Articles about Middle East
In the past few days, as we watched hundreds of trucks carrying food and medicine roll into Gaza as the first phase of a US-led peace deal, it was too difficult to restrain oneself and avoid telling jubilant Gazans that the whole thing was a sham deal for optics. Despite the hostage exchange, deal-breaker points … Read more Peace And Greater Israel: All Roads Lead To Turkey – OpEd
I don’t know who coined the phrase ‘a pessimist is an experienced optimist,’ but I find some comfort in it when analyzing current and the foreseeable future of Somalia. The fourth-year political fever is running high once again. The same failed politicians, the same overambitious dual-citizen candidates, and the same Halane loyalists who believe that … Read more Somalia Between Red Sea and ‘GERD’ Faultline
Like many people around the world, I rejoiced with the liberated Syrian people when the tyrannical dynasty of a father and son that oppressed them for more than half a century finally came to an end. There is no doubt that the revolutionary lightning that struck Syria and brought down the regime with speed of … Read more A New Syria By Union Of Clashing Interests – OpEd
Consistent with its patented contempt of the international rule of law, Israel continues business as usual. Though it is accused of carrying out genocide in Gaza and the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, there is no sign indicating that Israel will slow … Read more Assassination of Haniyeh and the ‘Samson Option’
If you grant a man unchecked power you will in due course discover his true character. And if you grant him absolute impunity, he will gladly showcase the most evil aspect of his values. Since its founding in 1948, Israel has been granted both unchecked power and absolute impunity and its current Prime Minister, Benjamin … Read more Exodus To Zionistan: Willfully Or Woefully
Lest we have forgotten, life is a precious gift. And among the living, human life is the most precious. That precious gift cannot be sustained without peace. And peace stands on four values: truth, justice, compassion, and empathy. Excessive deprivation or selective application of these values due to race, faith, politics, or exploitation leads to … Read more A Yellow Nail in the Zionism Coffin
Among the foreign actors and within the too many moving political parts in Somalia, four deserve more scrutiny in the next three years, when the presidential election is scheduled to take place. They are US, UAE, UK, and Qatar. It was only six years ago, that the US, UK, and UAE were partners in the … Read more UAE: Raving at the Horn’s Geopolitical Graveyard
Before delving deeply into what The Economist magazine called ‘The Most Important Election of 2023’ in support of the opposition, allow me to digress a little with this observed disclosure: though party names and opposition coalition does not indicate, I believe Turkiye’s election is ultimately between Erdoganites and Gulenites. Therefore, I would refrain from investing … Read more Can Turkiye’s Election Inspire Harmony?
With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom now has its first King since George VI more than seven decades ago. Saturday September 10, 2022 is recorded in history as the day Prince Charles was proclaimed as King Charles III. Aside from the challenge of having to (ceremonially) lead a country that is … Read more King Charles III Is A Muslim Imposter?