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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicIsrael war

Topic: Israel war

Israel’s motive to eradicate Hamas is only catchy headline-making. It’s impossible

Even if the IDF resumes the war, it is unlikely that Benjamin Netanyahu and his military will be able to redeem their images.

India votes in favour of UN draft resolution voicing concern over Israel’s presence in Syrian Golan

The resolution, brought in by Egypt at the UN General Assembly, stressed the illegality of the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan since 1967.

Israel confirms death of captive soldier shown in Hamas video

Hamas had issued a video showing Noa Marciano alive followed by images of what the Palestinian faction said was her body after she was killed in an Israeli strike.

Pakistani senator justifies Holocaust. Critics say Hitler would have killed him too

In Pakistan, many saw Afnan Ullah Khan’s tweet as part of Nawaz Sharif’s party’s history of antisemitism.

On Camera

Kabul hospital bombing unravels the laws of war. It puts our civilisation in danger

Learning from the Second World War, the world seemed to move toward making war subject to law and reason. These ends were, however, almost immediately subverted.

Covid, sanctions, war. Life’s rough for Surat’s small diamond units, salaries ‘not guaranteed anymore’

West Asia war threatens to push already fragile industry deeper into crisis. Latest disruption is playing out differently for bigger and small-scale players in Surat’s diamond industry.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.