From a Palestinian refugee born in Syria to an engineer working in the energy sector and one of the most prominent Palestinian activists in Germany, Zaid Abdulnasser’s trajectory culminated in August 2026 with his inclusion on a U.S. terrorism-related sanctions list.

Amid the ongoing Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, international and grassroots efforts are escalating to break it and keep the Palestinian cause at the forefront of the global agenda.

As Abu Dhabi and Dubai embrace increasingly liberal domestic policies modeled on the West and pursue foreign agendas that break sharply with their historic Arab and Islamic identity, rumors of internal fractures within the UAE have surged across digital platforms.

At the age of 100, Walid Khalidi, the Palestinian historian from occupied Jerusalem, died on March 8, 2026, after a long intellectual journey that helped rebuild Palestinian memory on rigorous academic foundations and challenged dominant Zionist narratives of the 1948 Nakba.

In January 2026, Saudi criticism of “Israel” and the UAE-led normalization track sparked a fierce U.S. “pro-Israel” lobby backlash, exposing a widening regional rift.