Following the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation (as dubbed by Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigade) that marked the start of the ongoing war (now for over 8 months), the UN declared Gaza to be an “epic humanitarian catastrophe”. Furthermore, following the latest bombing of a refugee camp in Rafah that killed 45 civilians, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres affirmed that “There is no safe place…
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The article is published in JPS Magazine American policy is full of contradictions. Those contradictions have become especially evident since the war in Gaza began, but they emerged before. The contradictions make the United States a confusing actor, one subject to different strategic impulses and displaying enormous tactical inconsistency. For day-to-day and even year-to-year decision-making, the United States will likely…
Read More »As the United States enters a crucial election season, the pace of American popular protests against the Israeli war on Gaza rises daily, and the voices calling for a ceasefire expand. Within these protests, there are condemnations of the direct American role in supporting Israel and obstructing international efforts to end the war. Sharp criticisms of the U.S. President label…
Read More »Although the strategic implications of the war on Gaza have not yet emerged, which will be considerably associated with forthcoming developments on the ground, it is clear that there are repercussions and initial implications that have become apparent, since the war started, which reflects a major shift in the structure of regional relations, i.e the most accurate term in…
Read More »The world saw Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir, in December 2021, grabbing his pistol, even though he was surrounded by Israeli soldiers, and pointing it at the Palestinians of Sheikh Jarrah. This scene embodies his program on which he ran in the recent Israeli elections, and now he and those who share the same program will most likely be part…
Read More »AMMAN – Despite the many negative effects of the Russian-Ukrainian war on international relations in general, energy prices, and food chains, these events have renewed the strategic importance of the Middle East region in the field of energy, food, and the global economy, as seen by the Jordanian, European and American politicians and experts who participated in a discussion workshop…
Read More »Tunisia’s political system has undergone major transformations since the events of Republic Day (25 July 2021) when President Kais Saied undertook extraordinary measures, issuing authorities in the country, dismissing the House of Representatives, dismissing the Government and making a new politically depoliticized Government, drafting a new constitution for the country and new election law, many wonders where Tunisia is headed?…
Read More »It was not surprising that the conflict of Shiite forces moved from the fields of politics to the battlefields, Rather, it was remarkable that the armed clash lasted only about 20 hours, thus what Iraq has witnessed since the announcement of the results of the early 2021 elections of an escalation in the pace of chaos and political and security…
Read More »Tunisia is experiencing a new chapter of the political crisis, entitled: The independence of the legislative authority from political interests, a demand sought by the parties to the conflict, the president and his supporters on the one hand, and the judges and the human rights community on the other hand, President Qais Saeed announced in front of the Ministry…
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