Trump’s extremist border policies are part of a global authoritarian moment
On January 29, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum instructing his government to expand detention capacity at ...
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Gaza urgently needs a more effective humanitarian approach
The ceasefire agreement in Gaza has now held for a month. There have been critical moments and violations, but the ...
Europe’s Trump dilemma
US President Donald Trump has announced that he intends to talk “peace in Ukraine” with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at ...
I stayed until the end, Dr Abu Nujaila. We will remember and rebuild
“Whoever stays until the end will tell the story. We did what we could – remember us.” These were the ...
The West has been in denial about censorship for far too long
On February 14, US Vice President JD Vance caused a stir at the Munich Security Conference when he decided to ...
East Timor has a historic opportunity to break ASEAN deadlock on Myanmar
East Timor finally looks set to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year. The country’s accession to ...
The Gazafication of Jenin will not succeed
Last month, as the Israeli army started pulling out of Gaza under the ceasefire agreement, it announced an “operation” in ...
How Sudan and Palestine made it to the Super Bowl
On Sunday night amid the spectacle of the Super Bowl halftime show, a performer raised the flags of Sudan and ...
Our ‘return’ to northern Gaza is not the end of exile
For 15 months, I was displaced from my home in northern Gaza. For 15 long months that felt like 15 ...
Big Tech is powering Trump’s immigration crackdown
“Immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of s***.” This is the kind of statement that Meta will no longer be flagging ...
On idle talk and genocide in Gaza
Today, writing feels like planting the proverbial tree in the face of the apocalypse. Decades ago, I started writing to ...
Trump’s plan to colonise Gaza is rooted in an old white fantasy
The US president’s imagined entitlement to other people’s land is very familiar to Africans.The declaration by United States President Donald ...
Towards a Trump Tower in Gaza?
When Donald Trump reassumed the presidency of the United States of America in January, eternal New York Times foreign affairs ...
It is time to move the UN and international law out of the West
The exceptional immunity that Israel has enjoyed for decades has placed international law and its institutions at a knife’s edge. Israel ...
Trump must not be allowed to torpedo the Palestinian right to remain
Before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House, United States President Donald Trump said Palestinians have “no ...
Canada’s brewing disquiet
Canada is in a MAGA world of trouble. The nation’s “dearest” and “closest” friend has declared a debilitating trade war ...
Horrorism, MK-84 bombs and medical responsibility in the wake of a genocide
In October, a video from Gaza began to circulate that horrified the world. It showed an injured teenager lying on ...
The PA and Israel are allies in silencing the truth
On December 28, 21-year-old journalism student Shatha Al-Sabbagh was assassinated near her home in Jenin. Her family accused snipers from ...
How MAGA fell out with ‘Indian Tech-Bros’
The recent uproar in the United States over H-1B high-skilled work visas has exposed deep fissures within Donald Trump’s “Make ...
Guantanamo deportations: What’s Trump’s plan? Why is it controversial?
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that seeks to repurpose Guantanamo Bay, a US prison ...
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