AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Spreading cheer

25 Dec 2020

Gaza is overrun with Santas. Traditional Santas welcome children in shops and streets and offer them small gifts and sweets made by Palestinian women. Mobile Santas cruise the streets in...

Trump’s destructive policies and US global standing

20 Dec 2020

The incoming Biden administration will not only have to reverse a host of Donald Trump’s divisive and destructive domestic policies but also deal with damage he has inflicted on US...

A big loss

18 Dec 2020

Without fanfare Palestine’s most high profile female politician, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi resigned from the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s Executive Committee on the grounds that it was out of the decision-making loop....

It’s time for Trump to accept defeat respectfully

13 Dec 2020

Instead of preparing to leave the White House with grace and dignity, Donald Trump is determined to wreak revenge against fellow citizens for his loss of a second term in...

Winning the fight

10 Dec 2020

Despite hostility toward immigrants from this region in many Western countries, gifted migrant scientists are in the vanguard of the battle against Covid-19 which has infected more than 66 million...

Lebanon’s politicians show lack of seriousness

06 Dec 2020

Backs to the future, Lebanon’s politicians continue to block the formation of an independent government of experts which might be able to rescue their sinking ship of state from the...

Dynamic duo

06 Dec 2020

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are an odd couple. President-elect Biden is an old White gent who spent 26 years as a senator representing Delaware, the second smallest state in...

Getting back on track

06 Dec 2020

US President-elect Joe Biden has demonstrated that climate change is at the top of his agenda by naming former Secretary of State John Kerry to the post of special climate...

Biased media

06 Dec 2020

Ever scathing about mainstream US print media, Donald Trump owes his 2016 election to cable television’s Fox News, founded in 1996 by Australian-US citizen Rupert Murdoch to broadcast conservative messages...

President Trump’s false claims are highly dangerous

29 Nov 2020

Donald Trump intends to do his utmost to sabotage the incoming administration by cultivating an atmosphere of hostility among his followers toward President-elect Joe Biden and undermining state institutions and...

Michael Jansen

The author, a well-respected observer of Middle East affairs, has three books on the Arab-Israeli conflict.