Tue 19 December 2023: Beirut, Lebanon – Since October 7, when Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Flood broke through the barrier Israel built around Gaza, stormed Israeli towns, killed 1,200 people and took another 240 hostage, Israeli authorities have had their target on one man: Yahya Sinwar. Israeli officials say Sinwar, Hamas’s leader in Gaza and a member […]
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Mon 18 December 2023: Mainstream Lebanese politicians have criticised the Hamas move. But it will likely help Hezbollah as tensions with Israel escalate. Beirut, Lebanon – When Hamas put out a call for recruitment in Lebanon on December 4, several mainstream Lebanese political parties and officials denounced the move, accusing the Palestinian group of violating their […]
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Sun 17 December 2023: A long, grinding urban war appears likely now, if Israel is to negate the effects of Hamas tunnels. But keeping public support intact won’t be easy. Dramatic news reports, claims and videos have emerged from both sides involved in the Gaza fighting throughout the past week. The week started with the […]
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Mon 11 December 2023: In the past two months, ever since Starbucks’ corporate office announced it would sue its union for posting a pro-Palestine statement, a strong boycott has left the company with a loss of nearly $12 billion. According to some reports, business is particularly suffering in Morocco, and many locations in Arab countries and across the US have […]
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Sun 10 December 2023: Harare, Zimbabwe – When Obert Manduna was elected member of parliament for Nketa constituency in Zimbabwe’s second biggest city of Bulawayo in August, the former humanitarian worker was elated. “It has always been my passion to work with the downtrodden, vulnerable, and disadvantaged members of the society,” Manduna told Al Jazeera. “So […]
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Sun 10 December 2023: In the week that followed the expiration of the “humanitarian pause”, Israel has escalated its invasion of the Gaza Strip. Aerial bombardment by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) resumed within minutes of the uneasy week-long pause that ended on December 1. It was then followed by advances of armoured units, artillery […]
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The Sinai Peninsula. Fri 08 December 2023: Are the Egyptians right to express fear for Sinai due to the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip? In Don Quixote fashion, the regime in Cairo is fighting secret documents whose content is being leaked. Today, it is surrounded by many crises, not to mention the country’s […]
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Fri 08 December 2023: Benjamin Netanyahu’s hold on his position as prime minister of Israel appears increasingly tenuous. Many Israelis hold him and his cabinet responsible for the security failures of October 7, and he has come under heavy domestic criticism for his handling of the war on Gaza. Add to that the fact he […]
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress member Nelson Mandela (C), wearing a keffiyeh, attends a meeting organised in his honour by the National Union of Algerian Youths, May 18, 1990, in Algiers [Abdelhak Senna/AFP] Wed 06 December 2023: In late February 1990, 16 days after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela descended […]
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Israeli soldiers fire during an operation in a location given as Gaza in this image released November 16. via Israel Defense Forces. (Reuters) Mon 20 October 2023: Israel is embarking on a ‘war on terror’ that will benefit its military industrial complex, but will have devastating consequences. It is easy to get distracted by […]
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