Middle East
When aid becomes fuel for war
The image of aid is clean. White tents under a blue-and-white flag. A pallet of rice sacks stamped with “Not for Sale” in...
Australia recognition of Palestinian state aligns with Western policy shift
Australia’s recognition of the Palestinian state, announced in parallel with moves by France, Canada, and the United Kingdom, is not simply an act...
Israel's latest war plan calls for combat in the main refugee camps in Gaza
In platform terms, Israel’s Gaza campaign has just moved from “urban edge” operations into “dense-core” operations—a shift that fundamentally changes the load on...
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UNICEF delivers lifesaving supplies to Gaza in response to calls for more access
While most headlines on UNICEF’s recent delivery of lifesaving supplies to Gaza focus on the sheer urgency of medical and nutritional aid, the...
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Hamas draws Israel farther into Gaza
The latest escalation in Gaza, drawing Israel deeper into ground operations and expanding the scope of military engagement, is rapidly transforming from a...
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Netanyahu claims he wants Israel to occupy Gaza as a whole
The Israeli Prime Minister’s stated intention to impose full military control over Gaza represents more than just battlefield ambition. At a systems level,...
How Israel uses Microsoft Azure to monitor ‘A million calls an hour’
When Microsoft granted the Israeli military surveillance agency Unit 8200 access to a segregated area of its Azure cloud platform, it marked more...
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From the sky, Gaza is a wasteland of ruins and graves
From an altitude of just two thousand feet, Gaza appears as if time itself has abandoned it. The view from a Jordanian military...
UN paralysis in Ukraine and the Middle East underscores the case for structural reform
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was designed to be the world’s final backstop against large-scale conflict. Its mission: maintain international peace and...
Netanyahu reportedly moves toward full Israeli occupation of Gaza
The decision by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue a full occupation of Gaza marks a critical inflection in Middle Eastern power...
Hamas links hostage aid to Israeli ceasefire, open corridors
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza and Hamas’s recent hostage video strategy are not just moral flashpoints—they are institutional signals of a regional risk...
Saudi Arabia’s new property law marks a strategic shift in regional capital flows
Saudi Arabia’s decision to open its real estate market to foreign ownership marks a deeper macroeconomic shift than headlines suggest. Approved last month...
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