The Aug. 4 blast at Beirut’s port devastated the city
Behind the News – September 2020
  Rocket and Terror Report After months of...
Palestinians demonstrate against the UAE and its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed, at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
Scribblings: The Palestinians’ Islamist messaging on the UAE deal
  In this month’s edition, noted Israeli columnist...
Palestinians gather to protest against a deal between the UAE and Israel to normalise ties, in Gaza City, Gaza [Anadolu Agency]
The Israel-UAE deal and a two state outcome
Update from AIJAC   08/20 #03 Following up...
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A fortnight that has transformed the Middle East
  Australian Jewish News, August 20 2020  ...
No change in the West Bank yet, but the debate continues.
Media Microscope: Much ado about nothing
  As many sensible analysts predicted, the Netanyahu...
Recent moves by Turkish President Erdogan prompted critical comment
Noted and Quoted – August 2020
  Museum piece Former Victorian Labor minister Theo...
Map Both Stylized
Essay: “As is, Where is”
Demographics and the Trump Peace Plan   More...
Hamas’ Saleh al-Arouri (left) and Fatah’s Jibril Rajoub
Deconstruction Zone: An Abbas-Hamas realignment?
  At a joint press conference on July...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2017 (image: Yuri Kochetkov)
Russia Intrudes Into the Palestinian Arena
While the world has been focused on the...
A fire at Natanz, Iran on July 2
Behind the News – August 2020
  Rocket and Terror Report Two rockets were...
Jordanian professor Ahmad Nofal
Scribblings: A “sea” change?
  Once upon a time, it was not...
Filmmaker Elia Suleiman poses for a photograph in Nazareth, Oct. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Cine File: Not quite Heaven
  It Must Be Heaven Director/Writer: Elia Suleiman...