Israel’s response to the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, has fundamentally altered the Middle East balance of power in a way not seen since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. It is time to acknowledge that Israel now looks like the region’s hegemon.
Enabled by the United States, its Arab treaty partners and key Gulf States, the Israelis have broken the Hamas-Hezbollah ring of opposition and revealed the vulnerability and weakness of their patron in Tehran while also degrading Iran’s air defenses and missile production. Israel has expanded its occupation of Syrian territory, taken control of areas of Lebanon just north of its border and undertaken aggressive tactics in the West Bank not seen since the second intifada, which ended 20 years ago.… Seguir leyendo »
When Israeli jets struck Beit Lahia, Rafah, Nuseirat, and al-Mawasi last month, killing some 400 Palestinians in the process, the assault seemed like the resumption of the war being fought in Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel and killed 1,200 people. The two sides had struck a cease-fire agreement in January that included the release of some Israeli hostages—but the truce fell apart in just weeks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu framed the new assault as a means of forcing Hamas to release the remaining hostages. “From now on, negotiations will be conducted only under fire”, he said in a televised address on March 18.… Seguir leyendo »
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When the initial news of the executions of eight paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the disappearance of one more broke on Eid al-Fitr, I stared for a long time at the pictures of the men the Israel Defense Forces had killed. I have stared more every day since.
I knew some of these men.
I scan photos of my time in Gaza last year, looking for these men in my memories. I see them with patients, kneeling by the stretchers that acted as beds, dressing wounds, talking, reassuring. I see them loading patients into ambulances and driving off in the summer dust.… Seguir leyendo »
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On 18 March, Israel shattered the fragile ceasefire deal in Gaza with a renewed military assault. The ceasefire had enabled a vital break in the conflict, allowing desperately needed humanitarian aid to enter the Strip. Over 190 Israelis and foreign nationals, held captive since 7 October 2023, had also been released during the pause in fighting – alongside thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody.
The resumption of the war has already claimed hundreds of Palestinian lives with high numbers of women and children among the dead and wounded. Politically, Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) find themselves in a complex situation with no return to negotiations in sight.… Seguir leyendo »
Normalmente, una pequeña manifestación antibélica no sería noticia de portada, a menos que ocurra en algún lugar como Moscú, donde pocos se atreven a presentar oposición abierta a la agresión del Kremlin contra Ucrania. El riesgo sería aún mayor en Gaza, devastada por la guerra. Incluso antes de este conflicto, la respuesta de Hamás a cualquier crítica a su mal gobierno era represión brutal y tortura. Pero el 25 de marzo, cientos de personas salieron a las calles en Beit Lahiya (norte de Gaza) para protestar no sólo contra la guerra, sino también contra Hamás. Coreando «basta de guerra», «fuera Hamás», «Hamás terroristas», los manifestantes enviaron el mensaje correcto: la guerra no terminará mientras Hamás, que la inició, siga en el poder.… Seguir leyendo »
The Arab League meeting in Cairo on March 4 intended to deliver a formal response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to take control of Gaza and relocate its Palestinian population to other countries, including Egypt and Jordan. In their final communique, Arab leaders condemned Israel for the destruction of Gaza; demanded full implementation of the cease-fire agreement, including an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza; and insisted that the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital was critical for regional peace and security.
Hamas, the de facto authority in Gaza and which orchestrated the Oct.… Seguir leyendo »
El regreso de Itamar Ben Gvir al gabinete ministerial, para volver a ocupar la cartera de Seguridad Nacional, es la mejor muestra de que lo que se avecina es todavía peor de lo que ya ha sufrido la Franja de Gaza en estos últimos meses. Ben Gvir había abandonado el gobierno en enero por entender que Benjamín Netanyahu mostraba síntomas de debilidad al haber firmado un acuerdo con Hamás que suponía un cese temporal de las hostilidades, en lugar de intensificar el castigo para terminar de una vez por todas con el Movimiento de Resistencia Islámica y para rematar la limpieza étnica, expulsando a los gazatíes a otras tierras.… Seguir leyendo »
Eli Wiesel dijo una vez: “Lo que más le duele a las víctimas no es la crueldad de los verdugos, sino el silencio de los espectadores”.
Condenamos de la forma más enérgica los brutales ataques que, en los últimos días, se han cobrado la vida de cientos de mujeres y niños en la franja de Gaza por parte del gobierno extremista de Benjamin Netanyahu, que se niega a implementar los términos del acuerdo de alto el fuego promovido por la administración estadounidense de Donald Trump. Lo que resulta aún más asombroso es que estos ataques se hayan producido con el visto bueno y la protección de Estados Unidos.… Seguir leyendo »
The sound of airstrikes shook the ground beneath me in Jabalya in northern Gaza early Tuesday. I woke to the suffocating scent of blood and dust, my ears ringing with the sound of collapsing buildings and distant screams. Panic overtook me as I tried to understand what was happening.
After 57 days of fragile calm and a cautious return to our ruined homes, was the war really back?
