Newsletter
By Khaled Salih The United Nations report Legal analysis of the conduct of Israel in Gaza pursuant to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (A/HRC/60/CRP.3) concludes that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. While it presents itself as
Newsletter
By Khaled Salih Let’s challenge the United Nations report, Legal analysis of the conduct of Israel in Gaza pursuant to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (A/HRC/60/CRP.3), which concludes that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. While
Newsletter
By Khaled Salih David Deutsch’s concept of The Pattern refers to a deeply ingrained and irrational phenomenon, primarily associated with antisemitism. He describes it not merely as anti-Semitism (violence, incitement, persecution of Jews), but as an underlying phenomenon, a “pattern of moral derangement.” At its core, The Pattern
Newsletter
By Khaled Salih The endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution by the UN General Assembly is presented as a “tangible, time-bound, and irreversible” path toward two states. Approved by 142 countries, despite
Newsletter
By Khaled Salih Introduction In a brief but revealing exchange, Mela Bextiyar, a Kurdish politician, diagnoses Kurdish fragmentation and—without excusing Israel’s policies—holds up Israel’s post‑1948 state‑building (a unified army, administrative culture, and national cohesion despite the Holocaust) as a functional comparator. Before he can
Newsletter
A review of While Israel Slept: An Indictment of Systemic Failures
Newsletter
By Khaled Salih Curtesy of Memri On August 25, 2025, a Palestinian activist named Saleem Nussibeh stood outside the Israeli embassy in London and issued a stark declaration: “Tomorrow, this will be the embassy of Palestine [...] there won’t be an Israel anymore.” He publicly screamed for the “destruction of
Newsletter
Re-reading Asra Q. Nomani, 2023, Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That Is Destroying America’s Freedom.
Newsletter
A Kurdish Odyssey of memory, exile, and the unyielding spirit
Newsletter
Douglas Murray’s testament to civilisation
Newsletter
(And other Middle East fairy tales)
Newsletter
By Khaled Salih Introduction In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Bernard Lewis’s poignant question, “What went wrong?” articulated a profound anxiety about the Middle East’s trajectory from a pinnacle of intellectual and geopolitical influence to a state of dysfunction, stagnation, and extremism. Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, in