Open Dialogue Research Journal
Donald Trump has declared the new Gaza peace deal his “greatest diplomatic triumph.” The White House calls it “a historic moment for the Middle East” and “the beginning of a new era of stability.” Yet behind the grand rhetoric lies a fragile, contradictory arrangement that pleases almost no one — a ceasefire that solves neither the humanitarian […]
Few times in its history has the International Court of Justice been this busy, if ever. For anyone ignorant of the world court’s existence till now, it has blanketed news coverage with provisional orders and advisory opinions on the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Each order is accompanied by another layering […]
It seemed an odd thing to begin with. Australia’s National Press Club is a rather ordinary, stuffy institution, where enlightened, let alone contentious thought, rarely intrudes. For those guests of unorthodox disposition, questions of establishment swinishness await to douse any fiery rebelliousness. That they had invited war correspondent Chris Hedges, […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S5JIU5eos4 “Ex-Israeli negotiator EXPOSES Trump’s Gaza plan” Declassified UK, 16 October 2025, 11:40 A former Israeli negotiator told Declassified that there needs to be ‘accountability’ for the genocide in Gaza before serious negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis can take place. We spoke to Daniel Levy – currently director of the U.S./Middle […]
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has done a significant disservice by refusing to name Donald Trump as the awardee for 2025. The Committee, tilted to the left but with a couple of more conservative members, is composed of Norwegians who are involved in politics and “activism”–only one of them qualifies […]
Depending on which source you consult, the twenty-point peace plan of President Donald Trump for securing peace in Gaza shows much exultance and extravagant omission. The exultance was initially focused on the return of the hostages. It then shifted to the broader strategic goals of the various parties. Commentary on […]
Iran’s absence from the Sharm el-Sheikh peace summit is often dismissed as recalcitrance or obstructionism. But viewed through the prism of recent events, it becomes clear that Tehran chose nonparticipation as a strategic judgment on legitimacy, risk, and leverage. In a moment when U.S. and European powers are resurrecting the […]
Since the eruption of the Al-Aqsa Storm operation on October 7, 2023, the Gaza conflict has reshaped the political and moral landscape of the Middle East. Two years on, the battle has evolved beyond military confrontation it has become a war over legitimacy, narrative, and the endurance of an idea: […]
Showing that cloddishness that we have come to expect from them, Israel’s detention of the activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) was a coarse and violent affair. Having been intercepted in international waters on route to Gaza to break the Israeli-imposed blockade, the 470 or so activists, hailing from […]
Benyamin Netanyahu’s drift from avowed conservatism to Nazism is increasingly evident. After claiming the “historical and spiritual” mission of achieving a “Greater Israel,” that is, conquering the territories of its seven neighbors, he has just called for transforming Israel into a “super-Sparta,” that is, militarizing the state and ceasing all […]
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