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Orban only needs to engage in self-criticism and wait, Raphael Machado writes. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Viktor Orban will once again be a Hungarian parliamentarian like any other. The victory of...

During events marking the Palestinian Prisoners' Day across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, 16 April, mothers of Palestinians took to the fore as concern grows over the fate of their children inside Israeli prisons. In particular, these mothers...

GAZA, (PIC) The bread crisis continues in the Gaza Strip, in light of declining production, the disruption of several bakeries, and the shortage of fuel and flour, which has made obtaining a bundle of bread a daily challenge for residents, and...

LONDON, (PIC) In an exclusive field report by Al-Arab in UK (AUK), a high-level delegation of MPs, trade unionists, and human rights activists gathered outside the Metropolitan Police headquarters, “Scotland Yard.” The protest was held against what they termed “bias in...

WEST BANK, (PIC) Occupied Jerusalem and various West Bank governorates witnessed a tense night and a Friday dawn marked by intensive military movements, raids, and arrests. Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a series of incursions and raids targeting homes and refugee...

While presenting itself as a victim on the international stage, the United Arab Emirates silently entered the war against Iran on the side of Washington and Tel Aviv. From sharing data from AI-powered radar systems, to bombing Iranian civilian targets,...

Many of the National Basketball Association’s biggest stars are quietly allying themselves with the State of Israel, making official visits to the country, meeting IDF troops, and investing in its national security industry. Meanwhile, individuals criticizing Israel and supporting Palestinian...

Bint Jbail, South Lebanon – Israel has announced its intent to militarily occupy South Lebanon with its eyes set on the symbolic town of Bint Jbail. In preparation for this land theft, the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah have put...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, first lady Rama Duwaji , will be skipping this year’s Met Gala, one of the most star-studded events of the year. The move breaks with tradition that saw...

The Iran war put Israel’s air defences to the test. The multilayered billion-dollar system, among the most advanced worldwide, can combat a multitude of threats, from ballistic missiles in space flight to small rockets launched from nearby Gaza...

The United States Constitution provides two paths for removing a sitting president from office: impeachment and the procedures outlined in the 25th Amendment. Both approaches are being raised again, and with increasing fervor , as ways to bring an...

In the aftermath of last week’s big meeting of the Democratic National Committee in New Orleans, supporters of the U.S.-Israel alliance have been quite content. “We’re pleased that the DNC Resolutions Committee rejected a set of...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has distanced himself from intervening in a dispute between pro-Palestine organisers and British police over plans for a Nakba Day march after police in London refused to accept a protest...

RAMALLAH, (PIC) The anniversary of Palestinian Prisoner’s Day this year does not pass like other years, but arrives weighted with shocking facts and dangerous shifts that affect the core of the prisoners’ cause. At a time when violations are escalating inside prisons,...

Last September, trade minister Sir Chris Bryant sat alongside foreign minister Hamish Falconer at a parliamentary hearing about arms exports to Israel. By this time, the death toll in Gaza had surpassed 64,000, and the Labour government’s...

A Palestinian asylum seeker has been released from US immigration detention after a federal court ordered his freedom, ending more than 20 months in custody despite prior legal protections against deportation. Mohammed Abushanab, 27, was released on...

For decades, Israel's strategic objective was clear: neutralise Iran and dismantle its network of proxies. After 7 October 2023, that ambition appeared, briefly, to be within reach . Hamas was devastated, Hezbollah’s leadership was decimated , Bashar...

The Palestinian Authority has handed over Palestinian activist Mahmoud al-Adra, known as "Hisham Harb", to French authorities , according to family sources who spoke to The New Arab . The handover took place on Thursday morning, with...

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager near Jerusalem on Thursday morning, amid a surge in violence in the occupied West Bank , heightened by fragile Iran ceasefire tensions. According to the Jerusalem Governorate, 17-year-old Muhammad Murad Rayyan...

BEIRUT, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have intensified airstrikes and artillery attacks across southern Lebanon, expanding operations beyond border areas in a widening military escalation, as concerns grow that Israel is replicating its Gaza genocide strategy in the Lebanese arena. Lebanese...

RAMALLAH, (PIC) Human rights and media calls are escalating for the release of Palestinian journalists detained in Israeli occupation prisons, coinciding with the commemoration of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, in light of warnings of the expanding policy of targeting media professionals since...

Gaza's battered health system is rapidly unravelling due to an illegal blockade by Israel , which has unleashed restrictions, supply shortages, and the systematic destruction of medical infrastructure, leaving hundreds of thousands of patients trapped. What was...

As Lebanon commemorates the fifty-first anniversary of the start of its destructive civil war of 1975-1990, its presidency and government have embarked on direct negotiations with Israel, a development that is feared to potentially lead to the renewal...

BRUSSELS, (PIC) In a political development reflecting the rising popular pressure within Europe, a petition demanding the suspension of the association agreement between the European Union and Israel surpassed the 1,000,000-signature mark in only three months, which moved the file to...

BBC’s executive committee met nine times with Jewish community groups and only once with a pro-Palestinian organisation during the first year of the Gaza genocide, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The FOI request, filed by the UK-based Campaign...

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a series of raids across various areas of the West Bank on Thursday, accompanied by arrests in Jenin, Nablus, and Ramallah. In Jenin, local sources reported that the IOF stormed the town...

On Tax Day, 15 April, people across the US staged demonstrations to protest the use of their tax dollars being used for foreign wars and domestic crackdowns . Most of the gatherings were held in major...

On the surface, the launch of Israeli-Lebanese negotiations earlier this week seems like a big deal. In the first face-to-face talks between Lebanese and Israeli officials in more than 30 years, ambassadors from all three countries met under the auspices...

Several recent developments suggest that the longstanding dominance of the global arms market by the United States could be poised for decline, including in the Middle East. Given the way U.S. arms have been used in the region in this...

By: Ainur Rohmah - - - - In a moment of mounting global uncertainty marked by intensifying great-power rivalry, persistent conflicts in the Middle East, and the recalibration of alliances across the Indo-Pacific, Indonesia appears to be quietly adjusting the...

Another effort to limit U.S. arms shipments to Israel failed in the Senate on Wednesday as the body voted down a pair of measures that would block certain military sales to the country. The two joint resolutions of disapproval —...