In September 2025, The Sea (El mar), the story of a Palestinian boy who crosses checkpoints in an attempt to reach Tel Aviv and see the Mediterranean for the first time, became
In the southern suburbs of Beirut known as Dahiye, war has become less an event than a condition of daily life. As described in reporting by El País, the densely populated district
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In an unprecedented situation, ceasefire prospects have been further complicated, and the risks and regional anxiety of a complete collapse of the ceasefire or of the deal on the table have heightened.
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For months of war stretching across Gaza, Lebanon, and beyond, Israel’s skies have been crowded not with pilots, but with machines. According to internal documents obtained by Haaretz, the Israel Defense Forces’
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When Iranian missiles were launched toward Israel on Sunday for the first time since a 61-day ceasefire took hold, the fragile pause in hostilities across the Middle East gave way to renewed
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Israel’s upcoming election is being framed as one of the most consequential in its recent history, not only for the country itself but for political dynamics stretching far beyond its borders. As
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There are moments in history when words lose their meaning. Not because dictionaries are rewritten, nor because language itself changes, but because political power empties words of the realities they once described.
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The intensifying conflict in Lebanon is rapidly evolving into a central fault line in Middle Eastern geopolitics, with far-reaching consequences for regional stability and global energy security. According to an editorial published
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The Israeli writer Etgar Keret has long built his literary reputation on blending the absurd with the intimate, but in his latest reflections he describes a country where reality itself seems to
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The Abraham Accords have been celebrated as a diplomatic triumph, a necessary step toward a peaceful and integrated Middle East. The proclaimed goals are seductive in their simplicity, including formal ties between
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Israel has significantly escalated its military operations against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon at a moment when U.S. and Iranian officials are reportedly closing in on a broader diplomatic understanding
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In February 1963, the Iranian essayist Jalal Al-e Ahmad visited Israel and returned with a set of impressions that would shock his contemporaries and continue to unsettle readers decades later. As recounted
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There are crimes that humanity cannot name without trembling. There are silences it cannot keep without condemning itself. Gaza, May 2026: we stand at the crossroads of both impossibilities. There are moments
More The United States and Iran seem to be moving closer to a deal to end the war, recent skirmishing and mixed signals notwithstanding. If concluded – still a big if – this
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Iranian Ambassador in Colombo Dr. Alireza Delkhosh says the Islamic Republic of Iran remains fully prepared to face US-Israeli aggression. In an interview with Shamindra Ferdinando of The Island at the Iranian Embassy, in
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Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, has long thrived on provocation. In a recent video posted online, he was seen mocking detained activists bound and blindfolded after a flotilla bound for Gaza
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