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The Indonesia–U.S. Agreement Should Be Revoked

The Indonesia–U.S. Agreement Should Be Revoked

Not long after the reciprocal trade agreement between Indonesia and the United States was signed by President Prabowo Subianto and President Donald...

yesterday 20

Middle East Monitor

Delly Ferdian

Rethinking solidarity with Palestine

Rethinking solidarity with Palestine

Over the past two years, millions have voiced their solidarity with Palestine, many of whom had never done so before. This support has helped...

yesterday 30

Middle East Monitor

Alain Alameddine

Tehran’s calculated wager

Tehran’s calculated wager

When negotiators gather in Geneva on Thursday for the third round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States, the most consequential item in...

yesterday 30

Middle East Monitor

Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Some questions concerning Indonesia’s 8,000 troops in Gaza

Some questions concerning Indonesia’s 8,000 troops in Gaza

At the inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington, President Prabowo Subianto pledged that Indonesia would send 8,000 or more troops to join an...

yesterday 30

Middle East Monitor

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The other ‘lizard people’: Why the Epstein Files are shattering global theory

The other ‘lizard people’: Why the Epstein Files are shattering global theory

When British author David Icke wrote his seminal work, The Biggest Secret: The Book That Will Change the World, published in 1999, he was not speaking...

yesterday 40

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

The Strait of Hormuz: Where Geography Becomes a Weapon

The Strait of Hormuz: Where Geography Becomes a Weapon

For decades, American military planners have operated on a simple assumption: that overwhelming force, applied decisively, could resolve almost any...

yesterday 30

Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

Reconstructing the details of Israel’s obliteration of Palestinians

Reconstructing the details of Israel’s obliteration of Palestinians

A joint report released recently by Forensic Architecture and Earshot reconstructs Israel’s massacre of aid workers in March 2025. Commencing with...

previous day 30

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Ramona Wadi

In Waiting for the Light: The Hidden Philosophy of Ramadan,

In Waiting for the Light: The Hidden Philosophy of Ramadan,

In a world where eating has become a solitary act, snatched quickly in front of a screen or in the corner of an office, Ramadan arrives to restore the...

previous day 30

Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

Huckabee’s Zionist Dogma Set to Destroy the Middle East

Huckabee’s Zionist Dogma Set to Destroy the Middle East

When a sitting United States ambassador declares that it would be “fine if they took it all,” diplomacy does not merely slip — it crosses a...

previous day 30

Middle East Monitor

Wan Naim Wan Mansor

Iran in the face of the armed diplomacy of imperialism

Iran in the face of the armed diplomacy of imperialism

The ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran, mediated by Oman and recently held in Geneva, have been presented by Western diplomacy as...

monday 20

Middle East Monitor

Sayid Marcos Tenório

The digital high commissioner: Trump’s Maliki threat and the illusion of Iraqi sovereignty

The digital high commissioner: Trump’s Maliki threat and the illusion of Iraqi sovereignty

When President Donald Trump took to social media to demand that former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki withdraw his bid for a return to power,...

monday 20

Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

From 9/11 to Gaza, we still need Middle East studies

From 9/11 to Gaza, we still need Middle East studies

Middle East studies is facing a crisis stemming from both funding cuts and a broader marginalization linked to a political climate of rapidly...

monday 20

Middle East Monitor

Dr Alainna Liloia

Brazil’s Samba School Wins 2026 Carnival Title with Parade Honoring Palestine

Brazil’s Samba School Wins 2026 Carnival Title with Parade Honoring Palestine

The samba school “Rosa do Povo” won the Access Group championship at the 2026 Curitiba Carnival, turning its debut into a high-impact result....

monday 40

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Eman Abusidu

India’s hyphenated ties with Israel betray its past stand for decolonization

India’s hyphenated ties with Israel betray its past stand for decolonization

India and Israel have cultivated a robust strategic partnership based on shared interests in defense, technology, agriculture, and counter-terrorism....

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Ranjan Solomon

The day after the bombs: The strategic void of US intervention in Iran

The day after the bombs: The strategic void of US intervention in Iran

It seems that in his second presidential term, Donald Trump is still severely suffering from the same problem he had eight years ago; he fundamentally...

monday 60

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Kiavash Kalhor

Trump’s “Board of Peace”: Aggrandizing theatre and the impunity of genocide

Trump’s “Board of Peace”: Aggrandizing theatre and the impunity of genocide

More than 75,000 Palestinians have been murdered in Gaza, with tens of thousands more still missing beneath the rubble. They did not die to “build a...

monday 200

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Jamal Kanj

Strikes push Lebanon’s ceasefire toward collapse

Strikes push Lebanon’s ceasefire toward collapse

The sky over southern Lebanon no longer carries the promise of rain. It carries the low mechanical hum of drones and the crack of air strikes that...

