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...
Trump’s Board of Peace is flailing – just like the president
Bel Trew
The Independent / May 27, 2026
A pattern is emerging where, amid glittering ceremonies and bombastic press conferences, Trump tries to takes centre stage...
US military weapon shortage from Iran war leaves America vulnerable to...
Ben Finley
The Independent / May 27, 2026
This vulnerability comes as China has set a goal of being capable of taking Taiwan by force by...
Trump’s Abraham Accords fantasy will only cause more suffering
Jeet Heer
The Nation / May 26, 2026
Any expansion of the alleged peace agreement would lock the Middle East into endless apartheid, despotism, and militarism.
Donald...
Lebanon: twenty-six years after expelling Israel, Hezbollah has lost the south...
Nassim Badani
New Lines Magazine / May 26, 2026
May 25 is when we celebrate Liberation Day, the day Hezbollah vanquished Israel and expelled its military...
The 75-year-old military deadlock which Trump must learn from in his...
John W.S. Clark
The Independent / May 26, 2026
As the latest US strikes claim to target Iranian boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz,...
US strikes Iran missile sites and mine laying vessels as Trump’s...
Jonathan Yerushalmy
The Guardian / May 26, 2026
Negotiators from Iran travelled to Qatar on Monday, with the fate of the country’s nuclear programme and access...
Israel escalates strikes in Lebanon as Netanyahu vows to ‘crush’ Hezbollah
TG Staff
The Guardian / May 26, 2026
Hezbollah and Israel launch attacks amid increasingly imperilled ceasefire and stalling talks between US and Iran.
The Israeli army...
A new regional logic ? – if Israel strikes Lebanon, Iran...
Trita Parsi
tritaparsi.substack.com / May 26, 2026
Despite the ceasefire and tentative progress toward a memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, the Persian Gulf has...
Iran denies deal with US is imminent despite some progress
Patrick Wintour & Maya Yang
The Guardian / May 26, 2026
Tehran says ‘contradictory statements’ from US and Israeli interference hindering negotiations.
Iran has poured cold water...
[Forensic Architecture] Israel has physically divided Gaza with over 25 kilometers...
Forensic Architecture & Drop Site News
Drop Site News / May 25, 2026
Newly constructed Israeli military bases along the “yellow line” appear like elevated military...
[Danny Citrinowicz] Why any plausible Iran deal is a humiliation for...
Isaac Chotiner
The New Yorker / May 25, 2026
Even as the U.S. claims to be nearing an agreement to end the conflict, Tehran’s ability to...
‘If Iran gets a bomb it will be Bibi’s’: Trump’s deal...
Emma Graham-Harrison
The Guardian / May 25, 2026
Netanyahu’s joint war with the US began with talk of regime change in Tehran but may leave him...
Shock of Iran war unites Middle East rivals in pushing Trump...
Saeed Shah
The Guardian / May 25, 2026
Region adapting to diminished US power after Washington fails to land knockout blow on Tehran or safeguard allies.
Islamabad...
Written under collapsing ceilings, typed on phones: the poetry bringing Palestine...
Stephen Burgen
The Guardian / May 25, 2026
Two new poetry collections tackle themes of trauma, exile, resistance and love amid conflict in Gaza
Poetry may not...
On Liberation Day, South Lebanon marks the return of the occupation...
Ali Awada
Mondoweiss / May 25, 2026
On this day 26 years ago, residents of South Lebanon poured into the streets as Israeli forces withdrew, putting...
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de Palestijnen
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