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It's Not Just Kushner Who Has Profited from the War in Gaza
This week we learned that Jared Kushner's notorious investment fund, Affinity Partners, made an absolute killing on its investment in an Israeli financial conglomerate that held more than $456 million in Israeli companies supplying Israel's military. And as by far Affinity Partners' biggest investor, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF)...
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Jamal Khashoggi Wasn't Safe in Istanbul. Would He Be Safe in the U.S. Today?
On the morning of Oct. 2, 2017, Jamal Khashoggi texted Maggie: "I'm going to embassy, I should leave by 10.45."...
The E.U. Abdicated its Moral Responsibility by Failing to Oppose War on Iran
When the United States and Israel launched surprise airstrikes on Iran in February, one of the most unexpected reactions came...
The UAE Is Fueling Sudan's War. U.S. Complicity Helps Make It Possible
Sudan's brutal civil war continues with no end in sight in its fourth year, largely due to the negative role...
"We Are Exhausted by War": Yemenis Fear the Renewed Fighting Will Become a Long War
For years, Yemen's western coast constituted one of the most static frontlines in its largely frozen civil war. Tariq Saleh,...
Ali Younes' Arrest Reveals Jordan's Growing Fear of Dissent
It doesn't take much to end up in a Jordanian jail cell these days. A social media post, even a...
Book Review: 'Crossing the Red Line' Reveals How Biden Enabled Israel's Atrocities in Gaza
Akbar Shahid Ahmed's new book, "Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors and Israel's War in Gaza," is the first...
How the War With Iran Is Fueling a New Wave of Sectarian Repression in the Gulf
Since the outset of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran and going back to the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct....
Houthi Gains Along the Red Sea Complicate Saudi Arabia's Yemen Strategy
Samir Al-Sabri, the deputy defense minister in Yemen's Internationally Recognized Government (IRG), declared on Sept. 7 that "the decision has...
Rats, Insects, Unbearable Nights: Gaza's Tents Offer Little Protection for the Displaced
Every night, Shereen Abed listens for movement inside her tent. The sounds of rats moving through food bags, clothing and...
Sanctions on Israel Are Poised to Get Stronger. The West Must Get Them Right
Israel's global economic interdependence is what gives sanctions their power. Israeli banks, insurers and major companies depend heavily on access...
Can the New Saudi Strategy to Counter the Houthis Avert A Wider War in Yemen?
The Houthi Movement's (Ansar Allah) naval blockade on Saudi Arabia is taking its toll on the Kingdom. After a four-year...
Four Lebanese Debate Hezbollah, Israel and Who Decides Lebanon's Future
Societies are rarely, if ever, homogeneous in their approach to political subjects like war, peace and sovereignty. Lebanon is no...
