Portside

There’s anger in the land

“What I sense most powerfully from my friends in Gaza is a feeling of abandonment. Quiet is not the absence of conflict nor is it peace.” Plans for the “day after” in the Strip impose forms of governance that exclude Palestinians as political agents

Riyadh and Abu Dhabi appeared to be the twin engines of a new Arab order. That veneer of unity has now, not just cracked; it has been replaced by a series of high-stakes disputes stretching from Southern Yemen to the Horn of Africa.

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In a self-congratulatory document published to mark the two-year anniversary of its October 7 attack, Hamas doesn't explain how the armed struggle that it says is necessary has never stopped colonialist Israel

What is in fact demanded of a Palestinian citizen of Israel – someone who identifies with her people and vocally objects to the injustices Israel perpetrates against them – in order not to be seen as a threat.

Since the ceasefire, Israel has constructed at least 13 new military outposts inside Gaza, consolidated existing military infrastructure, built roads, and destroyed more Palestinian property.

Not-so-silent nights

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