Unfiltered

Behind humanitarianism in Gaza lies a system that manages survival while denying Palestinian sovereignty, write Yipeng Ge & Layth Malhis.

Ms Rachel branded 'Antisemite of the year,' while Nas Daily is platformed, shows how Western media punishes empathy for Palestinians & normalises their erasure.

Syria’s post-Assad leadership is failing its people, igniting protests over poverty & inequality. Joseph Daher reflects on a year under Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Mohamed Elshahed explains why Melanie Phillips can publicly declare the West is ‘facing a death cult in the forces of Islam’ and receive no pushback.

A looming US-run Gaza signals shrinking Palestinian self-determination and troubling parallels to Iraq’s occupation, writes Shahd Hammouri.

The cancellation of a Palestine symposium at the Collège de France exposes growing attacks on free speech & academic freedom in France, writes Hèla Yousfi.

By appointing Khaled El-Enany as head, UNESCO proves heritage has become spectacle & soft power for the institution, argues Mohamed Elshahed.

Dick Cheney turned torture into doctrine & war into profit for the US. The Middle East still bears the scars of his brutal legacy, writes Hossam el-Hamalawy.

Calls to replace ‘Palestinian prisoners’ with the term ‘hostages’ erase the collective struggle & create a false equivalence between coloniser and colonised.

Wrapped in the ‘liberal buffer zone’, Germany’s Goethe-Institut has washed its hands of genocide, echoing the Israeli line at every turn, says Eleonora Pennini.