Sri Lanka has every right to speak forcefully on Palestine and international justice. But moral authority abroad cannot substitute for diplomatic precision at home. With the current account weakening, thousands of workers
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has come under intense criticism after mistakenly including a photograph of an Israeli hostage in a social media post intended to highlight the suffering of Palestinians held in
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee expressed skepticism over the likelihood of a Palestinian state emerging from President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, emphasizing that any progress hinges on significant reforms within
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Editor’s Note: Excerpts of the following article are adapted from the author’s paper, originally published in CTC Sentinel, a publication of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Since its inception in
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In a development that has sent shockwaves across diplomatic circles, The Times UK has obtained an internal Israeli military document detailing a sweeping contingency plan to forcibly relocate Gaza’s civilian population and
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Hamas has announced that it will release all Israeli hostages captured during its October 2023 attack, marking the first time the militant group has indicated readiness to comply with a major component
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor “Some would have you believe that Israel is the villain in Gaza, yet the reality is that Israel has lost more lives trying to save civilians than
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has endorsed a U.S.-sponsored peace proposal aimed at ending nearly two years of conflict in Gaza, though the plan’s
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor The United States has unveiled a 21-point proposal to end the war in Gaza that aspires to do far more than halt hostilities. It is a plan
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by Durga Velayudham Mahmoud Abbas, denied a visa by the United States to attend the UN General Assembly in what should have been a historic moment, addressed the global body virtually, reaffirming
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered a poignant speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, strongly condemning the ongoing violence in Gaza and calling for Hamas to disarm as part of
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On the day the world recognized a Palestinian state I made my way, together with photographer Alex Levac, to a remote Palestinian village in the eastern part of the West Bank. The
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Several leading Western countries – Britain, Canada, Australia, and a group of EU members led by France – have announced their recognition of Palestinian statehood. They justified the move by saying that
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Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas co-founder Hassan Yousef and once Israel’s most valuable intelligence asset, has declared that a Palestinian state “will never exist,” dismissing it as an “artificial construct.”
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UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has sparked controversy after formally recognising a Palestinian state, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from the families of Israeli hostages, Jewish leaders in the
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The United Kingdom has formally recognised the state of Palestine, marking a major change in British foreign policy, The Guardian UK reports. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead
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