‘Become Our Land’: Smotrich’s Annexation Drive Tests Gaza Ceasefire And International Law

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for Israel to occupy and effectively annex around 60% of the Gaza Strip and to annex Lebanese territory up to Israel’s current military deployment lines, remarks that, read alongside reported buffer-zone plans, amount to an explicit push to convert military control into permanent territorial dominion.

WEST BANK: “A Slow Erasure”: Escalating Settler Violence And Israeli Policies Push Palestinian Christians Toward Extinction In The West Bank.

The historic Christian presence in Palestine, dating back to the earliest centuries of Christianity, is facing what church leaders, human rights advocates, and local clergy increasingly describe as an existential…

JERUSALEM: No Eid Prayers At Al-Aqsa Mosque For First Time Since 1967: Closure Sparks Outrage, Clashes, And Fears Of A New Status Quo.

JERUSALEM - For the first time since the aftermath of the Six-Day War, the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque fell silent on Eid al-Fitr. No mass prayers. No echoing takbirs. No…

IRAN: The Paradox Of Peace: Iran’s Plea For Muslim Unity Amidst A Regional Conflagration.

TEHRAN - As the sun rose on Eid al-Fitr, a day meant for celebration and community, the Middle East found itself trapped in a grim paradox. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian…

EUROPE-HUNGARY: Ahead of Netanyahu Visit, Legal Obligations Collide with Political Alliances as Hungary Faces ICC Test.

HUNGARY - As Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to travel to Hungary this weekend, a mounting legal and political confrontation is unfolding, one that cuts to the heart of international justice, European…

US: Flames Of Retaliation: How The Attack On South Pars Ignited An Energy War And Shattered Gulf Stability.

For the first time since the US-Israeli campaign against Iran began on February 28, the battlefield has fundamentally shifted from military installations and leadership decapitation to the very source of…

SAUDI ARABIA-IRAN: Gulf Crisis – Iran Strikes, Gulf Responses, And The Hidden Hand Of US-Israel Strategy.

Tensions across the Gulf have escalated to levels not seen in decades, as Saudi Arabia declared that trust with Iran has “completely shattered,” warning that regional patience is finite following…

IRAN: The Philosopher-Statesman And The Calculus Of Sacrifice: The Life, Legacy, And Strategic Assassination Of Ali Larijani.

TEHRAN — In the firmament of the Islamic Republic of Iran's leadership, few figures have embodied its intellectual depth and institutional resilience as profoundly as Dr. Ali Larijani. A philosopher…

WEST BANK: Night Raids And Collective Punishment: Israel’s Detention Of Palestinian Women In Qalqilya Sparks Alarm Among Rights Groups.

WEST BANK - Israeli forces detained at least 15 Palestinian women during overnight military raids in the Qalqilya governorate of the occupied West Bank, in a campaign that Palestinian organisations…

US: Guns, Diplomacy, And The 2-Ton Bomb: Inside The US Gamble To Reopen The Strait Of Hormuz.

In the predawn hours of March 18, somewhere over the coastline of the Islamic Republic of Iran, U.S. Air Force munitions crews released payloads that have become the signature hammer…

IRAN-US: Beyond The Ballistic: Iran’s “Wave 62” And The Unfolding New West Asian Order.

In the early hours of what the Iranian calendar marks as the eve of the last Wednesday of the year, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced the successful completion…

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