Opinion

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Anas Mohammed

Testimony: Anas Mohammed (Revol) was on one of the many boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla Spring Mission when it was intercepted by Israeli forces.

Flotilla

The UK’s handling of detained flotilla activists suggests a willingness to look away when ally Israel is accused of abuse, writes Nadeem Dawud.

WORLD CUP

Arab fans will watch the 2026 World Cup with pride and resentment, finding joy in a tournament that has often excluded them, writes Melo Doumani.

Israel

Words used to describe Israel are never neutral. For Palestinians, rejecting the language that legitimises oppression is resistance, writes Falasteen Mansour.

Narrated
NL

Former Dutch ambassador Nikolaos van Dam recounts how political pressure and bias shaped Western policy on Israel's occupation of Palestine.

Gaza

After more than two years of displacement, horror and loss from Israel's genocide, Huda Skaik explains why the Nakba never ended for Palestinians in Gaza.

Greens

Kamel Hawwash recounts his political journey from Labour to the Green Party, and why as a Palestinian he is standing in the UK local election.

Israel

In the West Bank, Israeli surveillance & rising settler violence create constant fear for Palestinians, even within their homes, writes Falasteen Mansour.

Unfiltered
Trump

Trump’s renewed Abraham Accords push attempts to advance a US plan to make Israel the cornerstone of Gulf security and regional order, writes K. Valadbaygi.

iran war

The US-Israel war on Iran shows how language and Western mainstream media framing continue to serve as tools of warfare, argues Burak Elmali.

Pakistan

Pakistan’s mediation in the US-Israel-Iran crisis is driven by the trauma of 1971 and fears that regional war could spill across its borders.

Iran

The reported idea of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s transitional leader shows US-Israel misunderstand how power works in the Islamic Republic, writes Valadbaygi

Opinion Video
The tragedy of the Nakba never ended, it only got worse

To fossilise the Nakba is to ignore Zionism's continued settler colonial drive to erase Palestinians. Unless we unite, Ghada Karmi argues, more tragedy awaits.

To reverse UK decline, double down on multiculturalism

Farage’s project, far more than any other political force in Britain, is proving itself the beneficiary of the country’s mounting array of crises.

Between war and regime oppression, Iranians trapped by trauma cycle

The US-Israel war escalated an already devastating mental health crisis for Iranians following decades of living under a brutal regime, says Tara Kangarlou.

Israel has ruined TikTok but that’s the point

The ADL said TikTok was a problem for Israel. Two years later, it's now owned by a pro-Israel billionaire. Coincidence? Maura Finkelstein doesn't think so.

Graphic Truth
A white dove holds a piece of paper, with 'peace deal written on it'
A little distraction hurts nobody?
WW3: World Wrestling III in Hormuz