Two news headlines relating to recent events in two Palestinian enclaves reminded one of the new realities gradually taking place in those enclaves. Let us start with the Gaza Strip. Since 2007 it...
Hamas rockets are far from the most sophisticated, or deadly, of weapons. But the psychological impact they have should not be dismissed or disregarded. The Iranian-state media network Press TV often...
Over the past decade, I have mostly been resorting to the use of social media as my daily source of information, thus picking and plucking to suit my changing interests. In the aftermath of the Arab...
Israel tends to bombard Gaza a little extra every couple of years, making siege trendy—literally. The exercise in genocide that is “Operation Protective Edge” had more than an edge on Gaza,...
Once again, hats off to Netanyahu for putting his foot down in “reaction” to on-going and legitimate Palestinian resistance. As Gaza bangs on glass windows for international outcry, Israel is...
by Anna Lekas Miller Minutes before the ceasefire, Israeli F-16s were still dropping bombs on Gaza. Still, at 9 PM exactly—the time that Egypt, Hamas and Israel agreed that the ceasefire...
by Anna Lekas Miller On Monday night, Egypt brokered a tentative truce between Israeli and Palestinian factions—who, after five days of cross-border clashes that killed 6 Palestinians and injured...
On Sunday, 35 militants attacked a border post with automatic gunfire and grenades in the Sinai Peninsula—killing 16 Egyptian soldiers, and injuring seven others. After attacking the soldiers, the...
If someone were to have a heart attack in Gaza, the ambulances might not come. Due to the current fuel crisis in Gaza, one third of the ambulances have completely run out of fuel—the other...
I remember the first time I visited the United Nations. I walked through the courtyard, marveling at every flag of every nation majestically poised against the backdrop of the beautiful, glass...