Tag: Near and Middle East
In Gaza, Israel’s great strategic uncertainty – L’Express
The Gaza Strip, the most famous open-air prison in the world, is turning into an open-air disaster every day. Since October 7 and the massacres committed by Hamas in Israel,…
Israel-Hamas war: bombings in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah – L’Express
While the Israeli army indicated on Monday that it continues to advance “methodically” in the Gaza Strip, after the entry of its troops onto Palestinian soil on Friday, October 28,…
“All over the world, anti-Semites have come out of the woods” – L’Express
From one war to another. For almost thirty years, Pinchas Goldschmidt led the Jewish community in Russia as Chief Rabbi of Moscow, before leaving the country in March 2022. Forced…
Erdogan’s dangerous game with Hamas – L’Express
It is a newspaper which calls on its front page to “destroy the terrorist state of Israel”. It’s a bookstore in Istanbul that places a poster “no Jews allowed” on…
Israel-Hamas war: the army reports “dozens” of fighters killed in the night in Gaza – L’Express
The fighting intensified. The Israeli army said on Monday (October 30) that its forces had killed “dozens” of fighters during nighttime fighting in the Gaza Strip. The army said “troops…
Hassan Nasrallah, the man who can tip the region into chaos – L’Express
On the airwaves of Al-Nour, a radio station based in Beirut and affiliated with Hezbollah, the listeners at the end of the line are stamping their feet. Like Hussein, originally…
Netanyahu backpedals after criticizing his security apparatus – L’Express
“Never, under any circumstances, has the Prime Minister been alerted to the warlike intentions of Hamas.” This short sentence published on the Twitter account of Benyamin Netanyahu (henceforth X) excited…
In Gaza, the UN fears the collapse of “public order” after looting – L’Express
“Thousands of people entered several UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) warehouses and distribution centers in the central and southern Gaza Strip…
What is Hamas called? By Frédéric Encel – L’Express
The enemy of the peace process From the outset, Hamas was violently hostile to the Oslo process. From 1993 to 1996, the Israeli government was on the left – with…
what we know about the Hamas tunnel network targeted by Israel – L’Express
A real “spider’s web”. It is with these words that Yocheved Lifshitz, one of the only four Israeli hostages released by Hamas, described the terrorist organization’s underground network, evoking “many,…