Israel’s borders have shifted throughout its history. Action in Syria may reshape them again
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in Syrian territory indefinitely, blurring the border with ...
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Deception and Politics From Washington to Tel Aviv
In these difficult times, the voice of the late Palestinian-American scholar, Edward Said is ever present, “Writing is the ...
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Israeli Citizenship Has Always Been a Tool of Genocide — So I Renounced Mine
I recently entered an Israeli consulate and submitted papers to formally renounce my citizenship. It was an unseasonably warm ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...
Syria’s new HTS government is a vehicle for imperialism’s struggle to control the Middle East
Despite the rhetoric about a global war against Islamist terrorism, the US has long utilised reactionary Islamist groups in ...
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What the Israel-Hezbollah war did to Lebanon's cultural heritage sites
Part of a Crusader castle crumbled. An 18th century minaret felled. Church mosaics burned. Archaeologists are assessing ...
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What the Israel-Hezbollah war did to Lebanon's cultural heritage sites
In late September, when Israel invaded Lebanon in pursuit of Hezbollah militants, the region around the castle of Tibnin (also called Toron) came under heavy bombardment. On Nov. 18, the United ...
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As IDF uncovers Hezbollah weapons, Lebanon's leader demands Israel exit southern region
Dec. 23 (UPI) --Lebanon's leader on Monday toured southern parts of his country amid large Israeli gains of Hezbollah weapons. Prime Minister Najib Mikati called for Israel's military to exit the ...
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Israel Says It Won’t Allow Hezbollah to Return to South Lebanon
Israel won’t permit Hezbollah operatives to return to villages in southern Lebanon and reestablish infrastructure that would pose a threat to Israeli communities, Defense Minister Israel Katz ...
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As IDF uncovers Hezbollah weapons, Lebanon's leader demands Israel exit southern region
Dec. 23 (UPI) --Lebanon's leader on Monday toured southern parts of his country amid large Israeli gains of Hezbollah weapons. Prime Minister Najib Mikati called for Israel's military to exit the ...