Viet Thanh Nguyen (Hugo Clair Torregrosa/Courtesy)

Viet Thanh Nguyen broke a BDS rule. Now he is its vocal advocate

The Vietnamese-American writer reflects on his ‘mea culpa’ with Israeli publishers, the diminishing power of Israeli and U.S. propaganda, and why cultural figures must take a public stance on Palestinian rights.
By Edo Konrad and Alaa Salama
Residents celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, in Majdal Shams, Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, December 9, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

For Syrians in the Golan, Assad’s fall sparks hope and uncertainty

Residents of the Jawlan celebrated the regime's collapse, but remain wary amid political instability and Israeli encroachment inside Syria.
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Israeli soldiers from the army’s 210th Division seen inside Syrian territory. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Israeli settlers eye land in Syria, Lebanon

With Israeli forces advancing into Syria following Assad's fall, a group promoting settlements in Lebanon is casting its gaze eastward.
By Illy Pe’ery
Palestinians and solidarity activists harvest olives in Duma, in the north of the occupied West Bank, on the first day of the olive harvest, October 10, 2024. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

A deadly olive harvest season ends in the West Bank

Restrictions and attacks by the Israeli military, together with rampant settler violence, left many Palestinians unable to harvest this year's crop.
By ​Imad Abu Hawash
Syrians in Germany celebrate the fall of Assad Regime, December 8, 2024. (Wikimedia Commons)
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From exile, Bassam Al-Kuwatli long dreamed of Assad's fall. As head of the Syrian Liberal Party, he now plans to return to push for democracy.
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Palestinian flee the city of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip amid Israeli bombardment. (Islam Ahmad)
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