By Adem Kılıç, political scientist As the Middle East descends into chaos with Netanyahu’s uncontrollable moves, the question to be asked is who/who is responsible for the continued deaths of children and the use of hospitals, places of worship and technological equipment as weapons by turning them into booby traps. As of today, Israel’s occupation and genocidal war in Gaza ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political scientist The outbreak of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah brings to mind the “endless” wars in the region, such as those in Iraq and Syria, which are still going on.Despite the recent escalation of the Lebanese-Israeli conflict, developments already bear a strong resemblance to the 2006 war between the two countries. With one difference. The ...
Israel struck Hezbollah’s headquarters. Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was martyred in the attack. UWI author, political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan was a guest on Türkiye’s Ulusal Kanal TV channel. What is your overall assessment of Israel’s attack on Hezbollah’s headquarters and the martyrdom of Hassan Nasrallah? This is not only a serious loss for Hezbollah and Lebanon but for West ...
Israel’s largest attack on Lebanon since 2006: Hezbollah is much stronger, yet needs a broader unity
Israel has conducted the most intense air strike since the war in 2006. Lebanon Health Minister Firass Abiad said 492 people have been killed, 35 children and 58 women being among the dead. Also, 1,645 people have been wounded and thousands of families have also been displaced due to the strikes. Hezbollah has responded back. According to sources, Hezbollah has ...
By Adem Kılıç Political scientist Since the start of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border have been steadily rising. After Gaza and the West Bank, Israel’s northern border, in other words the Lebanese border, was the point where eyes were constantly turned, and a full-scale war was expected to break out. Despite these expectations, for the ...
By Adem Kılıç Political scientist In the last week alone, Israel’s destruction of an Iranian-controlled missile facility in Syria, the deployment of army forces to the Lebanese border, and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s announcement that the security cabinet has decided to “deepen its actions against Hezbollah and Houthi forces” have given us great clues about the future of the war. Indeed, ...
By Prof. Dr. Ata Atun * As if the rapid change of balances in the world will lead to the reconciliation of resentments and the re-determination of ranks… For example, after Israel completed the exploration and extraction of gas in the Karish field, political relations between Lebanon and Israel were positively affected by the certainty that there was gas in ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * The planet has been experiencing a complex and convulsive international situation especially in the recent years since the start of the pandemic in 2020 and the NATO war against Russia that began in October 2014. But that this year has had a significant escalation, it has powerfully influenced almost every political event on the planet. ...