On the morning of October 14, Hezbollah and the Amal Movement adherents gathered to demand the dismissal of the judge selected to lead the investigation into the Beirut Port Explosion of August 2020. Protests immediately devolved into gunfire and vandalism, sparking sectarian violence that could lead to civil war.
When Israel was at war with Gaza for 11 days in May 2021, international headlines and multi-national protests flooded the globe. Much of the outrage was directed at Israel, which is broadly viewed as an oppressive occupier, a breaker of international law, and easily labeled with words newly imbued with extreme emotional power like “colonial.” How could it be that such a small nation was the subject of such intense focus and denouncement? Is Israel truly guilty of the crimes of which she stands accused? Is the source of the rage against her righteous?
The eyes of the world turned to the small Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah a few weeks ago, while Iranian pressure and incidents at Al-Aqsa contributed to the storm that consumed the Israel-Gaza border. Untangle and unpack current headlines with background and context to the profoundly complex and emotionally charged relations between Israel and the Palestinian territories.
The International Red Cross reported over 200 people injured in the wake of street protests turned violent in the streets of Tripoli on Wednesday night. Thousands of demonstrators turned out on the streets of Lebanon’s second largest city for the third night in a row to protest the latest round of strict lockdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
