AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

There should have been no attack on workers

08 Apr 2024

The dark dragons of double standards raised its ugly head a week ago when the Israeli army slew seven members of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) team in Gaza after...

Perilous crossings

04 Apr 2024

A second convoy of vessels carrying 400 tons of food aid to 300,000 starving Palestinians in war-ravaged northern Gaza set sail on Saturday from the Cypriot port of Larnaca along...

Yet another challenge for Binyamin Netanyahu

31 Mar 2024

While fighting a war on the Gaza and Lebanese fronts, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has faced down his latest domestic challenge. The issue is exemption from military service for...

No end in sight

28 Mar 2024

Ramadan in Gaza is the Ramadan of the second Palestinian Nakba, the Catastrophe wrought by Israel’s 1948 war of establishment when between 10-12,000 Palestinians were killed, around 800 estimated to...

Call for ‘Free Palestine’ and an end to the war

24 Mar 2024

There is a dangerous disconnect between the Israeli public and the rest of the world over the Gaza war. Most Israelis see and hear reports which cater to their views...

Compassionate ties

21 Mar 2024

Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar flew to Boston and Washington last week to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day which falls on March 17, his country’s national day, as is traditional with...

Year 2020 poll rivals set to conquer White House once again

17 Mar 2024

Four out of five US citizens do not favour a Biden-Trump rematch in November’s presidential election and do not want either to win the presidency for a second term. This...

Famous and infamous

14 Mar 2024

Christopher Nolan’s film, “Oppenheimer,” a biopic about the “father of the atomic bomb,” has gathered seven Oscar as well as Baftas, Golden Globes and other film awards, gripped cinema goers...

Emirati-Europe backed Gaza aid ship is a heroic step

11 Mar 2024

The Emirati-Europe backed Cypriot maritime humanitarian aid corridor from Cyprus to Gaza is an essential emergency measure to provide food, water, and medicine for starving, sick, and shelter less Palestinians...

Expulsion fail

07 Mar 2024

Last month, Knesset members from the ruling right-wing religious-nationalist coalition failed to expel far-left colleague Ofer Cassif over his support for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) case charging Israel...

Michael Jansen

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