Summarising the Israeli government’s position on Iran
‘If we can have a coup, great.
If we can have people on the streets, great.
If we can have a civil war, great.
Israel couldn’t care...
As Trump’s narrative on negotiations fails, Iran is setting its own...
Jeremy Scahill
Drop Site News / April 27, 2026
Despite Trump’s repeated claims that Iran is beginning to capitulate, Tehran believes it has the three Ms...
‘Clearly stronger’: Germany’s Merz says Iran ‘humiliated’ US in its war
Al-Jazeera (with Reuters) / April 27, 2026
German chancellor warns the US risks becoming bogged down in another quagmire similar to Iraq and Afghanistan.
German Chancellor...
Palestinian leader’s loyalists win local elections, including some seats in Gaza
Nidal al-Mughrabi & Ali Sawafta
Reuters / April 26, 2026
CAIRO/WEST BANK – Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials...
Palestinian local elections give some Gazans first chance to vote in...
Nidal al-Mughrabi & Ali Sawafta
Reuters / April 25, 2026
CAIRO/RAMALLAH – Palestinians voted in local elections on Saturday that for the first time in two decades...
Palestinians are holding local elections, but hardly anyone is running –...
Qassam Muaddi
Mondoweiss / April 25, 2026
Municipal elections were the last democratic outlet Palestinians had. This year, barely anyone is running, as two years of...
Trump Blinks first, extending ceasefire with Iran as Hormuz deadlock continues
Jeremy Scahill
Drop Site News / April 22, 2026
Iran is continuing to demand the U.S. lift the naval blockade as a condition for new talks....
In Gaza, first local vote in years offers gauge of Hamas...
Nidal al-Mughrabi, Ali Sawafta & Haseeb Elwazeer
Reuters / April 22, 2026
GAZA – Palestinians in one of the only Gaza cities not overrun by Israeli ground forces during the...
Trump announces extension of Iran ceasefire until ‘discussion concluded’
Robert Tait, Jason Burke & Shah Meer Baloch
The Guardian / April 22, 2026
Declaration comes amid intense efforts to bring two sides together in Pakistan...
A history of Israel’s invasions of Lebanon
MEE correspondent
Middle East Eye / April 21, 2026
Israel invaded Lebanon on multiple occasions since 1948 and, most recently, has declared plans to reoccupy large...
Israel must take sharply declining US public support seriously, think tank...
Nadav Rapaport
Middle East Eye / April 21, 2026
Israel's Institute for National Security Studies warns that US support might not last forever.
Tel Aviv – Israel’s...
Trump: Israel never talked me into war with Iran
Reuters / April 20, 2026
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israel did not persuade him to attack Iran, after news reports that...
Israel’s war obsession and the urgency of Palestinian leverage
Ramzy Baroud
Middle East Monitor / April 20, 2026
It is tempting to argue that Israel’s new military doctrine is predicated on perpetual war—but the reality...
Senior UAE scholar says US bases are ‘a burden and not...
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / April 20, 2026
Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says it's time to think about closing US bases as UAE 'no longer needs' Washington...
Trump’s erratic behaviour may tank negotiations, Iran says, warning of ‘significantly...
Jeremy Scahill & Murtaza Hussain
Drop Site News / April 19, 2026
A senior Iranian official told Drop Site News that if Trump starts bombing again,...
Palestinians battle the algorithms of Israeli censorship and surveillance
Omar Zahzah
Truthout / April 19, 2026
Palestinian digital autonomy has been constrained by settler colonialism bolstered by neoliberal privatization.
An outgrowth of the counter-revolutionary Oslo Accords,...
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