7+ hour, 40+ min ago  (208+ words) On China, the Democrats are the hawks now Democratic criticism of Trump's wars in Iran and Israel's assault on Gaza has been cautious, almost procedural. The party remains attached to a foreign policy doctrine that many supporters have abandoned. At…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (480+ words) Le Monde diplomatique - English edition Beyond Rafah's gates, a politics of life and death On the road from Cairo to the Egypt'Gaza border, passing through no fewer than ten security checkpoints, a bus convoy of over 150 Egyptian journalists inches towards…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (201+ words) Black cube, secret recordings and cybersecurity threats in Ljubljana After Viktor Orb'n's defeat in Hungary, Tel Aviv lost its staunchest ally in the EU. It may have found a replacement in Slovenia's new rightwing government. In 2024 an exhibition at the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (204+ words) Anti-Zionism is a minority position among France's Jewish population, but since the assault on Gaza began, it's grown. For some, resisting the conflation of Jewishness with Israel has become imperative. The Jewish diaspora in the US appears much more divided…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (177+ words) (1)After a character in the French TV series Le Bureau des L'gendes (The Bureau in English), about agents of France's Directorate General for External Security (DGSE). (2)Intelligence-sharing alliance between the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. See Philippe Leymarie,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (224+ words) The Palestinian question remains central to Jordanian political life Long tolerated as a stabilising force, the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood's capacity to mobilise support has prompted the regime to outlaw it. Carefully tying her niqab in front of the mirror and…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (217+ words) ELNET, a pro-Israel lobbying network, presents itself as fostering dialogue but has shifted significantly to the right since its creation in 2007. Nowhere is its influence clearer than in Germany. Original text in English According to the meeting's minutes, Eliaz underlined…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (372+ words) Is Lebanon at risk of tearing itself apart? Le Monde diplomatique - English edition Israel's periphery doctrine " a strategy of regional fragmentation Is Lebanon at risk of tearing itself apart? The bombardment of Lebanon is part of a long-term strategy through…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (384+ words) Le Monde diplomatique - English How a movement to save Jews and modernise Judaism turned into a settler-colonial project Israel: from eviction to ethnic cleansing Zionist leaders long debated whether Palestinians might be induced to leave voluntarily or only by force....

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (344+ words) The gnarled, monumental olive trees leading to Nabil Nahas's studio in the mountains north of Beirut, portrayed by the renowned Lebanese-American artist in semi-abstract paintings, are silent witnesses to more than a thousand years of history. "They date from the…...