22.02.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

What if Jeremy Bowen were in Gaza?

What if Jeremy Bowen were in Gaza?

Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s veteran Middle East editor, once offered a deceptively simple formula for surviving the moral challenges of conflict...

22.02.2026 40

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Karam Nama

Turkey as Israel’s “next Iran”? A strategic rivalry reconsidered

Turkey as Israel’s “next Iran”? A strategic rivalry reconsidered

When former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that Turkey, with the support of Qatar, was replacing Iran as Israel’s major strategic...

22.02.2026 50

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Punishing language: Queensland’s Antisemitism Bill

Punishing language: Queensland’s Antisemitism Bill

In a feat of enterprising delusion and sinister suppression, Australia’s second largest state has decided to deal with what it regards as an...

21.02.2026 40

Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

LeBron, Gaza, and the Cost of “Nothing but Great Things”

LeBron, Gaza, and the Cost of “Nothing but Great Things”

It takes a special kind of sentence to stain a legacy. LeBron James found one: “I’ve heard nothing but great things” about Israel — uttered...

21.02.2026 40

Middle East Monitor

Junaid S. Ahmad

Peace in name only: Why Trump’s Board of Peace does not help Gaza?

Peace in name only: Why Trump’s Board of Peace does not help Gaza?

While children in Gaza search for warmth inside tents and broken buildings, Washington hosts meetings under the title of a new “Board of Peace”...

21.02.2026 250

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Tamer Ajrami

New game explores links between Ireland and Palestine

New game explores links between Ireland and Palestine

Resistance through gaming and fun is the aim of two young women from the Middle East who launched a new card game last week which links the shared...

21.02.2026 100

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Ciaran Tierney

Of braids and Moustaches: Weaponizing hair in post-Assad Syrian conflicts

Of braids and Moustaches: Weaponizing hair in post-Assad Syrian conflicts

Legend has it that Jabr and Jabreen were two brothers from the tribe of Zabeed who lived near Tayma, in present-day Saudi Arabia. Jabr, the younger...

21.02.2026 50

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Prof. Musa Al-Halool

A stunted start marks the inaugural Board for Peace in Gaza

A stunted start marks the inaugural Board for Peace in Gaza

Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” inaugurated in early 2026 to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction and potentially supplant UN roles, began with low...

20.02.2026 40

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Ranjan Solomon

Selective Freedom: Muslim Women, Headscarves, and the Unfinished Legacy of February 28

Selective Freedom: Muslim Women, Headscarves, and the Unfinished Legacy of February 28

As February 28 approaches, it is important to remember that this process is not merely a closed chapter in Turkey’s past. The deep scars it left on...

20.02.2026 30

Middle East Monitor

Dr Ayşe Duran Yılmaz

Trump’s war: A conflict of survival, not strategy

Trump’s war: A conflict of survival, not strategy

“Trump’s challenge isn’t just Tehran. It’s balancing Israel, the donor class, and his own movement—both of which are pulling him in...

20.02.2026 50

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

From Greenland to the Gulf: Is Washington replacing the rules with raw power?

From Greenland to the Gulf: Is Washington replacing the rules with raw power?

By early 2026, US foreign policy appears less anchored in the language of rules and more openly framed in the language of leverage. The past year has...

20.02.2026 60

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Peiman Salehi

Indonesia’s trade deal with US risks straining its Middle East partnerships

Indonesia’s trade deal with US risks straining its Middle East partnerships

This week, Indonesia and the United States signed the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade. Most of the negotiation debate focused on tariffs and market...

20.02.2026 150

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Ramadan under the rubble: Gaza welcomes the holy month amid ruin and unhealed wounds

Ramadan under the rubble: Gaza welcomes the holy month amid ruin and unhealed wounds

Ramadan arrives in Gaza this year (2026) for the first time since the ceasefire that came into effect last October. Yet the word “ceasefire” feels...

20.02.2026 350

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Ahmed Asmar

The final solution to Imran Khan

The final solution to Imran Khan

When a regime starts rationing a prisoner’s light, it is no longer governing — it is unravelling. If credible reports are accurate that Imran...

20.02.2026 200

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Junaid S. Ahmad

From Coercion to Negotiation – Why Washington Now Sits Across from Tehran

From Coercion to Negotiation – Why Washington Now Sits Across from Tehran

For years, Washington addressed Tehran through pressure. Sanctions were tightened layer upon layer. Naval deployments in the Gulf were amplified....

19.02.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Ranjan Solomon

Where is the international community’s accountability for Israel’s latest annexation phase?

Where is the international community’s accountability for Israel’s latest annexation phase?

The international community does not want to be held accountable  to history or its role in Israel’s colonisation of Palestine. With each...

