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Category Archives: Opinions
NATO obligations cannot override international law
Arms-exporting NATO members cannot overlook their international legal obligations by citing alliance commitments.
Project 2025 will go on, even if Kamala Harris wins the US presidency
Many pillars of Project 2025 have already been implemented at the federal and state level.
Why I am rooting for Bisan Owda to win a news Emmy
Owda's impactful journalism challenges dominant narratives on Palestine.
Not all is well inside the Taliban
Recently announced vice and virtue law reflects efforts by Taliban's old guard to consolidate power at expense of unity.
After Gaza, ‘election madness’ is not the same on US campuses
A climate of repression faced by anti-genocide protests has left America's electoral common sense in crisis.
Israel continues to kill Americans with impunity
And the US government is rewarding it with more weapons and more aid.
What’s in a name? Resistance to genocide
Or why the old name of a water fountain in Bosnia fights for survival.
Israeli academia is directly complicit in the crimes of the state
Israeli universities are not, and have never been, 'neutral' sites of open enquiry and should not be treated as such.
The people of Gaza belong in Palestine – not Canada or DRC
Fulfilling the Palestinian right of return can address the need for temporary relocation to rebuild Gaza.
Mpox and the dangers of treating some lives as disposable
Deaths from mpox can be prevented, if only profit would not stand in the way of saving lives.
Scholasticide must not be normalised
In Gaza and other conflict zones, attacks on schools are threatening to upend key international legal principles.
Netanyahu and the Israeli protesters are on the same genocidal page
A desire to end the genocide in Gaza is not what motivates antigovernment protests in Israel.
In Gaza, Israel aims to destroy civil order, but it is failing
As the Israeli army tries to wipe out civilian institutions and services, Palestinian solidarity steps in.
Gaza has shown European universities are no longer places of free inquiry
The crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech and activism on European campuses should be cause for concern.
The danger of ‘pro-EU’ Euroscepticism in the Western Balkans
Sentiments towards the EU expressed by some civil society actors increasingly overlap with those of anti-EU forces.
‘Sex work’ advocacy in California is harming children
Activists in the state are opposing to planned increased penalties for adults soliciting sex from prostituted children.
The Beijing Declaration is a key step to resolve the Palestinian question
Palestinian unity is key to the realisation of Palestinian statehood and China is committed to facilitating it.
The West Bank: Israel’s other genocidal war in Palestine
The military assault on the northern West Bank is part of a larger plan to force Palestinians from their homeland.
How Germany burned its ‘bridge to the Islamic world’
Germany's respected platform for Middle East dialogue, Qantara, has transformed into a venue for government propaganda.