Not for Gaza or the West Bank, but the money By Abdel Bari Atwan Finally, nearly nine months into Israel’s war of extermination in Gaza, Palestinian ‘president’ Mahmoud Abbas remembered there was something called the Executive Committee of…
The Hezbollah-led resistance does not want war, but is not afraid of it. By Abdel Bari Atwan The dispatch of US presidential envoy Amos Hochstein to occupy Jerusalem and Beirut this week means the prospect of an expanded war on the…
Why did the US summon five Arab army chiefs for secret talks with their Israeli counterpart? By Abdel Bari Atwan While the Israeli army was escalating its war of annihilation and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip with the direct military…
The war rhetoric is getting hysterical, but the consequences could be fatal By Abdel Bari Atwan The fires raging in the north of occupied Palestine over the past few days due to Hezbollah drone strikes — which Israeli emergency teams have…
Israel’s latest attack is a mark of desperation rather than strength By Abdel Bari Atwan Monday’s Israeli air raid near Aleppo, supposedly targeting a Hezbollah base, caused the deaths of 16 people. It was the first such strike against…
What Israel’s takeover of the border corridor means for Egypt By Abdel Bari Atwan On Wednesday, a spokesman for the Israeli army announced it had taken full control of the Salaheddin (Philadelphia) corridor separating the Gaza Strip from…
How many more Israeli outrages can Cairo take lying down? By Abdel Bari Atwan The Egyptian authorities are making a big mistake by continuing to play down and cover up the Israeli attack that targeted one of its army units at the Rafah…
The US loves ‘international justice’ when applied to Russia — but not Israel By Abdel Bari Atwan We Palestinians have learned over time not to vest our hopes in international institutions, starting with the United Nations. Ultimately, they…
Could Tehran be poised to revoke its ban on weaponisation? By Abdel Bari Atwan There has been much speculation recently that Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may revoke his religious ruling (fatwa) prohibiting the manufacture of…
No country (other than the PA) will be dragged into the unforgiving trap of Gaza By Abdel Bari Atwan Egypt, Qatar, and the UAE united in rejecting Israel’s impertinent call for them to put together a joint administrative structure to run…
Don’t be fooled by the US president’s pretence that he’s getting tough with Israel By Abdel Bari Atwan Joe Biden’s threat to suspend the shipment of heavy bombs to Israel to prevent it from invading Rafah is a poorly scripted and badly…
Could Biden’s domestic difficulties prompt him to escalate against Russia? By Abdel Bari Atwan After being sworn in for a new presidential term that will make him Russia’s longest serving leader since Catherine the Great, Vladimir Putin…
Hamas should be wary of the cease-fire deal being touted by Egypt and Qatar By Abdel Bari Atwan I hope Yahya al-Sinwar and the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip take plenty of time to consider the US-inspired proposals conveyed by Arab…
The US student protests against Israel’s genocide herald major change By Abdel Bari Atwan I have never seen Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look so anguished as in the video he posted on ‘X’ on Thursday, in which he condemned the…
Gaza’s resistance could be transformative for the Arab World By Abdel Bari Atwan Millions of people around the world eagerly await the occasional televised appearances of Abu-Obaida, the official spokesman of Hamas’ military wing the…
Tehran’s response will be far more powerful if Israel attacks back By Abdel Bari Atwan The same people who dismiss the Palestinians’ astonishing achievement in resisting Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip for more than six months, are now…
Egypt and Qatar can’t ‘deliver’ the Hamas leadership in Gaza By Abdel Bari Atwan This week, US President Joe Biden called Egyptian President Abdelfattah as-Sisi and the emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin-Hamad to press them to threaten Hamas…
Israel is provoking an expanded regional war that it cannot win By Abdel Bari Atwan Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a man of few words. When he publicly threatens a harsh response to Israel’s attack on the Iranian consulate in…
Israel is clearly trying to provoke a regional war and bring the US on board By Abdel Bari Atwan Monday’s Israeli airborne missile strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus — which killed eight people including senior IRGC commander…
US arms package is a green light for Netanyahu to invade Rafah and continue the slaughter By Abdel Bari Atwan The latest $2.5 billion package of hi-tech weaponry the Biden administration has opted to send to Israel — including F-35…
Verbal condemnation needs to be matched by practical measures By Abdel Bari Atwan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is coming under heavy criticism in Turkey and from within his governing AK party — not to mention the opposition —…
The Ukraine war could be poised to take a dramatic new turn By Abdel Bari Atwan The terrorist operation in Moscow’s Crocus City Hall centre, which killed 143 people and injured hundreds of others, mostly concertgoers, was clearly carried…
The humiliated US president will continue arming Israel despite his show of dissent By Abdelbari Atwan Tuesday’s early morning Israeli airstrikes on Rafah — which killed 14 people including tree women and three children — were Benjamin…
If he could, he would have done already. But it’s doubtful he can By Abdel Bari Atwan For more than two months, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been threatening on an almost daily basis to invade the city of Rafah in the…
US and Israeli plans to impose puppet rule are doomed to fail By Abdel Bari Atwan In the past few days there has been a renewed deluge of media reports about plans being concocted for the so-called post-war Gaza Strip. Several ideas have…
The resistance in Gaza won’t submit to US and Israeli terms By Abdel Bari Atwan It wasn’t a slip of the tongue when Joe Biden said there would be a cease-fire and prisoner-exchange between the Gaza Strip resistance and the Israeli…
The US and Israel are obsessed with eliminating Hamas’ Gaza Strip leader By Abdel Bari Atwan Hardly a day passes without the US and Israeli media informing us that they’re hot on the trail of Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya al-Sinwar…
Arab regimes can’t claim they’ve done their duty by dropping some sandwiches Abdel Bari Atwan Two events captured public attention this week: The self-immolation of a young US serviceman at the front gate of Israel’s embassy in Washington…
Ansarullah challenge Egypt’s compliance with Israeli Gaza aid curbs By Abdelbari Atwan While many Arab governments that possess hundreds of tanks and warplanes have been passively watching Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the Yemeni…
The US is paying the price for its strategic short-sightedness By Abdel Bari Atwan Russia is making military and economic advances in the Middle East, while the US is in rapid retreat in most of the region’s countries. This is not only due…