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Environmental pollution and relentless encroachments continue to degrade the public beaches that remain accessible, creating a vicious cycle. Many people in Lebanon are increasingly deprived of their rights to public spaces for leisure, further limiting their ability to enjoy the simple pleasure of a day at the beach.

Lebanon's unreliable internet connection poses a challenge for many students, compounded by instances where teachers lack connectivity and have to reschedule. Moreover, focus is near impossible amid the backdrop of ongoing border violence.

Despite the geopolitical division of Palestine into the territories of Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Israel proper, Israel’s policy of forced displacement of the Palestinian people plays out in all areas.

For over five months, Israel has waged a disastrous war on the besieged strip, killing over 30,000 people, many of whom remain buried beneath the rubble. Gazans have endured the horrors of massacres, disease, starvation, hunger and thirst, perpetrated by the Israeli armed forces.

In its genocidal campaign to erase all aspects of life in Gaza, Israel has not spared universities and schools, where forcibly displaced people are taking shelter. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Education, more than 280 government schools and 65 UNRWA-run schools have been destroyed or damaged by the Israeli army.

The situation in south Lebanon is largely connected to the events unfolding in Gaza. This means that residents of south Lebanon are likely to suffer greater losses and pain if a ceasefire in Gaza is not quickly established.

Israeli Settler Violence has intensified following the Gaza war leading to concerns about the viability of a two-state solution.

The conflicting approaches towards minorities within the different parts of Israeli society have taken a toll on the identity of Arab Israelis.

Qatari diplomacy has successfully established itself as an effective and highly influential force on the regional stage in recent years, particularly in navigating intricate and challenging political scenarios.

Olive trees have historical, cultural, and agricultural significance that date back centuries in the Levant, particularly in Palestine, where they have become symbols of resistance and have been deliberately targeted by Israeli occupation forces and Israeli settlers.

The persistent blockade on the Gaza Strip, the ongoing appropriation of land for expanding settlement initiatives in the West Bank, and the Israeli far-right's determined efforts to marginalize Arabs within Israel have all contributed to mounting tensions that ultimately erupted in the current crisis.

US Gaza war’s impact on US foreign policy is profound. The problem is that the mud sticks because of perceptions of hypocrisy and double standards.

An editorial piece on the intricate interplay of words and actions in the midst of the Gaza crisis, examining the power dynamics, historical contexts, and the potential role of international bodies.

The Palestinian Prisoners Movement encompasses all those who have been imprisoned up until today, particularly following Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967. According to historian Raafat Hamdouna, the term also includes females.

Israel confronts the Palestinians with extremist settler militias supported by the extremist ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich and protected by the Israeli Army.

Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip bear the brunt of Israeli wars more than any other area for several reasons. The list of reasons includes the architectural identity of these camps, in addition to overpopulation and inadequate procedures to guarantee recovery from Israeli attacks.

The fifty-year-old port housed 2,750 tons of poorly stored ammonium nitrate, which caught fire and detonated in one of the world's largest non-nuclear explosions on August 2020.

China and Russia argue that any aid provided to Syria should go through the government.

The month of June saw the killings of many other women across the region.

The Israeli military portrays itself as the "World's most LGBT friendly," although LGBTQ+ Palestinians are not spared its indiscriminate bombings, nor arbitrary arrests and checkpoint breaches.