AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Close calls

30 May 2024

The outcome of Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial is unlikely to harm his bid for a second presidential term. Polls show he is running neck-and-neck against incumbent Joe Biden...

ICJ ruling on Israel a ‘landmark decision’

26 May 2024

Last week was a bad week for Israel and its allies, particularly the United States. On Monday, International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan announced that the court would issue...

Helping hand

23 May 2024

British aid worker Sally Becker, who began a 32-year career rescuing wounded children from war zones, helped evacuate nine injured and ailing Palestinian children and a dozen family members from...

Gaza, Ukraine wars not going according to Biden’s plan

19 May 2024

Despite US-backing, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza are not going as expected by the Biden administration. Ukraine should never have challenged Russia over NATO while Israel should have been...

Deadly delays

16 May 2024

The $320 million floating pier built by the US to deliver humanitarian aid to 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza is problematic. On March 6, President Joe Biden ordered the US...

Biden’s policy on Gaza conflict ‘unpopular,’ say polls

12 May 2024

US President Joe Biden has learned the hard way not to grant Israel full freedom when waging war against the Palestinians. Like his predecessor Ronald Reagan when Israel invaded Lebanon...

Loud and clear

09 May 2024

On April 17, Columbia University students launched the anti-Gaza war protest heard around the world. They established encampments on the campus to demand an end to Israel’s war and university...

Rafah offensive will have ‘catastrophic’ results

05 May 2024

Rafah or no Rafah? That is the question. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remains committed to his offensive in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city located on the border with Egypt. He...

Raising support

02 May 2024

Despite political deadlock and economic meltdown, Lebanon is set to send in coming days 2,000 tonnes of humanitarian to the Egyptian port of Al-Arish for delivery to war-devastated Gaza. Palestinian...

Mass student protests demand urgent ceasefire in Gaza

28 Apr 2024

Mass student protests against Israel’s Gaza onslaught rolling across US university campuses from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans are the first ever demonstrations against a war not involving US...

Michael Jansen

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