The Media Line


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 27, 2025

Voices from the Arab press: Do most Israelis support Netanyahu?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

By THE MEDIA LINE
29/03/2025

How Iran spies and how women activists stay one step ahead

Iranian women activists told The Media Line about the creative strategies they’ve developed to evade digital and physical surveillance as the government intensifies its cyber-repression.

By GIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE
29/03/2025
Bezalel Smotrich is seen pointing down in an illustrative featuring credit agency Moody's.

Israel's economic resilience comes despite gov't policy, expert tells TML

Despite government claims of resilience, economists warn the new budget depends inequality, neglects infrastructure, and bets on short-term political survival over long-term economic stability.

By NATHAN KLABIN/THE MEDIA LINE
28/03/2025

‘With frail bodies and empty stomachs’: Afghan children risk lives at Torkham border

Experts warn that poverty and desperation are forcing young children into cross-border smuggling, exposing them to physical danger and abuse.

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
28/03/2025

Tensions rise in Turkey as police clash with student protesters

Police intervened forcefully during the protest, and demonstrators took cover behind dumpsters before being detained. 

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
27/03/2025
 Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya, Gaza

'We are starving and dying, enough is enough': Gazans demand Hamas withdrawal

A Palestinian group urged a mass “march of anger” to protest against what it described as years of oppression and misrule by Hamas.

By AHMED ABD AL-SALAM/THE MEDIA LINE
27/03/2025
 Syrian Kurds hold flags as they gather after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called

After 45 year, will the Kurdish-Turkish conflict in Iraq come to an end?

The jailed founder of a Kurdish nationalist group has called for the movement to lay down its arms, but Kurdish forces seem unwilling to as long as Turkish strikes continue.

By HUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE
26/03/2025

How the Houthis' missile attacks fit into Iran’s regional strategy

Experts warn Houthi missile attacks on Israel are more than just symbolism.

By NATHAN KLABIN/THE MEDIA LINE
24/03/2025

Voices from the Arab press: Will trade wars make America great again?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

By THE MEDIA LINE
23/03/2025

The case against Mahmoud Khalil: Bold legal precedent or executive overreach?

Experts spell out the legalities behind the detention and threatened deportation of Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil

By SHIRA DICKER/THE MEDIA LINE
22/03/2025
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