Ruby Dagher News Today

Six months after Hamas's deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the way Canada's MPs have reacted and the positions they have taken are having an impact on support for federal parties in different communities.

Until now, the authorities have not weighed in on the complex question of whether its utterance in public is a hate crime

How did this tiny country go from a beacon of democracy in the Middle East to being so utterly reviled – especially by young progressives?

Israel is evacuating communities along its border with Lebanon, fearing Hezbollah may join the war alongside Hamas. People who live there describe increasing missile attacks and living in a constant state of alert.

Climate change exacerbates the underlying social and governmental weaknesses that violent groups profit from.

Specialists will provide analysis of the politics of the Middle East, political currents in IL, and CA relationship with the peace process. The resource-rich Middle East and North Africa region is at a nadir following two tumultuous decades of localised crises, regional power struggles and interventions from abroad. Multiple shattered states and societies, from Libya to Syria, Yemen and Iraq, lie in their wake. Yet, one contested region, Israel and Palestine, remains central to regional peace a...