MJ Akbar
Bashar al-Assad’s fall may have made the Middle East more dangerous
Israel-born historian, political scientist and public intellectual Ilan Pappé speaks to Open
A year after Hamas’ October 7 attack, the Middle East conflict has expanded to Lebanon and a war between Israel and Iran is no longer improbable. Where will it all lead? There are clues in what has already happened
Is the moral argument about Ukraine and Gaza trapped in the last vestiges of ideology?
There are parallels but also big differences with the Indian tussle between executive and judiciary
But his new partners are uncharted territory for Israel and its longest-serving prime minister
You must never write a premature political obituary of the longest-serving prime minister in a chaotic democracy