Einstein on Fate

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August 20, 2025

“It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few individuals for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate.”

– Albert Einstein

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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Gaza: 12 Dead, 12 Wounded in 24 Hours

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July 22, 2026

CROSSFIREARABIA – 12 martyrs and 12 injuries were registered in the different hospitals of Gaza in the last 24 hours according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, pointing out this is the result of continuing Israeli military strikes on the enclave. It added a number of victims continue to be under the wreckage of homes or an roads as civil defense teams and ambulances are unable to reach them, and something that is likely to drive the victims upwards. Figures show since 10 October, 2025 when the ceasefire came into effect, the number of those killed by Israeli forces topped 1,180 martyrs and 3,810 wounded while 802 rescued from the wreckage.

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Palestinian Woman Dies Waiting For an Ambulance at Israeli Checkpoint

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July 19, 2026

CROSSFIREARABIA – A 30-year-old Palestinian woman died because Israeli soldiers wouldn’t allow an ambulance to pass at an electronic checkpoint leading to the village of Sinjil which is located north-east of Ramallah. According to Sinjil Mayor Mutaz Tawafsha the ambulance had to wait more than 30 minutes before it was allowed to pass the checkpoint by which time, Sujood Fuqhaa, who had suffered from a heartache, died. Tawafsha said in such cases time is of the essence and young mother of two, could have been taken to hospital and treated if the ambulance had not been stopped by the Israelis, blaming the iron security checkpoints for the continual deaths of the people of Sinjil. Her death comes at a town when Sinjil was subjected to a raid by 100 Israeli settlers recently according to local Palestinian sources. The settlers fired arms on the local people and set fire to their crops. This is just the latest for Sanjil is continually raided under the protection of the Israeli army according to the Palestine Information Center.