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Items by Muthanna Abdullah
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Famine and childhood in Gaza are marks of shame in the 21st century
The latest UN report has described the level of famine in the Gaza Strip as a catastrophic situation, warning that nearly half a million people in the Palestinian enclave suffer from extreme food insecurity, and that entire families go days without anything to eat. Twenty UN agencies and humanitarian...
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What is Israel's plan for the day after the war?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his government’s plan for the day after the war is simple: “Gaza will be neither Hamastan nor Fatahstan.” The plan includes a buffer zone between the Gaza envelope — populated areas of the Negev within 7 km of the nominal border —...
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Is Saudi Arabia-Israel normalisation close, or still a long way off?
In a move worthy of analysis, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced the appointment of a non-resident ambassador to the Palestinian Authority last week. He will also assume the position of Consul General in the occupied city of Jerusalem. The appointee is also the Ambassador to Jordan, and has...
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Why is the abandonment of Palestine justified by using Iran as a pretext?
Israel launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip last Friday in a pre-emptive operation because, it claimed, the Islamic Jihad movement was planning to launch an attack across Gaza’s nominal border. Senior Islamic Jihad figure Taysir Al-Jabari and a number of his companions were martyred when the Israelis targeted...
