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Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

Hamas terrorists register Palestinian children for “Saif Al-Quds” camps in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on June 14, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

A child’s simple faith

If this were happening elsewhere—and the identities of the perpetrators and victims were different—the international community would have been condemning the use of child soldiers.

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

December 14, 2021

Members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, hold pictures of French President Emmanuel Macron during a protest march in the southern Gaza Strip against the reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad in France, on Oct. 26, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Symbolic warfare in the Middle East

Israelis keep pointing to the fact that events in Jerusalem, Gaza and the Israeli interior were not connected. Although this is empirically true, symbolic activities are by definition transcendent and not bound by empirical reality.

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

June 7, 2021

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Arab reactions to Gaza

Arab media is still saturated with anti-Semitism and hatred towards Israel; yet for the first time, there are new voices, both official and non-official, taking a strong anti-Hamas position.

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

May 19, 2021

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech regarding the coronavirus outbreak, at the P.A. headquarters in Ramallah, May 5, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

The old, embittered leadership of Mahmoud Abbas

His decision to effectively cancel elections, while saving himself from a risky gamble, aggravates a volatile situation, angering Palestinians and Hamas alike.

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

May 6, 2021

Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alevi (right) sits next to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Source: Khamenei.ir.

The Iranian trap

In the Middle East, regimes have the nasty habit of tapping into holy causes for legitimacy, yet those holy causes become new religions that no one can control.

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour and Sarah N. Stern

April 28, 2021

Hezbollah's supporters at Liberation Day. Bint Jbeil, 25 May 2014. Credit: Gabriele Pedrini/Shutterstock.

Iran holds Lebanon hostage as its economy collapses

With each passing day, the situation seems to become more apparent: Lebanon is completely under the mercy of Iran.

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

March 22, 2021

Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz. Source: Twitter.

Saudi’s chief diplomat delivers judgment on the Palestinian leadership

In a decisive interview, Prince Bandar bin Sultan makes it all too clear: The days of Saudi unconditional support are over.

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

October 26, 2020