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Information Minister in Pakistani-administered Kashmir: Five civilians killed and at least 29 others injured in shelling across the border with India
Israeli Army Radio's diplomatic correspondent quoted a senior Israeli official as saying: So he [Trump] decided to cut off contact. That might still change, but that’s the situation right now
Israeli Army Radio's diplomatic correspondent quoted a senior Israeli official as saying: Trump’s circle told him [Dermer] that Netanyahu was manipulating him, and there’s nothing Trump hates more than being portrayed as someone being played
Senior Palestinian official to Al Mayadeen: Meetings between the Israelis, Egyptians, and Qataris are all centered around the Israeli proposal, which does not guarantee an end to the war [on Gaza]
Senior Palestinian official to Al Mayadeen: “Israel” is threatening to expand the ground offensive if Hamas rejects the proposal
Senior Palestinian official to Al Mayadeen: Hamas rejects the Israeli proposal, viewing it as failing to guarantee an end to the war
Senior Palestinian official to Al Mayadeen: “Israel” is sticking to its proposal, and insists there is no alternative offer on the table for negotiation
Senior Palestinian official to Al Mayadeen: The meetings between the Israelis and the Egyptians and Qataris all revolve around the Israeli proposal
The administration was clearly looking for an off-ramp for this campaign against Ansar Allah, NBC News reports, citing US official
Trump's operation against Ansar Allah cost more than $1 billion, NBC News reports, citing US official
Timo Al-Farooq

Timo Al-Farooq

Freelance journalist and political commentator with a B.A. in Asian and African Studies.

Articles

Trump 2.0: One hundred days of institutionalizing injustice
Analysis

Trump 2.0: One hundred days of institutionalizing injustice

How alarming the situation is can be gauged by the fact that no US government has invited so many comparisons with the policies and behaviours of Nazi Germany in its formative years as Trump 2.0.

  • 30 Apr 16:50
Likening ICE to Hitler’s infamous paramilitary Sturmabteilung (SA) is not where the many parallels between Nazi Germany and Trump’s America will end. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab El-Hajj)
Opinion

'Gleichschaltung' in Trump’s America

Timo al-Farooq warns that Trump’s second term is mirroring Nazi Germany’s Gleichschaltung, as US institutions fall in line under an authoritarian, pro-Zionist regime targeting migrants, dissenters, and Palestine advocates.

  • 22 Apr 13:52
With its latest escalatory attacks on Palestine solidarity and shameless double standardism, Germany continues to abandon all pretence of believing in the universality of human rights. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Batoul Chamas)
Opinion

Inspired by Trump’s America, anti-Palestinian authoritarianism in Germany is escalating

Timo Al-Farooq exposes how Germany and the US are weaponizing immigration and international law to suppress Palestine solidarity, revealing the West's deepening hypocrisy and erosion of legal norms.

  • 09 Apr 12:48
How Berlin police marked International Women’s Day by beating women who stood up for Palestine
Analysis

How Berlin police marked International Women’s Day by beating women who stood up for Palestine

The bitter irony of violence against women being perpetrated by an agency tasked with upholding public safety and headed by a woman on a global day dedicated to celebrating women’s rights should not be lost. 

  • 26 Mar 14:58
Right-wing populism is further impeding reparatory justice for Africans
Feature

Right-wing populism is further impeding reparatory justice for Africans

2025 is the AU’s official Year of Reparations, and Africans are pushing forward unperturbed by Western inaction and far-right populism’s growing influence on political discourse...

  • 18 Mar 16:26
One of Merz's first acts as winner was to express his wish to invite to Germany none other than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Batoul Chamas)
Opinion

Germany under Merz: Further down the rabbit hole of authoritarianism?

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s likely next chancellor, pushes an extreme pro-"Israel" stance, defying international law to host Netanyahu despite ICC charges against him.

  • 10 Mar 12:54
Their beef with Dattani? His proximity to Palestine advocacy, for which he is accused of being an antisemite, an “Islamic extremist” (Levant) and a supporter of terrorism. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Ali al-Hadi Shmeis)
Opinion

Canada’s former human rights chief is pushing back against accusations of antisemitism

Timo Al-Farooq examines how weaponized antisemitism is used to silence Palestine advocacy, highlighting the smear campaign against Birju Dattani and his legal fight for justice.

  • 21 Feb 13:17
Merz's unprecedented move to join forces with the AfD can only be seen as being meant to desensitise voters to the first post-WWII far-right participation in government. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab El-Hajj)
Opinion

Germany and the antifascist firewall that never was

Germany’s so-called antifascist "firewall" against the far-right has collapsed, but mainstream parties have in fact long been complicit in militarism, anti-refugee policies, and unconditional support for "Israel"—all hallmarks of modern fascism.

  • 07 Feb 13:50
With anti-Palestinian hatred having become one of the most visible expressions of Islamophobia since "Israel" began the war on Gaza, Abunimah’s arrest should come as no surprise. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab El-Hajj)
Opinion

Ali Abunimah’s arrest is a chilling reminder of the dangers faced by Palestine advocacy

Despite these unambiguous condemnations from the guardians of the international human rights order, it is safe to say that crackdowns on Palestine solidarity will sadly continue.

  • 01 Feb 13:25
Crown-Indigenous relations under Trudeau are best encapsulated in the words of Eva Jewell of the Yellowhead Institute, He was just as colonial as any other prime minister. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Mahdi Rtail)
Opinion

Trudeau is the latest casualty of liberal hubris and hypocrisy

Genocidal complicity, anti-Palestinian hostility, casual racism, and a penchant for superlative gaffes: that is what the faux-progressive Justin Trudeau will be remembered for by his many critics across the political spectrum.

  • 13 Jan 23:49
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