Israel and Palestine
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Open Thread: Nepal Floods + 20 months since Assad
Open Thread, 27 August 2026. X.T.M opens by suggesting that Middle Eastern hybrid regimes balance the great powers nimbly, while democracies such as Israel and India pursue grander foreign policies,…
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Open Thread: India, Israel, US & Iran
An open thread asking what has happened in the Middle East over the past six weeks, and whether India-US relations have become shakier.
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The Bahá’í Position on Palestine: A Note for the Record
The author sets out what the Bahá’í position on Palestine is, quoting Shoghi Effendi’s 1947 reply to the UN. The World Centre in Haifa and Akka is there for theological,…
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Pakistan must not treat Afghanistan like Gaza
X.T.M argues that Pakistan’s strike on a Kabul addiction hospital, which Taliban authorities say killed 408, echoes Gaza in its asymmetry of suffering. He accepts that TTP attacks are real…
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The ‘Hindutva’ attack protocol
RecoveringNewsJunkie criticises a tweet reposted by Azad Essa that labelled Priyanka Chopra “Hindutva-fascist”, despite her public support for Palestine. He argues this reflects an agenda to demonise India and Hindus,…
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Kashmir is not Palestine.
X.T.M argues that comparing Kashmir to Palestine is false. He points to the 1990 exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiri Muslims voting and holding office, and the contrast with Gaza, while…
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Modi Puts India Firmly in the Israel-US Camp
X.T.M cites journalist Bharat Bhushan’s view in Deccan Herald that Modi’s support for Israel and silence on the US-Israeli strikes on Iran put India firmly in the US-Israeli camp and…
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On Whose Side Is God?
X.T.M argues that planners of the Iran war misread Shia Islam, which honours death with dignity. He says killing Khamenei hands the system a martyr, and that the Pahlavist, secular-liberal…
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F*ck Your Algorithm, My People Are Still Colonised
X.T.M argues that a Google Gemini summary on French West Africa repeats colonial language, framing Islam as an obstacle to a civilising mission. He calls this Islamophobia by default and…