Bruno Finel

Qatar’s leaders were quick to denounce Israel for “state terrorism” after Tuesday’s strike on Hamas officials in Doha.

The Israeli military carried out a strike on senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, with Saudi media reporting that the attack killed Khalil al-Hayya, a top figure in the militant group. 

Once again, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has chosen to vilify Israel while ignoring the brutal realities that led to the war in Gaza. 

France’s Emmanuel Macron and his Western allies have plunged headfirst into diplomatic delusion. By promising to recognize a “State of Palestine” at the UN General Assembly this month, Macron is not advancing peace—he is rewarding terrorism, undermining international law, and indulging in a fantasy that has no basis in reality.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, whose country plays a central role in mediation efforts over the Gaza war, dismissed as “nonsense” the claim that the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza is voluntary.

In a shocking display of bias and reckless rhetoric, EU Commissioner Teresa Ribera has ignited outrage by labeling the situation in Gaza as a “genocide” during a speech at Sciences Po Paris on Thursday.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, welcomed Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Wednesday in the coastal city of Alamein, about 100 kilometers west of Alexandria. 

The United Arab Emirates has been announced as the inaugural Guest Country of DIRECT EXPO, which will take place next year in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has once again taken aim at Egypt, denouncing what it calls the abusive practice of “rotation,” in which political opponents and government critics are kept in prison beyond their legal terms by the filing of new charges.

The French daily Le Monde has once again revealed its entrenched bias with the publication of a scathing piece targeting Morocco’s King Mohammed VI. 

In a strongly worded open letter published Sunday in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Kushner called on President Emmanuel Macron to take urgent and concrete action against the rise of antisemitism in France.

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday sent a message of congratulations to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day, underscoring Abu Dhabi’s careful diplomatic balancing act between Kyiv and Moscow.