Jayati Ghosh argues that addressing the increasing concentration of wealth requires understanding exactly what's driving it.

Tasneem al-Hams says she was used by Israeli prison guards to pressure her detained doctor father during interrogations

Federico Fubini shines a light on the corrupt business dealings behind the US administration's Ukraine peace plan.

<article data-history-node-id="432061" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-nurse-held-israel-says-she-was-abducted-abu-shabab-gang" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-nurse-held-israel-says-she-was-abducted-abu-shabab-gang" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza nurse held by Israel says she was abducted by Abu Shabab gang</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Palestinian nurse Tasneem al-Hams, 22, was released on Thursday after nearly two months in Israeli detention (X)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c589de6b-0a62-4c1c-b320-765ef03573ae" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/taseenm-hams.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Palestinian nurse Tasneem al-Hams, 22, was released on Thursday after nearly two months in Israeli detention (X)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Palestinian nurse Tasneem al-Hams, 22, was released on Thursday after nearly two months in Israeli detention (X)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p>A&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;nurse says she was abducted by an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>-backed gang from the Gaza Strip earlier this year and handed over to the Israeli army, who used her to pressure her detained doctor father during interrogations.</p> <p>Tasneem al-Hams, 22, was released in Khan Younis on Thursday, nearly two months after she was arbitrarily taken into Israeli custody.</p> <p>Upon her release, she told local media she was abducted by members of the Israel-backed Popular Forces armed group - otherwise known as Abu Shabab gang.&nbsp;</p> <p>"They then handed me over to the Israelis, east of Khan Younis," she added.</p> <p>The nurse was abducted while working at a medical facility in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, according to her family.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-nurse-held-israel-says-she-was-abducted-abu-shabab-gang">Gaza nurse held by Israel says she was abducted by Abu Shabab gang</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>

Grotesque allegations of tourists paying to kill civilians for sport during the Bosnian War are echoed by the modern spectacle of foreigners aiding the Israeli army

Wie imperialistische Einflussnahme die irakische Landwirtschaft zerstört hat

Manager können sich beim Ludwig-Erhard-Gipfel exklusiven Zugang zu Spitzenpolitikern erkaufen. Nun ist Initiator Wolfgang Weimer Staatsminister. Das ruft die bayerische Staatsregierung auf den Plan.

Thinking through the case for intervention in Venezuela.

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Kyiv seeks imports from allies after Russia’s repeated strikes on country’s infrastructure

Innerhalb von zehn Jahren ist die Forderung nach kostenfreiem öffentlichem Nahverkehr von einem Nischen- zu einem Mainstream-Thema geworden

In Guatemala kämpfen indigene Gemeinschaften gegen die Dämme, die ihre Lebensgrundlagen bedrohen – auf der Straße und an der Wahlurne

Although voters around the world generally voice strong support for climate action when polled, governments that actually pursue robust climate policies sometimes face a backlash from constituencies who either have different priorities or reject such measures as an added cost, a “luxury” pursuit, an unfair hurdle to development, or even a culture-war issue. How can we build the enduring majorities that we will need to make the net-zero transition politically sustainable? Carlos Alvarado-Quesada, Former President of Costa Rica and Member of the Club de Madrid Natalie Unterstell, President of Talanoa Institute and Member of the COP30 Presidency's Adaptation Council Keep up to date with PS films by subscribing to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/project-syndicate ******************************************************************** For more PS, join the conversation on... Our website: www.project-syndicate.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/projectsyndicate Twitter: www.twitter.com/prosyn LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/project-syndicate SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/projectsyndicate

The Climate Investment Funds, a $13 billion multilateral vehicle that sits inside the World Bank, has raised $100 million in funding from Germany and Spain for a new program designed to help poor countries withstand the fallout from climate change.

<article data-history-node-id="431274" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/world-bank-letter-us-backs-draft-un-resolution-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/world-bank-letter-us-backs-draft-un-resolution-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">World Bank, in letter to US, backs draft UN resolution on Gaza </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The World Bank backs language in a US-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution on Gaza that&nbsp;would authorise a two-year mandate for a transitional governance body, according to a letter to the United States seen by Reuters.</p> <p>The 15-member UN Security Council began negotiations on Thursday on the text that would mandate a so-called Board of Peace transitional governance administration, giving it the authority to establish operational entities to address issues, including the reconstruction of Gaza and economic recovery programs.</p> <p>The World Bank, the UN and the European Union had estimated in February it would cost more than $50 billion to rebuild&nbsp;Gaza, and are finalising a new interim estimate of $70 billion.</p> <p>"Our engagement in&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;will require the ability to work with international partners who enjoy the full support of the international community and full authorisation to undertake their efforts," World Bank President Ajay Banga wrote to US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz.</p> <p>"The proposal to establish an authority, in the current draft the Board of Peace, by the UN Security Council with the authorisations set out in the resolution would provide the needed framework for engagement by the Bank," he said in the letter dated Saturday.</p> </div> </div> </article>

"If the music stops, there's not only not any chairs, there's like hot coals they're all going to sit on. It's going to be ugly."