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Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you cannot assassinate your way to peace

In the late 1960s, the prevailing opinion among Israeli Shin Bet intelligence officers was that the key to defeating the Palestinian Liberation Organisation was to assassinate its then-leader Yasser Arafat.

The Conversation

Gaza’s ancient past revealed as artefacts survive destruction and exile

Ancient artefacts from Gaza – amphorae, statues, mosaics, funerary steles and more – tell the story of 5,000 years of a civilisation, in a Paris exhibition that seeks to preserve a heritage on the brink of erasure.

Radio France Internationale

When presidents try to make peace: What Trump could learn from Teddy Roosevelt, Carter, Clinton and his own first term

Throughout his 2024 campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump made diplomatic resolution of the Ukraine-Russia war a major priority, suggesting that he could bring peace within “24 hours.” Even before Trump resumed office in January 2025, as president-elect he named envoys and held preliminary discussions with a variety of leaders.

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Why the Palestinian Authority’s Abbas is under pressure to pick a successor

Concern is growing within the Palestinian Liberation Organization that Israel might exploit Abbas’s departure.

Al Jazeera

Does Macron’s pledge on Palestine signal a return to France’s ‘Arab policy’?

As pressure mounts ahead of a key UN summit, France is weighing whether to recognise a Palestinian state – a move President Emmanuel Macron says could come within months. The two-state solution has been the guiding principle of French diplomacy in the Middle East for 70 years, and while the…

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine war: why negotiations depend on trust

Donald Trump may have begun discussions with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, over a possible end to the war in Ukraine, but there currently appears to be something of a stalemate.

The Conversation

The growing influence of Israel’s ultranationalist settler movement

Days after taking office, as he issued executive order after executive order to change the political face of America, Donald Trump also turned his attention to the war in Gaza.

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Secret police tricked Carlos the Jackal into fleeing Prague, archives reveal

New book casts doubt on accepted picture of communist bloc support for violent radicals during cold war

The Guardian - UK

Al Jazeera in Palestine: A timeline of coverage against all odds

The network has continued to report on the plight of Palestinians, despite intimidation.

Al Jazeera

Jimmy Carter's Legacy: Promoting Democracy Worldwide

Learn about the Carter Center's global impact in promoting democracy and ensuring free and fair elections worldwide.

Top News

Palestinian Authority’s raid on Jenin appeals to Israeli, Western interests

The Palestinian Authority is fighting armed groups in Jenin in hopes of winning favour with Israel and the US.

Al Jazeera

Palestine expresses grief over demise of Dr Manmohan Singh

Abed Elrazeg Abu Jazer, Chargé d’affaires of the Palestine Embassy in New Delhi, also recalled Dr Manmohan Singh's interaction with the Palestinians leaders. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Why is the PA raiding Jenin camp, fighting the Jenin Brigades?

The Palestinian Authority surrounded the camp before launching a raid.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian refugees return to Yarmouk amid questions about their place in the new Syria

Palestinian refugees, whose homes in the Yarmouk camp near Damascus were destroyed during Syria’s civil war, have started to return to the neighborhood since the fall of President Bashar Assad

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Why has Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas nominated a successor now?

Rawhi Fattouh has been named to take over as interim president if Abbas steps down due to ill health.

Al Jazeera

Yasser and Fathi Arafat remembered, 20 years after their deaths

Tarek Arafat tells what it was like to grow up with a famous father and even more famous uncle.

France 24

Ex-Palestinian FM expects no progress in Gaza war 'as long as Netanyahu is there'

FRANCE 24 spoke to Nasser al-Qudwa, a former Palestinian foreign minister and nephew of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, about the war in Gaza, which is now in its 12th month. Qudwa said that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his government "doesn't give a damn about international law".…

The Guardian - US

Hillary Clinton slams Netanyahu and Columbia students in new book

Ex-secretary of state excoriates Israeli PM and says campus protesters had ‘blank stares’ when talking about Palestine

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UK Warned Israel Over 'Out Of Control' Troops In 2002: Archives

Britain accused Israel of allowing its troops to run "out of control" during a huge military operation in the occupied West Bank two decades ago, UK government archives showed Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Blair government accused IDF of acting like Russian army in West Bank

Tensions over Palestinian death toll have eerie parallels to western concerns about current Israeli operations

The Guardian - UK

Veterans warn of echoes from 1982 Lebanon war as new conflict looms on Israel’s northern borders

As a terrorist attack, a harsh response and an ensuing invasion strike familiar chords, analysts look for lessons from the war of 42 years ago

International Business Times

Palestinian Brewery Persists As Israeli Curbs Bite In Wartime

Even before the Gaza war broke out, the Taybeh brewery's pale ales and lagers had to carve a rocky path to make their way out of the occupied West Bank.

Salon

Is Gaza conflict now a religious war?

Hamas and right-wing Zionism offer conflicting religious narratives — with little room for compromise

Salon

We didn't listen to Cassandra — again

Some of us have been paying attention — so why does America keep replaying the same dismal script?

The Guardian - UK

Hamas: The Quest for Power review – the men behind the masks

Beverley Milton-Edwards and Stephen Farrell’s update of their 2010 survey of the Islamist movement argues that violent struggle with Israel is a major part of its identity, but not its only goal

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