One year after the massacre of October 7, the wars continue (and expand) across the Middle East, and may currently look like Israel is achieving its military and security goals. But it will be a failure without any political solution.
Tag: collective punishment
As Israel prosecutes its war on Gaza, Lebanon found itself caught in the daily attacks between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanese know that Israel has made its position clear, which leaves the big question mark with the regime in Tehran, which largely guides Hezbollah in its response to Israel.
Israel no longer has any interest in prolonging the destruction — and spreading the condemnation around the world for its “collective punishment” of the people of Gaza.
Supplies have already been scarce in war-wrecked Gaza. But now officials say widespread famine is “inevitable” and “imminent,” following the decision of the U.S. and other European countries to stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. A report from the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
An interview with Zhang Xianmin, founder of one of the many independent cultural events that were banned last year by the Chinese government.