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Israel’s aims and intentions during the 34-day long 2006 Lebanon war, writes Emad Moussa, were less to do with targeting Hezbollah and ‘countering’ its missile attacks, and more with the collective punishment of civilians.
To build international support for the Six-Day war in 1967, Israel peddled the idea of a second Shoah. This was especially useful for rallying American Jews who had not previously identified as strongly with Israel and Zionism, writes Emad Moussa.
Ukraine and Syria are bound together by Russia's will to enforce tyranny against liberty. If the international community to caves to these moves, it is not only Ukrainians and Syrians who will pay the price, writes Sam Hamad.
Rife with Orientalism and double standards, media coverage of Ukraine emphasises that “civilised” and “European” Ukrainians don't deserve war. The flip side of this racist coin implies non-White people are less worthy of empathy, writes Sam Hamad.
Comment: Turkey has demonstrated that Assad's regime could be defeated in Syria, were it not for the curse of global indifference, writes Sam Hamad.
Comment: The root causes of Islamic State in Syria were never adequately addressed, and now, as the world is distracted, a resurgence seems afoot, writes Sam Hamad.
Comment: The international community maintains a deafening silence on Assad's brutality in Idlib, but will not be spared its consequences, writes Sam Hamad.
Comment: Aleppo's ordinary residents are the beating heart of the revolution, and as long as they remain defiantly where they are, there will always be hope, writes Sam Hamad
Comment: A new global balance of power that rectifies the 'unipolar' American-dominated world order may be starting to take shape, writes Rami Khouri.
Comment: Russia supports the Syria 'peace process' not because it wants 'peace', but because it knows that total victory for Assad is a near impossibility, writes Sam Hamad.