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Trump’s Plan: Conditional Reconstruction and New Maps of Occupation

In a theatrical display replete with the usual flair of American presidential propaganda, Donald Trump announced his plan to “end the war” in the Gaza Strip. At its core, the plan centers on the recovery of Israeli captives both living...

Ahmad Tanani Ahmad Tanani

Israel’s Infiltration into Syria: Between War and Peace

Between last September and this one, a great deal has changed across Syria’s political borders and diplomatic negotiations. Alliances have shifted, forces have advanced and retreated, and yet one thing has remained constant: Israel’s unrelenting drive for expansion and its...

Sujoud Awais Sujoud Awais

Tony Blair: A Modern Replica of British Mandate over Gaza

From the earliest months of the genocidal war on Gaza, the name Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, has forcefully resurfaced; the man has moved across wide advisory circles, oscillating between the corridors of power in the United States,...

Ahmad Tanani Ahmad Tanani

Gaza Families Grapple with the Cost of Forced Exodus

As Israel’s war on Gaza intensifies and its plans to invade Gaza City take shape, tens of thousands of Palestinian families find themselves forced once again to flee southward. The latest mass evacuation orders have driven residents to abandon their...

Noon Post Noon Post

The Language of the Displaced: A Collective Memory Forming Amid Gaza’s War

Language is neither innocent nor neutral. Its letters store the history and fate of people. In Gaza, the war has destroyed more than just buildings it has obliterated an entire vocabulary once used to describe the details of daily life....

Noon Post Noon Post

Why Is Israel Insistent on Annexing the Jordan Valley?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rarely misses an opportunity to reiterate his commitment to annexing the Jordan Valley, which he presents as Israel’s “eastern front.” No longer seen merely as a border zone with Jordan, the Valley has become a...

Noon Post Noon Post

Financial Siege on Gaza: PayPal Account Bans Deepen the Crisis

Inside a makeshift wooden studio, shielded from the deafening sounds of explosions and shelling across the Gaza Strip, voice-over artist Fawzi Al-Qassas, 33, stands before a microphone, holding a Gulf-accented script. His voice was selected from among twenty freelancers on...

Amira Nassar Amira Nassar

Yemen Trapped Between Internal Fires and External Ambitions

Since the eruption of the Gaza war, Yemen's political landscape has undergone significant shifts on both regional and international fronts. The reverberations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have disrupted efforts toward a political settlement in Yemen, directly impacting a peace process...

Bushra Alhomidy Bushra Alhomidy

Turkey’s Ballistic Program: Building Power in an Accelerating Conflict Environment

Since October 2023, the Middle East has witnessed a rapid wave of profound transformations that have reshaped most of the leverage and dominance equations in one of the world’s most volatile and combustible regions. The frequency of direct confrontations and...

Ahmad Tanani Ahmad Tanani

“They Fight Us with a Sip of Water”: Ein Samia and the Spring Drained by Settlement Expansion

(This is the second report following the story of Ein Samia, the land that resisted settler ambitions through various means—until the pace of seizure accelerated after October 2023.)A new crime has been added to the series of violations committed against...

Sondos Bairat Sondos Bairat