Ubai al-Aboudi

Ubai al-Aboudi is the Director of the Bisan Centre for Research and Development (Ramallah, Palestine).

October 27, 2026

Is Bibi Going to Lose Miserably?

Editorial Is Bibi going to lose miserably? It is too early to predict, but something unusual is happening in Israel. Voters are turning out in numbers not seen for decades, making this

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Saudi Arabia Reportedly Offers Houthis $1 Billion to Halt Attacks

Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman’s surprise visit to Tehran was aimed at securing a ceasefire with Yemen’s Houthi movement under a proposed arrangement involving a $1 billion transfer to the Iranian-backed group through Iran, according to diplomatic sources

October 27, 2026

How Brazil’s Shirtless ‘Gostosos’ Turned Physical Attraction into Political Messaging

Diplomacy/Geopolitics

A shirtless, masked young man standing above a São Paulo metro station, waving Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s flag alongside a Palestinian

Homo Plastic Traces the Global Spread of Plastic Pollution from Antarctica to Bangladesh

Health

Plastic waste has reached some of the planet’s most remote environments, from the frozen waters of Antarctica to tropical coastlines and densely populated communities

Living Hell: Israel’s Prison System as an Instrument of Oppression

February 26, 2026

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

In January 2026, the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem published a grim update to its earlier work, titled Living Hell: The Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture Camps. This report documents the horrific

The Global Economic Benefit from the Genocide of Palestinians

August 3, 2025

Human Rights/World

On 16 June 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967, Francesca Albanese, published a new report titled From Economy of Occupation to Economy