The 2025 Levant Olive Oil Crisis
Oct 30, 2025
How Conflict and Climate Change Devastate Lebanon and Palestine Every autumn, olive trees set the rhythm of life across Lebanon and Palestine. Families gather under the silvery leaves, spreading nets and pressing olives into oil that sustains them through winter. The olive harvest is more than an agricultural season; it is an act of continuity,…
Read MoreGaza City is Being Destroyed As Civilians Face Expulsion
Sep 10, 2025
Every day here is worse than the one before. Displacement camps are overcrowded and filthy. Heat makes the conditions unbearable. Kids are sick with rashes, diarrhea and other illnesses. People fight for water. Trucks can’t get through and families walk long distances just to fill a jerrycan. And now, entire residential blocks in Gaza City…
Read MoreIn Loving Memory of Mahmoud Rassrass
Jun 26, 2025
Last week, Anera lost our colleague and friend, Mahmoud Rassrass. His death, alongside two of his beloved children, by an Israeli drone strike, has left a deep wound in all of us who had the honor to know him, work with him, or witness the hope he brought to others. Mahmoud Mohamad Rassrass was born…
Read MoreHow Does the Israel-Iran War Affect Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank and Jordan?
Jun 23, 2025
As tensions between Israel and Iran escalate, the entire region is feeling the impact economically, socially, and psychologically as well as militarily. Though Lebanon, Gaza, and Jordan are not all active battlegrounds in this geopolitical confrontation, the fallout is undeniable. How Is Lebanon Affected by the Israel-Iran War? Lebanon had hoped for a modest economic…
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