Europe’s Trump dilemma
Even the biggest EU proponents of preserving a close bond with the US know Europe cannot afford to remain dependent.
Category Archives: Opinions
I stayed until the end, Dr Abu Nujaila. We will remember and rebuild
The self-sacrifice of Palestinian doctors in Gaza has inspired a new generation of medical students. I am one of them.
The West has been in denial about censorship for far too long
It is time for Western societies to stop lecturing others and open their eyes to their own realities of repression.
Africa’s leaders must address weaponisation of rape in Sudan’s conflict
Sudan's women and girls have endured horrific sexual violence throughout this war. They deserve support and protection.
What America’s Muslims can teach you about resisting political oppression
There are important lessons in the Muslim American experience that can help opposing voices survive Trump's second term.
East Timor has a historic opportunity to break ASEAN deadlock on Myanmar
It can lead the way on holding Myanmar's military government accountable at the ICC.
How Trump took an Israeli idea and presented it as his own
The US president’s full endorsement of Israeli war crimes builds on the decades-old Western policy of Israeli impunity.
The Gazafication of Jenin will not succeed
Palestinian resistance is an idea that cannot be bombed away.
Our ‘return’ to northern Gaza is not the end of exile
The ongoing Nakba will end only when the world decides to uphold our right of return.
Big Tech is powering Trump’s immigration crackdown
And the only way to resist it is grassroots mobilisation against the all-powerful broligarchy.
On idle talk and genocide in Gaza
For 15 months, meaningless statements and idle talk kept the genocide in Gaza going. It is time to put an end to them.
Elon Musk is a global problem
The far-right billionaire seems to be trying to replicate all across the world what he already has achieved in the US.
Trump’s plan to colonise Gaza is rooted in an old white fantasy
The US president's imagined entitlement to other people’s land is very familiar to Africans.
Towards a Trump Tower in Gaza?
Trump’s proposed land grab in Gaza is an especially egregious manifestation of Orientalist psychosis.
It is time to move the UN and international law out of the West
Israel’s impunity has brought us to a tipping point where the current international system is no longer viable.
Trump must not be allowed to torpedo the Palestinian right to remain
US president’s latest comments confirm Israel’s wholesale destruction of Gaza is aimed at removing Palestinians.
The ‘Netzarim Corridor’ is not a corridor, it is a nightmare
Israel's large land grab in the middle of Gaza has been a source of endless terror for those of us living near it.
Trump’s tariffs: The US will now find out just how much it needs Mexico
The American jobs that Trump claims are 'threatened' by Mexico actually depend on it to exist.
Canada’s brewing disquiet
The frontrunners in the Liberals’ leadership race cannot offer the change the party needs to tackle Trump and elections.
After US weapons ravaged Gaza’s hospitals, US doctors can’t remain silent
Gaza’s health care facilities have been targeted repeatedly, including with US-made 2,000-pound bombs. We must speak up.