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3 weeks ago |
ibanet.org | Emad Mekay
Children react, on the day of an Israeli raid in Tammoun, near Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, 15 May 2025. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta The International Criminal Court has opened a probe into potential violations, but progress has been slow, hindered in part by political resistance and diplomatic friction. UN officials have been unequivocal.
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Feb 24, 2025 |
ibanet.org | Emad Mekay
An Israeli military vehicle stands during an operation near Jenin Camp, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, 24 February 2025. REUTERS/Raneen SawaftaUS President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy will create winners and losers. Global Insight assesses the impact on the region and the potential for further instability. US President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy is quickly shaping up. It represents a sequel of sorts to the approach he took during his first term in 2017–2020.
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Jan 31, 2025 |
ibanet.org | Emad Mekay
The 2023 Gaza war erupted with leaders of both Israel and Hamas vowing to rewrite the rules of the decades-old conflict once and for all. Each unveiled a list of ambitious yet similar goals: deal the other side a decisive blow, change realities on the ground to their advantage and claim glory along the way. But after 16 months of ferocious fighting, both sides staggered away bruised and humbled, scraping only marginal victories from their initial lofty agendas.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
ibanet.org | Emad Mekay
Wednesday 15 January 2025 When the Arab Spring swept the Middle East in 2011, Bashar al-Assad took extreme measures to hold onto power, but his brutal dictatorship has come to a sudden end. Global Insight assesses the major implications for the region. Having seen two long-time dictators overthrown in Tunisia, and Egypt’s popular revolts, a group of teenagers in the Syrian city of Daraa graffitied a warning to their own ruler: ‘Your turn [to fall] has come, Doctor’.
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Dec 1, 2024 |
ibanet.org | Emad Mekay
Israel has taken several measures targeting UN-affiliated officials and agencies to protest what the country’s officials say are unmistakable signs of bias against their country. But international law experts say the measures risk widening the rift between Israel and the UN which has been the backbone of the international law since 1945.
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