By James M. Dorsey It took barely 24 hours for US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal to fray at the edges, with Israel and Hamas hurling allegations of ceasefire violations at one another. In the process, Israel didn’t do itself or Mr. Trump any favours by again turning desperately needed humanitarian aid – in a territory it has reduced to …
By James M. Dorsey US President Donald Trump may envision himself as a Middle Eastern puppet master, only to find out that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Arab and Muslim leaders have played him. Even so, it is Hamas and the Palestinians who are likely to hold the bag, not Mr. Trump. The fact of the matter is that …
Well, the wheels of justice are turning ‑ or for the Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) they’re churning ‑ and the immediate tension and upheaval (nothing new for the PTI) are all the more palpable given the damning sentence of 10 years in jail, passed on former Punjab province’s PTI governor Umar Cheema, Dr. Yasmeen Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry and Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed. …
Muhammad Zahid Rifat Pakistan believes in having and maintaining cordial relations with all countries and in particular brotherly ties with the Islamic countries in accordance with the principles of the foreign policy as spelt out by the Quaidi-i-Azam. For sometime now, Pakistan has been endeavouring to promote and strengthen fraternal brotherly ties with all countries, particularly neighbouring countries and members …
Pakistan is a country that is known for all the wrong reasons…..that WERE right to a great degree, not so any longer! But then Pakistan is also a paradox by itself, with a burgeoning, happening, educated populace with nowhere to deploy their talent, especially in geological and geographical lines of work that entail exploration and mining. This country, that broke …
By Dr. James M. Dorsey Despite its devastating human and physical cost, Israel’s effort to destroy Hamas has a whack-a-mole aspect. Even though Israel asserts it has killed 12,000 of Hama’s estimated 40,000 fighters and wounded or captured thousands more, Hamas retains a presence in swaths of Gaza. It has been able to re-establish itself, to varying degrees, in areas …
An open letter by Rabia Kramet Rizvi Dear mankind, I am a Muslim and the words of my Lord, who is not only my Lord but the Lord of Christians and Jews alike, call for tolerance and peace. Why do I say that? Because my Muslim scriptures say so in the Holy Quran. You call Him Yahweh, others call Him …
By Dr. James M. Dorsey The stakes in the Gaza war for the United States and President Joe Biden could not be higher. For the United States, it’s the ability to garner support for its positions on multiple issues, among which the Ukraine war looms large. Mr. Biden’s bear hug approach towards Israel has sparked widespread allegations of hypocrisy and …
Iran has done it again! It has stage managed the defeat of Islamic countries’ effort to patch together peace with powerful Israel nurtured by the United States of America, its sworn arch enemy. Personified by its slain general Qasem Suleimani’s cunning, Iran was seething on the skillet of the Arabs’ cosying up to the Israelis, saw its fortunes from war …
Had there been a Palestinian representation, the Palestinian voice would have been President Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestine Authority, dominated by Al Fatah, Hamas’ archrival, further marginalized by the fighting. By Dr. James M. Dorsey Hamas, the Islamist militia that controls Gaza, will likely emerge a victor regardless of how the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting ends. Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel, …
