Opinion

Parliament

Britain’s recognition of ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank must be followed by urgent action against Israel’s ongoing crimes.

Perspectives
filton

From the US to the UK, counter-terror laws are being used to crush political dissent and protect state interests, write Zahra Farooque and David Chmielewski.

iRAN

While financial sanctions certainly inflict widespread suffering on civilian populations, this rarely translates into political change.

DRC

The United Nations has warned that sexual violence is soaring in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but we need more than outrage, writes Dine Kobo.

Qusra

The siege in Qusra is a warning for how Israel is dispossessing Palestinians of their land by making daily life unbearable, writes Mariam Barghouti.

Narrated
Palestinian film director, Dima Hamdan, with Adeeb Safadi and Ruba Blal on the set of her last short film "Blood Like Water".

Filmmaker Dima Hamdan asks whether using AI to make films amid funding struggles and political repression is a step forward.

Sudan

Told through a personal lens, Ahmed Ismat explains why Sudan cannot achieve peace without confronting the RSF’s violent origins.

Anas al-Sharif

One year after Israel killed Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif, his final call to ‘not forget Gaza’ remains our duty, writes Hebh Jamal.

Renad Atallah

Plestia Alaqad highlights the struggles and hope that Gaza’s Instagram star Chef Renad carries with her since her displacement to the Netherlands.

Unfiltered
9/11

25 years after 9/11, bin Laden's caliphate may have failed, but he triggered wars that have since weakened US power in the Middle East, writes Hesham Gaafar.

9/11 led to the conditions in which modern illiberalism and fascism has been able to thrive

From Gaza and Iran to Trump and the AfD, the War on Terror's legacy has helped fuel an increasingly illiberal global order, argues Sam Hamad.

spaingaza

Dozens of students in Gaza with places at Spanish universities have yet to be evacuated, but Spanish authorities aren't explaining why, writes Rachel Spence.

Kuwait

Over the past two years, more than 70,000 people in Kuwait have been stripped of their nationality, according to the UN - that’s 4.5% of the population.

Opinion Video
Photo of rubble and destruction in Southern Lebanon

Western media's coverage of Israel's invasion of Lebanon echoed many of the same patterns seen in Gaza.

Itamar Ben-Gvir

Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir published a video showing him questioning Palestinian women prisoners about the conditions of their detention

An Israeli flag is seen near the Jewish settlement of Karnei Shomron, as a mosque from the Palestinian village of Kafr Laqif seen at the back in the West Bank.

The UK has strongly condemned Israel's E1 plans, but Palestinians say action, not words, will determine the outcome.

Anas al-Sharif's legacy

One year after Anas Al-Sharif and four colleagues were killed in Gaza, Suha Shroof reflects on his legacy and the silencing of Palestinian journalists.

Graphic Truth
We Live in a 9/11 World
Netanyahu’s Final Election Sprint
Tanker War in the Gulf
The world hits mute on Gaza genocide