abdullah, with a voice steeped in resolve […]
Tel Aviv’s losing brands: Israeli ‘coup’ and the death of false democracy
Sep 19,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud From its very onset, Israel has constructed a brand for itself, a powerful gimmick that was predicated on two main pillars: democracy […]
Mideast faces prospect of ‘environmental catastrophe’: Iraqi PM
Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia Al Sudani addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, September 22, 2023. (REUTERS) Updated 11 sec ago […]
‘A hidden universe of suffering’: the Palestinian children sent to jail
Palestinian children throwing stones at an Israeli tank in the West Bank in 2003. Photograph: Mohammed Ballas/AP The long read One night in 2005, Israeli soldiers came for Huda Dahbour’s […]
Why major powers’ description of Israel as a democracy is wrong
CHRIS DOYLE September 19, 2023 An obstinate lexicon of cliches garnishes every Western political figure’s discourse on Israel-Palestine. Most of them bear little relationship to the reality on the ground […]
Israel’s unprecedented collapse creates an opportunity for Palestinians
RAMZY BAROUD September 18, 2023 From its very onset, Israel constructed a brand for itself — a powerful gimmick that was predicated on two main pillars: democracy and stability. The […]
Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound on last day of Rosh Hashanah
MENA The New Arab Staff 17 September, 2023 After calls from several extremist groups to storm Al-Aqsa during the Jewish New Year holiday, dozens of settlers have begun entering the […]
41 Years after the Massacre: Remembering Sabra and Shatila
September 16, 2023 Articles, Features, Videos For three days of constant killings, the Israeli military continued its siege and prevented international humanitarian workers and journalists from entering. On this day, September 16, 1982, […]
Saudi Arabia’s success in transforming Umrah, Hajj ecosystem
Sep 15,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Zayed Al Dakheel Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam and home to the holiest sites in Islam, has witnessed remarkable success in transforming the […]
The untold story of the abuse of Palestinian women in Hebron
Sep 12,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud The humiliation of Palestinian women by Israeli soldiers in the occupied city of Al Khalil (Hebron) on July 10 was not the […]
Why we all need a more precise, practical definition of antisemitism
Rebecca Ruth Gould 8 September 2023 Racism is always about power, perpetuated by those who benefit from injustice. It will only be eradicated through a radical political transformation that guarantees […]
Libya-Israel fiasco highlights Washington’s misguided approach
HAFED AL-GHWELL September 09, 2023 A clandestine meeting between the foreign ministers of Libya and Israel, Najla Al-Mangoush and Eli Cohen, respectively, opened a Pandora’s box, revealing yet again the […]
Saudi journalist empowering women with real stories
Updated 53 min 49 sec ago RAHAF JAMBI arabnews.com September 07, 2023 RIYADH: Saudi journalist Balqees Basalom started an online platform to shed light on Arab women role models to […]
GCC affirms support for creation of Palestinian state, condemns Israeli incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli settlers construct a new outpost near the settlement of Ma’ale Levona, in the occupied West Bank on June 25, 2023. Israel has occupied the West Bank since the 1967 […]
UK on course to lose what is left of its influence in the Middle East
MOHAMED CHEBARO September 06, 2023 The UK before the economic crisis of 2008 was very different from the UK that emerged from the global financial meltdown and its repercussions, which […]
Israel and its occupation exact high price from Palestinians
Sep 06,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Last week, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People called for Israel’s “immediate and unconditional” […]