Why the world should worry about Israel’s nuclear doctrine
The threshold that the Israeli authorities have set for the use of a nuclear weapon is dangerously low. For decades, the world has treated Israel’s nuclear arsenal as an awkward…
Calls for de-escalation in the Middle East as PM Shehbaz speaks to several world leaders
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday discussed the ongoing hostilities in the Middle East in phone calls with leaders from several countries, with all calling for de-escalation in the region.…
US envoys meet Hamas in Cairo to salvage fragile Gaza truce
Washington engages with the Palestinian group as the regional war strains post-war plans and the battered October ‘ceasefire’ that Israel continues to violate. In a devastated enclave where more than…
Israeli attack on the largest gas field turns the Middle East into a powder keg
• Tehran threatens, launches retaliatory attacks on energy facilities in the region• UAE, Qatar slam Tel Aviv attack on South Pars field, which Israel claims was approved by Washington• Pezeshkian…
As violence escalates in the West Bank, a Catholic woman leads civilian protection
Amira Musallam protests during a nonviolent march against illegal settlers’ annexation of Palestinian land in Beit Jala, West Bank, to which Israeli authorities responded with the use of force and…
Palestinian refugees face new displacement as Israel’s bombs hit Lebanon
Lebanon’s Palestinian refugees suffer amid war, facing insecurity and trauma, in camps under attack. In 1948, Manal Matar’s grandparents fled Akka (Acre) in what was then northern Palestine and crossed…