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...
America’s chief warmonger [Robert Kagan] says the U.S. is ‘checkmated’ by...
Arnaud Bertrand
arnaudbertrand.substack.com / May 11, 2026
There’s no overstating how extraordinary this Atlantic article is, given the author and the outlet.
As a reminder Robert...
The important change in Iran’s latest response to Trump
Trita Parsi
tritaparsi.substack.com / May 11, 2026
The Iranian counter-proposal is publicly rejected by Trump, but if the Wall Street Journal reporting is correct, Tehran is...
Trump calls Iran’s response to peace plan ‘totally unacceptable’ as ceasefire...
Julian Borger
The Guardian / May 11, 2026
US president expresses ire at Tehran’s reported demands, as drones strike Gulf nations and Israel warns war ‘not...
Israel used the Nakba not only to steal land, but Palestinians’...
Najib Antoine Jabre
Mondoweiss / May 10, 2026
The Israeli dispossession of Palestinian property in 1948 did not only include homes and lands. Many also lost...
Palestinian liberation in a time of genocide and imperial war
Awad Abdelfattah
The Palestine Chronicle / May 10, 2026
The younger generation, particularly those most educated and committed, will have to confront these questions, challenges, and...
Saudi Aramco profits jump despite conflict in Middle East
Lauren Almeida
The Guardian / May 10, 2026
Saudi Arabia’s state oil company’s profits up 26% to £26.9bn in first three months of year.
Saudi Arabia’s state...
The hidden base: report exposes secret Israeli operations inside Iraq
TPC Staff
The Palestine Chronicle / May 10, 2026
A Wall Street Journal report reveals Israel secretly operated a military outpost inside Iraq during the war...
‘Degree of complacency’: are supply chains prepared for impact of ongoing...
Heather Stewart & Jasper Jolly
The Guardian / May 10, 2026
The economic warnings are bleak, but full extent of shortages are still not felt for...
The [so-called] Israeli left is speaking only to itself
Samah Watad
+972 Magazine / May 8, 2026
Another peace conference at a time of genocide and ethnic cleansing exposes this shrinking movement’s inability to influence...
Israel’s war on the West Bank comes for Palestinian greenhouses
Meron Rapoport
+972 Magazine / May 7, 2026
In Jayyous and neighbouring villages, Palestinian farmers have been served dozens of new demolition orders intended to push...
US fires on Iranian-flagged oil tanker as Trump gives Tehran fresh...
Jason Burke, Shah Meer Baloch & Hannah Ellis-Petersen
The Guardian / May 6, 2026
President tells Iran to accept deal to end war or face new...
A forensic account of the horrors my family experienced during the...
Salman Abu Sitta
Mondoweiss / May 6, 2026
Eyal Weizman’s pioneering work with Forensic Architecture is the focus of his new book Ungrounding: The Architecture of...
Another day, another pivot as Trump flails in an Iran trap...
Julian Borger
The Guardian / May 6, 2026
Latest proposal, derided by Tehran as a ‘wish list’, could yet be a way out – but with...
Iran and ceasefire – U.S. floats memo to end the war
Drop Site News / May 6, 2026
The U.S. has put forward a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war, according to Axios .
The...
Spain’s Sanchez asks EU to block US sanctions on ICC
Sondos Asem
Middle East Eye / May 6, 2026
The leader urges the EU to protect independence of the international court and the UN and their...
ACHTERGRONDEN
Kwestie Palestina
De ‘Kwestie Palestina’ verwijst naar de strijd van Palestijnen tegen het zionistische, koloniale project in Palestina, waarbij zionistisch-joodse kolonisten vanaf het eind van de...
de Palestijnen
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