Yazan al-Saadi is the international desk editor for The New Arab. He is a writer, researcher, critic, and comic zealot and has been published and/or cited on various platforms such as The Nib, Jadaliyya, Al-Jumhuriya, The New Arab, Al-Hudood, Al-Akhbar English, Linus, The Public Source, and more. He is based in the alluring city of […]
Lebanon has already informed Hochstein it cannot accept some of Israel’s demands [Fadel Itani/AFP/Getty] The US envoy mediating a ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon said he will travel to Tel Aviv on Wednesday to pass on what had been reached with Lebanese officials, citing progress in the two-day discussions. Amos Hochstein was still in
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In recent weeks Turkey has once again stepped up its vocal opposition to Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon, which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemns as “genocide”. In the latest escalation, Turkey last week effectively stopped Israeli President Isaac Herzog from travelling to the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, by denying his aircraft
Sanders said the continuing flow of U.S. arms to Israel for the war violated U.S. law and undermined U.S. standing in the world [AP] Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders forced an effort in the Senate on Wednesday to block the sale of some offensive weapons to Israel for its war on Gaza over mounting civilian deaths
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“I wrote Eyes on Gaza: Witnessing Annihilation to memorialise the genocide unfolding, in real-time, so that it won’t be unwritten from history — like genocides before it,” explains Arab-American writer, professor and scholar of law, Khaled Beydoun. Due to be published by Street Noise Books in February, the book is dedicated to Gaza, combining an analysis of events in
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An attack by paramilitary forces that began on Tuesday evening has left 40 people dead, a medic told AFP from a central Sudan village, following a month of escalating violence in Al-Jazira state. “All 40 people suffered direct gunshot wounds,” the medic said from Wad Rawah Hospital, just north of Wad Oshaib village, requesting anonymity
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Bassem Naim (left), one of the figures on the list, described the sanctions as ‘stupid’ The US imposed sanctions on Tuesday on six senior Hamas officials, with the US Treasury Department saying in a statement that Hamas’s representatives abroad, a member of its military wing, and those involved in fundraising for the group were being
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A lady seen passing by the Starbucks Coffee cafe at Kuala Lumpur city. (Photo by Faris Hadziq/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Starbucks’ Malaysian branch has faced substantial sales declines amid ongoing boycotts by pro-Palestine supporters in the country, according to Malaysia’s largest bank. Maybank has warned that the coffee giant faces long-term slumping sales, driven
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Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Israel cannot impose conditions for a truce [Getty] Hezbollah’s leader delivered a defiant speech on Wednesday, saying Israel cannot impose conditions for a truce in Lebanon, as visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein headed to Israel to try to negotiate an end to the war. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, in
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Palestinian human rights defender Diala Ayesh is among the winners of Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards 2024. [TNA] A prominent Palestinian rights lawyer was among the grand winners of the prestigious Index on Censorship’s 2024 Freedom of Expression Awards this week. Diala Ayesh, 28, who has been held in administrative detention by
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