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By Sondoss Al Asaad
Israel’s multi-front war on Lebanese lives, health, and economic survival
BEIRUT — Lebanon has been moving through one of its most sensitive moments in recent months, where military diplomacy, Israeli escalation, and internal fragility intersect dangerously.
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By Wesam Bahrani
Iraq must shield itself against U.S. plots
TEHRAN – Iraq must either reflect on political mistakes and failed policies of the past, or shape its future based on the country’s strongest interests.
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By Ranjan Solomon
The new exodus of Israelis: Decolonizing Palestine beyond territory
GOA — Zionism required the creation of what its founders called the “New Jew” - a radical reengineering of Jewish identity severed from centuries of ethical, diasporic, and humanist traditions. Judaism, historically shaped by moral restraint, community life, and learning, was recast into a nationalist and militarized project. In this transformation, Jewish ethics were subordinated to the imperatives of conquest, settlement, and permanent war.
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Israel’s post-ceasefire strategy: Systematic obstruction of reconstruction in Southern Lebanon
TEHRAN – Since the November 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israel has repeatedly violated the truce, turning what was meant to be a moment of relief for southern Lebanon into yet another chapter of fear, uncertainty, and displacement. What should have been the beginning of reconstruction has instead become a continuation of destruction.
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The gap between ceasefire claims and reality in Gaza
TEHRAN – For many Palestinians, the word “ceasefire” has become little more than a diplomatic illusion amid Israel’s unrelenting strikes in the Gaza Strip. Since a truce was announced in October, Israeli attacks have killed more than 500 Palestinians in Gaza.
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By Sondoss Al Asaad
Israel’s multi-front war on Lebanese lives, health, and economic survival
BEIRUT — Lebanon has been moving through one of its most sensitive moments in recent months, where military diplomacy, Israeli escalation, and internal fragility intersect dangerously.
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By Wesam Bahrani
Iraq must shield itself against U.S. plots
TEHRAN – Iraq must either reflect on political mistakes and failed policies of the past, or shape its future based on the country’s strongest interests.
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By Ranjan Solomon
The new exodus of Israelis: Decolonizing Palestine beyond territory
GOA — Zionism required the creation of what its founders called the “New Jew” - a radical reengineering of Jewish identity severed from centuries of ethical, diasporic, and humanist traditions. Judaism, historically shaped by moral restraint, community life, and learning, was recast into a nationalist and militarized project. In this transformation, Jewish ethics were subordinated to the imperatives of conquest, settlement, and permanent war.
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Israel bans MSF from Gaza and the West Bank
Israel has banned the international medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from operating in Gaza and the occupied West Bank after the organization refused to hand over a list of its Palestinian and international staff, Middle East Eye reported.
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Khartoum airport receives first scheduled flight since start of Sudan war
The international airport in Khartoum has received its first scheduled commercial flight in more than two years as the Sudanese government continues to assert its control over Sudan’s capital city after years of fighting.
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Shoigu: Russia supports China's position on Taiwan
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that Moscow continues to support Beijing over Taiwan, TASS news agency reported.
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‘Outrageous and a mess’: Victims exposed, powerful figures shielded in chaotic Epstein document dump
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation have reacted to the voluminous – and possibly last – tranche of government-held investigative documents with calls for further accountability for the scheme’s alleged clients, the Guardian reported.
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By Wesam Bahrani
U.S. opposition to al-Maliki: Political and economic pressure on Iraq
TEHRAN – President Donald Trump’s warning to withhold U.S. support if Nouri al-Maliki returns as Iraq’s prime minister goes beyond personal criticism.
