SPY EYES ANALYSIS

News of warring institutions in a country hinged on teetering arthritic structures flooded media channels for the larger part of the current year. The Supreme Court became the amphitheater where every institution was called in and thrown to the lions (read media) while the people cheered on for whichever institution appeared to be winning. National interest became the die everyone squabbled over to call dibs on. A day in the limelight became reason enough to take on entire institutions and what was once sacrosanct became a source of entertainment for the masses. Welcome to state politics- where the intrigue never ends.  Recently a retired military lawyer Inam Ur Raheem stirred the hornet’s nest by initiating a legal challenge seeking to end the tenure of COAS General Kayani by labeling the terms of his extension as illegal. The court did not entertain his appeal, calling it non-maintainable. While the case should’ve been laid to rest for good, the airwaves were soon abu...

To begin to make sense of the escalating conflict in Gaza, we need to go back to the night of Oct. 23 in Khartoum. Around 11 p.m. that night, the Yarmouk weapons facility in the Sudanese capital was attacked, presumably by the Israeli air force. There were indications that Iran had been using this facility to stockpile and possibly assemble weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles, guided anti-tank missiles and long-range Fajr-5 rockets capable of reaching Tel Aviv and Jerusalem from Gaza.  One of the major drivers behind Israel's latest air and assassination campaign is its belief that Hamas has a large cache of long-range Fajr-3 and Fajr-5 rockets in its possession. Israel's primary intent in this military campaign is to deny Hamas the ability to use these rockets or keep them as a constant threat to Israel's population centers. This likely explains why in early October, when short-range rocket attacks from Gaza were still at a low level, Israeli officials began conditi...

Palestine   Represented by Palestine Liberation Organization  (PLO) Membership Permanent observer Since 1974 Permanent Representative Riyad H. Mansour The adoption on November 29, 1947 by the  United Nations General Assembly  of a resolution recommending the adoption and implementation of  a plan of partition  of  Palestine  was one of the earliest acts of the United Nations, This followed the report of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine . [2]  Since then, it has maintained a central role in this region, especially by providing support for  Palestinian refugees  via the  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East  (UNRWA) and by providing a platform for Palestinian political claims via the  Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People , the  United Nations Division for Palestinian Rights , the  Special Committee to ...