In less than 24 hours after Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza, more than 400 people were killed, including at least 130 children. Homes painstakingly rebuilt over the past two months lie in ruins again.… Seguir leyendo »
La masacre perpetrada el martes por Benjamín Netanyahu en Gaza es solo la primera gota de un programa, varias veces reiterado, de aniquilación del pueblo palestino; se inscribe, además, en el plan global de deportación ideado por Donald Trump para limpiar étnicamente Gaza y apoderarse de su territorio y de su litoral, favoreciendo así el imperialismo agresivo de EE UU. Este objetivo depredador se extenderá inevitablemente a la colonización total de Cisjordania. Desde el comienzo de la contienda, todos los días aparecen nuevos colonos en busca de las tierras de los palestinos asediados: el juego de la especulación sobre la sangre palestina impunemente derramada se sirve al mejor postor, y no espera.… Seguir leyendo »
In less than 24 hours, heavy Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip has killed more than 4oo Palestinians, according to Palestinian health authorities, marking the end of a ceasefire that was announced in name only between Hamas and Israel on 15 January and took effect four days later. Even after months of negotiations led by the US, Qatar and Egypt, those observing Palestinian-Israeli affairs knew the ceasefire never really meant Israel ceased its fire on the besieged coastal territory.
Between 22 January and 11 March, at least 700 Palestinians were either killed by the Israeli military or their bodies were retrieved from areas medics could not previously access, according to ministry of health in Gaza as reported by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.… Seguir leyendo »
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“You do whatever you want”, President Trump said he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
Mr. Netanyahu, it seems, took Mr. Trump at his word.
Israel has clamped Gaza back under near-total siege, barring desperately needed humanitarian aid and other goods from entering the hungry and bomb-decimated enclave. Food, medicine, tents, fuel — for the past week and a half, supplies have not been permitted into Gaza, where some two million Palestinians are trying to survive in the wreckage. And Mr. Netanyahu keeps tightening the screws: On Sunday, Israel cut off the last trickle of electricity into Gaza, forcing a key desalination plant that provides drinking water to slow operations.… Seguir leyendo »
La guerre du Liban s’est accompagnée dès ses débuts de discours justifiant le dévouement de soi jusqu’au sacrifice suprême dans la défense de causes considérées comme sacrées. Quoi de plus connu depuis la nuit des temps que ces actes extrêmes commis au nom de valeurs absolues qui justifieraient que l’on vive tout autant que l’on meure pour elles ? Dans un monde de conflits, la mort que l’on inflige est l’expression ultime de la puissance pour imposer sa force à un ennemi ou lui signifier une ultime détermination.
Tout au long du tragique déroulement de la guerre au Liban, la mort au combat a revêtu le sens de la résistance à un destin qu’un ennemi, variable selon les époques, entendait dicter au pays ou à l’une de ses communautés.… Seguir leyendo »
Egypt has finally presented its ‘day after’ plan to rebuild Gaza. It is deeper, more detailed, and far more realistic than President Donald Trump’s damaging proposal for a US takeover of the strip and the removal of its people.
While Hamas has expressed support for the Egyptian plan, the proposal is unlikely to succeed without substantial modifications.
Initially, Israel dismissed the plan, arguing that it fails to address the realities on the ground. The US also appeared sceptical. However, the US special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, later downplayed the Trump administration’s concerns, describing the plan as ‘ a good faith first step from the Egyptians’.… Seguir leyendo »
On February 25, 2025, the president of the United States of America posted a video to his socials, an AI-created vision of a postwar Gaza. To enter this Trumpian utopia you first have to pass through a large hole, like the opening of a cave, or the entrance to a mine. On one side of the portal there is war, devastation, mass murder, orphaned children, destroyed homes. On the other, a beachfront resort of palm trees, bread bowls filled with hummus, Vegas-style hotels, and many golden idols of the great man himself. Dollar bills rain down democratically on ragged children and Elon Musk alike.… Seguir leyendo »
En Estados Unidos viven el 40 por ciento de los judíos del mundo. Más de la mitad de ellos reportan haber modificado su comportamiento el año pasado por temor al antisemitismo. Ello incluye sentir aprensión de exhibir la estrella de David, usar una kipá, asistir a una sinagoga o compartir un post con contenidos judíos en las redes sociales. Los datos surgen de una investigación de la organización Comité Judío Americano (AJC) en su reciente informe 'El estado del antisemitismo en Estados Unidos 2024'. La misma pregunta en 2022 arrojó que un 38 por ciento había modificado su comportamiento el año anterior.… Seguir leyendo »
What remains of the international order? For more than 500 days, Israel, enabled by powerful nations providing diplomatic cover, military hardware, and political support, has systematically violated international law in Gaza. This complicity has dealt a devastating blow to the integrity of the United Nations Charter and its foundational principles of human rights, sovereign equality, and the prohibition of genocide. A system that permits the killing of an estimated 61,000 people is not merely failing—it has failed.
The evidence, livestreamed to our phones and assessed by the world’s top courts, is unequivocal. From the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories to the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israel’s top leaders to the preliminary measures issued in the Genocide Convention case brought by South Africa, Israel’s actions constitute clear violations of international law.… Seguir leyendo »
