Majeed Malhas

Majeed Malhas is Palestinian-Canadian journalist from Amman, Jordan currently residing in Vancouver. Since graduating from LSE in 2020 with an MSc in Anthropology, he has written for Adbusters Magazine and Spheres of Influence as well as on his own substack. His writing addresses issues of political economy in the Middle East and North America manifesting in public health crises, contemporary political developments, and social and cultural strife.

Recent Articles
Israel's Energy Ministry Director General Lior Schillat and a delegation hold a press conference at the entrance to an army base in Rosh Hanikra, on the border between Israel and Lebanon, following the signing of a maritime border deal between the two countries, October 27, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90)
Who are the real winners of the Israel-Lebanon maritime deal?
While Lebanon and Israel play up the benefits of a new maritime border, the biggest gains lie with states and companies far from the Mediterranean coast.
By Majeed Malhas November 14, 2022
UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja and Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the opening ceremony of the United Arab Emirates embassy in Tel Aviv, July 14, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
How Israeli-Arab normalization is helping the US win the trade war with China
The proliferation of a regional economic bloc since the Abraham Accords is allowing the United States to consolidate its power in the Middle East.
By Majeed Malhas December 3, 2021
Palestinians protest the death of Palestinian human rights activist Nizar Banat who died after being arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on June 24, 2021. (Flash90)
​The PA stumbled from one failure to another. Has its reckoning arrived?
The decades-long decline of the Fatah party has proven to Palestinians that the PA is an obstacle, not a vehicle, for their national liberation.
By Majeed Malhas July 13, 2021
A volley of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip was intercepted by the Iron Dome system near the Israeli town of Beer Sheva, Nov. 15, 2012. (Uri Lenzl/Flash90)
US aid to Israel was once a given. What’s changing now?
It has been three decades since a U.S. president considered freezing aid to Israel. Progressives are now making sure that idea stays on the table.
By Majeed Malhas June 15, 2021
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  4. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
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  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen
  3. ‘The soldiers opened the way for the settlers’: Pogroms surge across West Bank
  4. The unexceptional violence of Israel’s ‘Haredi battalion’
  5. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  3. Even without a UN veto, Gaza remains hostage to American power
  4. Why do Israelis feel so threatened by a ceasefire?
  5. Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen