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Sudan is heading towards complete state collapse
Jul 24, 2023Abdelwahab El-AffendiSudan has been classified as a failed or fragile state in academic literature and media reports for decades.
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An Israeli civil war?
Jul 23, 2023Marwan BisharaAs hundreds of thousands continue to march in the street against the Israeli government, the president has warned of…
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Israel President Herzog’s ‘honest’ speech to the US Congress
Jul 19, 2023Marwan BisharaHere’s what a truthful Herzog would admit at the Capitol on Wednesday: apartheid against Palestinians is corroding Israel itself.…
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The weird US-Israel relationship just got weirder
Jul 3, 2023Marwan BisharaWashington is going out of its way to accommodate Israel and is being publicly chided in return. Why is…
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Israel’s annexation drive is behind escalations in the West Bank
Jun 20, 2023Ben WhiteIsrael’s government is openly pursuing annexation of the occupied West Bank through settlement expansion, the bolstering of settler violence…
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The Middle East: Goodbye America, hello China?
Jun 6, 2023Marwan BisharaIn an attempt to salvage his country’s waning influence in the Middle East, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken…
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Turkish elections, Western illusions
May 9, 2023Marwan BisharaTurkey’s elections on May 14 are attracting significant international attention, with major media outlets dubbing them “the most important…
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Attitudes among Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel Regarding Participation in Protests against the Levin Plan for Judicial Reform
Apr 3, 2023Mada al-Carmel CenterMada al-Carmel Center’s February 2023 position paper focused on the positions of the Palestinian community in Israel, as represented…
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Israelis need to see through the biggest lie of all
Mar 28, 2023Marwan BisharaAt the heart of the ongoing turmoil engulfing Israel is a pathological liar and a pervasive lie. The liar…
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From Iraq to Ukraine: Reflections on imperial hubris
Mar 20, 2023Marwan BisharaTwenty years ago, as the United States prepared to wage war on Iraq, then-Democratic Senator Joe Biden voted in…
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The Saudi-Iran détente and its regional implications
Mar 12, 2023Marwan BisharaOn March 10, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced an agreement to restore bilateral relations. The deal was conceived out…
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Unreliable US leadership in the shadow of elections
Mar 3, 2023Marwan BisharaAs a new round of presidential elections gets under way in the United States, much of the world looks…
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The One State Reality: What Is Israel/Palestine?
Feb 1, 2023The One State Reality argues that a one state reality already predominates in the territories controlled by the state…
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Apocalypse in Palestine: The rise of Israeli fanaticism
Jan 30, 2023Marwan BisharaSay what you may about Israel’s ruling fanatics but listen carefully to what they say. Unlike their coalition partner,…
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Adalah’s Analysis of the New Israeli Government’s Guiding Principles and Coalition Agreements and their Implications on Palestinians’ Rights
Jan 10, 2023AdalahThe new government of Israel has made explicit its 10intent to further entrench Jewish supremacy and Palestinian repression throughout…
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Palestine: Unite or die
Jan 6, 2023Marwan BisharaA new fanatical Israeli government is putting the old flailing Palestinian leadership to the test — and this could…
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The beauty and beasts in Jerusalem
Dec 30, 2022Marwan BisharaShireen Abu Akleh's funeral highlighted what She spent a lifetime reporting, that the occupation is evil, cruel and sadistic.…
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Netanyahu, the godfather of modern Israeli fascism
Dec 21, 2022Marwan BisharaFascism has been on the minds of Israel’s friends and foes alike since “the Jewish State” held its latest…
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China, the US and a new scramble for the Gulf
Dec 7, 2022Marwan BisharaChina is Saudi Arabia’s biggest trading partner, and the kingdom is China’s largest supplier of oil, so it’s normal…
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The new Jewish state in the Levant: A fanatics-led nuclear power
Nov 4, 2022Marwan BisharaIsrael’s colonial democracy has given birth to a potentially more extreme type of ‘Jewish state’ akin to a more…