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The Emirates' status in Washington is a story of extensive lobbying, generous funding and rapprochement with Israel regardless of the latter’s war crimes in the region. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News The United Arab Emirates has enjoyed excellent press in the West; not that t

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arriving in Cairo for a. peace summit on Oct. 21, 2023. (GovernmentZA, Flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0) By As`ad AbuKhalil / Consortium News Israel will forever be stained with the label of genocide and its supporters will always be accused of supporting genocide after the International Court of Justice ruled last month that there was prima facie evidence to put Israel on trial for genocide. Even powerful foreign lobbies will find it difficult to remove the stigma.

The Palestinian people have been waiting for a moment to shake the earth underneath the Israeli army. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News  U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, trying to appear sensitive, claim that Hamas does not speak for the Palesti

Nobody really believes there's a threat to Jewish students on campuses or that pro-Palestinian students are subjecting their Jewish classmates to abuse or harassment. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News  A specter is haunting U.S. college campuses, and it is the specter not of ant

This may be a new Arab era. The distance between rulers and public has never been wider. The Arab people, under strict conditions of repression, took to social media and the streets to make their rage known to the world. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News  It's too early to know

Lebanese journalist Talal Salman was renowned in his region, but less known in the West. He was one of the most influential journalists in the Middle East, coming from a pre-Gulf dominated era of Arab journalism. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News Lebanon has just bid fare

The emergence of a disciplined resistance movement in Lebanon not only brought military defeat to Israel and the rise of Hezbollah, it heralded a new era of Arab assertiveness. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News Israel is in trouble. Its military-strategic doctrine — predic

The role of the former senior U.S. foreign policy adviser  — who just turned 100 — has been overstated in the Arab world. But that is not to exonerate  his crimes. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News Henry Kissinger looms large in the thinking of people in the Arab world.  T

The problem started in 1947 with their support for the Soviet-backed partition plan for Palestine. Later, in opposing Arab unity under Nasser, Arab communists placed themselves in the camp of Western imperialism. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News The death of Arab orthodo

The conflict is domestic, regional and international. Western media have been exaggerating the role of the Wagner Group and all but omitting the influence of U.S. allies in the region.  By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News There are various ways in which we can examine the Sudanes