Gaza
2025
'Now is the time of monsters': How religious leaders are failing their moral duty
From rabbis sanctioning a holy war to a Pope who won't name the aggressor, the world's great religions are facing a crisis of conscience over Gaza. Is their silence and complicity creating a Judaism without a soul and a Christianity without a heart?
The day the UN walked out of New York: How the UN lost its will to defy the US
In 1988, the UN forced Washington to its knees by moving to Geneva so Yasser Arafat could speak. Today, as the US blocks Palestinian leaders and arms Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the Assembly stays silent. Has the UN lost its courage?
The prophets of annihilation’: Inside the movement that sees genocide as god's will
For millions of Christian Zionists, the annihilation of Palestinians is not a crime to be condemned, but a sacred prophecy to be fulfilled. This is the story of the theological engine driving the war on Gaza.
"I entrust you with Palestine": A murdered Gaza journalist pleads amid his people’s erasure
Israel succeeded in killing journalist Anas Jamal Al-Sharif, but it could not silence him. In this posthumous letter, he testifies against those who "accepted our killing," and entrusts his beloved daughter Sham, his son Salah, and the soul of his nation to a world he urges to finally act.
2024
‘If it ain’t broke... break it’: How the US betrayed free speech and the First Amendment
From hounding WikiLeaks' Assange to stifling peaceful students protesting genocide, America has abandoned its democratic values along with all notions of decency.
“We’ve seen this before”: Inside Israel’s war on truth, journalists and the free media
Amidst rising violence and a tightening grip on truth, Israel's aggressive campaign against journalists mirrors tactics used by history's most oppressive regimes.
‘Embracing genocide’: How Iranian monarchists are championing Israel's deadly onslaught on Palestine
What compels one of the largest Iranian opposition groups, itself victim to despotism, to align with a state engaged in systematic oppression of Palestinians? A desperate bid for relevance.
Looking away from Gaza will not assuage our conscience; only action will
A genocide in Palestine is unfolding right before our eyes, a saga of despair and devastation that many in the West, cocooned in a bubble of comfort and convenience, choose to ignore.
The end of a charade: Israel's collapse under global condemnation
Wealth and media backing notwithstanding, Israel's facade crumbles, losing its grip on legitimacy. Facing isolation, its existence as a recognised state teeters towards an inevitable demise.
'No place for the politicisation of aid': Why the West's UNRWA fund cuts are nakedly political
While accountability for wrongdoing of UNRWA is necessary, collective punishment that exacerbates the suffering of the vulnerable is neither just nor effective.
2023
Frail and Ambiguous Words: How Diplomacy Hinders Peace in Gaza
In the UN's high-stakes negotiations, a pivotal linguistic duel over 'cessation' versus 'suspension' casts Gaza's fate into uncertainty.
A Council in Deadlock: The UN's Faltering Quest for Peace in Gaza
UN peace efforts in Gaza are criticised as Security Council vetoes block cease-fire moves and expose the General Assembly's limited power.
Bombing Civilian Areas & Killing Children is Wrong. Even for Revenge, Especially for Revenge
Two wrongs don't make a right, particularly when the price is measured in the lives of children and the fabric of communities torn asunder.
2021
Guterres publishes report about the lack of progress of UNSC Resolution 2334
On 23 June, António Guterres reported ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and Palestinian displacement, despite Security Council Resolution 2334 and recent political shifts.
Led by extremists, bombed by extremists - Gaza in the midst of insanity
Your past is in front of your eyes, it’s 2014, 2012 and 2008 all over again. You cannot escape it, visual reminders are scattered all over the city.
Surviving the victory: life in the war-torn Gaza Strip - in Pictures
Both Israel and Hamas claimed victory over the conflict that lasted for two weeks, took the lives of more than 250 people from both sides, wounded thousands and destroyed buildings including residences, schools and hospitals. It is difficult to see the victory in a conflict that has continued for decades and taken its toll on the civilians. This gallery shows the harsh living conditions in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
