The Newsmakers on TRT World on 25/12/2025 https://youtu.be/JdHZiBaQCvU?si=Ruz9dMlZT94kpwrX
Tag: Lebanon
After two catastrophic years, what awaits Palestine in 2026?
First published by the New Arab on 24/12/2025 As Israel's ceasefire violations continue in Gaza & expulsions escalate in the West Bank, Kamel Hawwash explains why he sees little hope for change in 2026 I am regularly asked for my view on what will happen in Palestine in 2026. While it is possible to speculate, …
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Is BDS effective against Israel?
Nexus on TRT World on 11/10/2024 Item starts on 17 minutes https://youtu.be/XlhUrCY4PJU?si=36vazDcuDCDpAn3U
From Iraq to Lebanon, Israel attacks its neighbours with impunity
First published by the Middle East Eye on 29/8/2019 With an election around the corner, Netanyahu has launched a regional show of force, safe in the knowledge that his targets are too weak to retaliate before the September vote A Hezbollah media centre in Beirut was damaged in the recent Israeli strike (AFP) It’s election …
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Syria’s air defense system confronts hostile target near Damascus
I was interviewed by Press TV on 11/8/2018 https://youtu.be/kWY7D3ms6n0
Jews migrating to Israel should go via Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
Jews migrating to Israel should go via Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon This first appeared on the Middle East Monitor on 1 February 2016 Every year, Israel announces proudly that more Jews have made “aliyah”, the Hebrew term for Jewish migration from the “Diaspora” to the “Land of Israel”. In 2014, 26,500 made the journey, …
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From Bouazizi to Alkasasba, the Arab Uprising from Spring to Nightmare
Mohammed Bouazizi Four years after Mohammed Bouazizi set fire to himself, triggering the Arab Spring, Islamic State set fire to Jordanian pilot Muath Alkasasba confirming that it had turned into the Arab nightmare. Jordanian pilot Muath Alkasasba Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, took his own life on 17 December 2010 in in protest at confiscation …
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As the Arabic saying goes
We have a saying in Arabic which translates 'he attacked me then cried and complained before me.' ضربني وبكى، سبقني واشتكى. This nicely captures the audacity of Israel, which today complained to the UN Security Council about Hizbullah's attack on Israeli troops in the illegally occupied, Lebanese Shib'a farms. When complaining, it's arrogant Ambassador Prosor, …
2015-16 Asfari Foundation UK Masters scholarships
Great news for potential students for UK Masters degrees offered by the Asfari Foundation. Details here ELIGIBILITY The scholarships are open to full-time applicants who satisfy all the following criteria in that they: are Syrian, Palestinian or Lebanese are resident in Syria, Palestine, or Lebanon or have recently moved elsewhere in the region (including Syrian …
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