The issues at stake in recognizing a Palestine state
COLUMN. Fifty of the 193 UN members still refuse to recognize Palestine, despite the commitment of most of them to a 'two-state solution' to...
Gaza's grim death toll after two months of so-called 'ceasefire'
COLUMN. Since the ceasefire came into effect on October 10, nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, where the majority...
The US-Israeli war against Gaza
COLUMN. The United States' fierce campaign against international justice is an implicit admission of its complicity in the crimes committed...
Historian returning from Gaza: 'The most shocking thing is the gap with the outside world's perception'
Jean-Pierre Filiu, a French historian who has traveled to the Gaza Strip many times over the years, spent a month in the Palestinian territory from December to...
The terrible cost to Israel of marginalizing the PLO
COLUMN. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is waging a relentless war against opponents who only emerged as a result of the weakening...
French historian: Israel destroyed 4,000-year-old culture in Gaza
French historian Jean-Pierre Filiu says Gaza's rich civilization has endured centuries of wars, but not Israel's war.
How Israel is eliminating any alternative to Hamas in Gaza
COLUMN. By reducing Gaza to a field of ruins, the Israeli offensive is destroying the very foundations of social and political opposition to...
War in Gaza: The shadow of Alexander the Great's siege
COLUMN. To find a tragedy on the scale of the one happening today in Gaza, we'd have to go back to Alexander the Great's merciless siege of...
Israel vs the UN: A long history
COLUMN. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was Israel's ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988, has pushed his systematic...
Khan Yunis: Occupied, bombed, razed and divided by Israel
COLUMN. The centuries-old city of Khan Yunis, located in the Gaza Strip, has paid a heavy price for its central role in Palestinian...
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A French academic and commentator known for his critical views on Algeria's political system, particularly regarding its governance and human rights issues.