AboutArticles by Michael Jansen

Donald Trump gestures at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, US. File/Reuters

Trump’s Cabinet picks could be problematic

18 Nov 2024

Donald Trump’s choices for his incoming cabinet have alarmed mainstream Republicans, Democrats and US citizens who are concerned about the men and women tipped to run the country for the...

Never-ending struggle

14 Nov 2024

Once again in its 4,000 years of turbulent history Gaza has been transformed into a wasteland by warfare. This time Israel is the guilty power. More than 43,000 Gazans have...

Trump strongly placed to honour campaign promises

11 Nov 2024

In his third bid for the White House Donald Trump won not only the Electoral College by a decisive 312 votes against 226 for his Democrat rival Kamala Harris but...

Driving events

10 Nov 2024

Marginalised but strategic US communities gained notice and ballot-power ahead of the 2004 US presidential and legislative elections which were tighter than ever before. Voters of Arab and Muslim backgrounds...

Trump’s re-election could be worse for Mideast

06 Nov 2024

Tuesday's US presidential and legislative elections could be a turning point for the worse for this region if Republican Donald Trump is victorious. A Trump administration would embolden Israel to...

Trump’s re-election could be worse for Mideast

03 Nov 2024

Tuesday's US presidential and legislative elections could be a turning point for the worse for this region if Republican Donald Trump is victorious. A Trump administration would embolden Israel to...

A fresh crisis

31 Oct 2024

Israel’s parliament voted on Monday to ban UNRWA, the UN agency caring for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, from operating in annexed East Jerusalem and occupied West Bank and Gaza....

Calls for de-escalation mount amid attacks

27 Oct 2024

Israel has claimed Saturday's airstrikes on Iran have crippled facilities producing long-range ballistic missiles and defence batteries protecting them. This has been seen by Israel's uncritical ally the US as...

Behind the times

24 Oct 2024

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump have intensified campaigning in seven states ahead of the election on Nov.5. These are known as the “battleground” or...

Strikes on Gaza have gone up despite Sinwar’s death

20 Oct 2024

The US, UK, German and French leaders have said last week's death of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar could be "an opportunity" to end the Gaza war since they had argued...

Michael Jansen

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