In the case of the recent war in Lebanon that ended with a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, it can be said that both sides lost if we look at the final result from a human and moral perspective. The destruction of infrastructure and civilian casualties reflects a failure to achieve any victory, while claiming victory on the ruins of this destruction is a misleading interpretation...

Political crises in Sudan are intertwined with armed conflicts, and after nearly twenty months of civil war, basic services have collapsed and food supply chains have been disrupted. According to UN reports, millions of Sudanese are suffering from severe food insecurity, while children and women are dying from malnutrition in the absence of real and practical solutions. The disaster is exacerbated...

European friends ask me, why did the majority in the Gulf and Arab countries lean towards Trump in the electoral race and rejoice after the announcement of his victory in the presidential election?It is not joy or inclination as much as it is an attempt to feel reassured that what is coming will not be against their issues and the future of their region. Arabs, like the rest of the peoples of the...

Countries around the world and international organizations have criticized Israel’s move to ban the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a move that will exacerbate the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territories at all levels. The bill introduced in the Knesset, which stipulates classifying UNRWA as an "illegitimate" or even "terrorist" orga...

Over the past decades, many international laws have been issued to protect journalists while performing their work in areas of conflict, disasters and wars, and to enable them to defend their rights in times of peace, war and military conflicts. The protection of journalists is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Plan for 2030.The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for H...

The chaos we are witnessing in the world today can only be attributed to one thing, which is the “absence of real leaders” in the world... leaders with vision and the ability to face major challenges.This absence is clearly evident in many global crises, whether wars in the Middle East or in Ukraine or conflicts in Asia and Africa, as well as economic and environmental crises.With what we are witn...

A year has passed since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas, and yet, although it is not clear who the winner is and who the loser is in this war, both Hamas and the Netanyahu government consider themselves victorious!The conflict that began after the sudden events of October 7, 2023, has continued to destroy the lives of thousands of innocent people on both sides and has blatantly de...

The choice of war or the choice of peace in the region? The discourse of dialogue or the decision of political and military confrontation?Since Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7, everyone knew that the region had entered a new and different phase. We were certain that nothing would be the same after that day. Hamas put everyone in front of difficult choices with its attack on Israel and gave I...

During my trip last summer to Sweden and Norway, I was keen to visit the headquarters of the Nobel Prize in the Swedish capital, which includes the history of the prize and the inspiring personality who launched it, Alfred Nobel, with its five branches: physics, chemistry, medicine, economics, and literature.In the Norwegian capital, there is the headquarters of the sixth branch of the prize, whic...

Regardless of the chances of any of the US presidential candidates winning ̶ although it seems that the arrival of the first woman to the Oval Office has become closer than ever in the history of the United States, especially after the last debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump ̶ there is something noteworthy in that debate and in general in the election campaign of both candidates. Human...

One of the negative effects of social media and digital media is the rapid spread of hate speech and the use of these platforms by some to settle scores, stir up strife, or spread false news.This has become crystal clear to everyone, having become troublesome and needing to be addressed practically.In the Gulf countries, whose people are characterized by social harmony, cultural similarity, and in...

When Pavel Durov and his brother wanted to communicate free from censorship in 2014, they thought of creating the Telegram platform, which was built in a way that protects privacy and provides security for communicators, while at the same time keeping away from the surveillance of other platforms.When other major platforms used by hundreds of millions around the world fell into the trap of eavesdr...