19.02.2026 400

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Ramona Wadi

Not forgetting the victims: Club Epstein and crimes against humanity

Not forgetting the victims: Club Epstein and crimes against humanity

With a sex trafficking, flesh peddling empire of favours, logistics and the good time to be had by the powerful, the gigantic scale of Jeffrey...

19.02.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Dr Binoy Kampmark

Notes on the draft constitution of the State of Palestine

Notes on the draft constitution of the State of Palestine

Nearly seven months after President Mahmoud Abbas formed the constitutional drafting committee, the president moved a few days ago to release the...

19.02.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

‘Regime Cleavage’: How the ‘Language of Humiliation’ is Engineering a Second American Civil War

‘Regime Cleavage’: How the ‘Language of Humiliation’ is Engineering a Second American Civil War

A January 2026 Gallup poll showed that 89 percent of all Americans expect high levels of political conflict this year, as the country heads toward one...

18.02.2026 40

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

Indonesia condemns West Bank annexation while sustaining a dangerous contradiction

Indonesia condemns West Bank annexation while sustaining a dangerous contradiction

This week, Indonesia joined Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates in condemning Israel’s decision to...

18.02.2026 40

Middle East Monitor

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Israel’s not-so-subtle annexation plans in the West Bank

Israel’s not-so-subtle annexation plans in the West Bank

Israel’s latest moves in the occupied West Bank are not being framed in dramatic language inside the country. There has been no formal declaration...

18.02.2026 50

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Ranjan Solomon

Mexico Declines Trump’s Gaza Peace Board and Reaffirms Support for Palestine

Mexico Declines Trump’s Gaza Peace Board and Reaffirms Support for Palestine

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, reaffirmed this week her long-standing position with Gaza and Palestine as she declined an invitation from US...

18.02.2026 200

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Eman Abusidu

How Addis and Ankara are shaping a more stable Red Sea

How Addis and Ankara are shaping a more stable Red Sea

At the edge of the Red Sea, where history has always been written in salt and blood, a new chapter is quietly unfolding. It is not the clash of...

18.02.2026 100

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Algorithms and AI Have Turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

Algorithms and AI Have Turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

The revelations by 972 Magazine (https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/) and Local Call have exposed the darkest core of the...

17.02.2026 40

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Sayid Marcos Tenório

Governance by weather: Iran’s independence, priced in dollars

Governance by weather: Iran’s independence, priced in dollars

When US and Iranian officials sit in separate rooms in Muscat, passing messages through Omani mediators, people in Iran do not wait for the...

17.02.2026 50

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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Continuing genocide, with full international approval

Continuing genocide, with full international approval

The international community has truly illustrated its fragmented approach to both international law, order and human rights. Not only did the UN...

17.02.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

From Madame Claude’s Salon to Epstein’s Island: The unchanging currency of power

From Madame Claude’s Salon to Epstein’s Island: The unchanging currency of power

The most telling image of the Jeffery Epstein saga is not of a private jet or a tropical island. It is the photograph of the frail, brilliant...

17.02.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Dr Sahar Huneidi

Rising prices strain family ties in Egypt

Rising prices strain family ties in Egypt

“I used to host my sisters for lunch every Friday at the family home, but I stopped that tradition after meat and poultry prices rose,” said Ahmed...

17.02.2026 80

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Mahmoud Hassan

The new calculus in the Gulf: How Beijing and Moscow have altered the Iran equation

The new calculus in the Gulf: How Beijing and Moscow have altered the Iran equation

In the rarefied environment of the West Wing, the ghosts of the “Twelve-Day War” that transpired last June still linger in the Situation Room. For...

17.02.2026 150

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Freedom does not arrive on a cruise missile

Freedom does not arrive on a cruise missile

When Reza Pahlavi spoke on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference this week, he did not simply criticise the Islamic Republic. He urged...

17.02.2026 50

Middle East Monitor

Alice Johnson

Germany is turning into ‘Little Israel’: Lies, smear campaigns, and Zionist propaganda

Germany is turning into ‘Little Israel’: Lies, smear campaigns, and Zionist propaganda

Germany’s complicity in the boundless cruelty of the genocide in Gaza, its unconditional support for the ongoing Nakba in the West Bank and occupied...

16.02.2026 80

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Prof Jurgen Mackert

One is too many: Indonesia must act now on citizen serving in Israel’s army

One is too many: Indonesia must act now on citizen serving in Israel’s army

A report that an Indonesian citizen is serving in the Israeli military demands a firm response from Jakarta. If the report is correct, the government...

16.02.2026 90

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf escalation would backfire systemically

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf escalation would backfire systemically

Most analyses of potential US escalation against Iran in the Gulf remain confined to deterrence logic and regional balances of power. The debate often...

16.02.2026 100

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Peiman Salehi