Jonathan Gornall

United Kingdom

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Articles

1975 - Lebanon’s civil war

6 days ago | arabnews.jp | Jonathan Gornall

The conflict left scars that never healed, marking a bloody chapter in the country’s history that would be far from the last LONDON: Even as the first edition of Arab News rolled off the presses on April 20, 50 years ago, it was already clear that 1975 was going to be a momentous year for news. Saudi Arabia was still recovering from the shock of the assassination the previous month of King Faisal, who on March 25 had been shot by an errant minor member of the royal family.
How Israeli settlers are able to seize Palestinian land with impunity in the West Bank

1 week ago | arabnews.com | Jonathan Gornall

LONDON: Attacks on Palestinian villagers in the West Bank by Israeli settlers, and the seizure or demolition of their properties under lopsided laws, are nothing new. But, ever since the start of the war in Gaza, the number and nature of such incidents has intensified.
How effective are the US strikes on the Houthis?

1 month ago | arabnews.com | Jonathan Gornall

LONDON: Few took notice of a five-minute video posted on YouTube on Friday by Media Magik Entertainment, an American “veteran-owned company” that regularly uploads public-relations footage shot by the US military. The short film, which by the weekend had attracted only a few hundred views, showed a flight of four US Navy F/A-18 fighter jets, assigned to the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, refueling in the air above a semi-mountainous desert landscape.
Israel-Gaza war behind record high US anti-Muslim incidents, advocacy group says

1 month ago | arab.news | Jonathan Gornall

WASHINGTON: Discrimination and attacks against American Muslims and Arabs rose by 7.4 percent in 2024 due to heightened Islamophobia caused by US ally Israel’s war in Gaza and the resulting college campus protests, a Muslim advocacy group said on Tuesday. The Council on American Islamic Relations said it recorded the highest number of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab complaints — 8,658 — in 2024 since it began publishing data in 1996.
Israel’s halt to food and aid deliveries worsens Gaza conditions

1 month ago | arab.news | Jonathan Gornall

CAIRO: Israel’s suspension of goods entering Gaza is taking a toll on the Palestinian enclave, with some bakeries closing and food prices rising, while a cut in the electricity supply could deprive people of clean water, Palestinian officials said. The suspension, which Israel said was aimed at pressuring militant group Hamas in ceasefire talks, applies to food, medicine and fuel imports.
Trump warns that arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be ‘first of many’

1 month ago | arab.news | Jonathan Gornall

NEW YORK: President Donald Trump warned Monday that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at Columbia University will be the first “of many to come” as his administration cracks down on campus demonstrations against Israel and the war in Gaza. Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful US resident who was a graduate student at Columbia until December, was detained Saturday by federal immigration agents in New York and flown to an immigration jail in Louisiana.
How long can Israel’s policy of deliberate nuclear ambiguity hold?

1 month ago | arabnews.com | Jonathan Gornall

LONDON: It was a moment that almost no one in the international community saw coming. On Saturday, during a routine meeting of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Qatar’s ambassador to Austria delivered a surprise statement that added a dramatic new dimension to the ongoing Gaza peace talks in Doha.
Trump blocked from imposing sweeping federal funding freeze

1 month ago | arab.news | Jonathan Gornall

A US judge on Tuesday extended an order blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from instituting a sweeping freeze on trillions of dollars in federal funding by pausing grants, loans and other financial support. US District Judge Loren AliKhan in Washington wrote that while some funds had become unfrozen since she first temporarily blocked the administration’s spending pause, there remained a risk the administration might again try to shut off funding.
Why 2025 is a pivotal time for quantum science and applications

1 month ago | arabnews.com | Jonathan Gornall

LONDON: It is quite possible you haven’t noticed that 2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology — or IYQ, for short. Yet it is something hordes of scientists are very excited about, as is UNESCO, which came up with the idea.
What do people want from a leader in a rapidly changing world?

2 months ago | arabnews.com | Jonathan Gornall

LONDON: What are leaders for? It sounds like an obvious question, with equally obvious answers. But a new survey, conducted across 52 countries and territories and accounting for 76 percent of the world’s adult population, has refined those answers down to just four words: hope, trust, compassion and stability. And of these “four needs of followers,” one emerges head and shoulders above the rest – hope, followed closely by trust.