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...
US war on Iran has cost about $29bn, Pentagon says
Kate Lamb a.o.
The Guardian / May 13, 2026
The Pentagon revealed on 29 April that the US war on Iran had cost about $25bn for...
UAE’s secret attack on Iran risks drawing Gulf states into the...
Patrick Wintour
The Guardian / May 12, 2026
If current precarious ceasefire between US and Iran ends, Emirates are more likely to be targeted by Tehran.
The...
U.S. Ambassador says Israel sent Iron Dome batteries to UAE during...
Liza Rozovsky
Haaretz / May 12, 2026
Mike Huckabee described Israel's deployment of air defense systems to the UAE as one of the benefits of normalizing...
How Hezbollah’s $300 drones are challenging Israeli military
William Christou & Julian Borger
The Guardian / May 12, 2026
Non-state group learns from Ukrainian warfare to develop cabled drones that evade hi-tech defences of...
Israeli MPs back special tribunal with death penalty powers for alleged...
Peter Beaumont
The Guardian / May 12, 2026
Knesset approves plan for livestreamed trials in military court, drawing comparisons to 1962 Adolf Eichmann trial.
Israeli lawmakers have...
The son, the deputy and the prisoner: inside Fatah’s battle over...
Jack Khoury
Haaretz / May 12 2026
As Gaza lies in ruins and the Palestinian Authority sinks deeper into crisis, Fatah's long-delayed conference is centered on...
[VIDEO] Vision of destruction: Israel’s assault on southern Lebanon
William Christou
The Guardian / May 11, 2026
More than 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes amid bombings, evacuation orders and demolitions.
Beirut...
Trump says ceasefire with Iran on ‘life support’ after rejecting peace...
Patrick Wintour
The Guardian / May 11, 2026
US president says he is considering restarting naval escorts in strait of Hormuz in attempt to end Iranian...
The silence that meets the rape of Palestinians
Nicholas Kristof
The New York Times / May 11, 2026
Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers,...
EU announces sanctions against violent Jewish settlers
Jennifer Rankin
The Guardian / May 11, 2026
Bloc breaks its lengthy deadlock on the issue but falls short of imposing full-scale trade sanctions.
Brussels – The...
Israeli troops jailed for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
TG Staff
The Guardian / May 11, 2026
IDF says two soldiers will spend weeks in military prison over incident it said was viewed with great...
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...
Fierce Israeli strikes kill 36 in Lebanon in last day, despite...
TNA Staff
The New Arab / May 10, 2026
The increased strikes and clashes between Hezbollah and Israel come despite a ceasefire in effect since mid-April.
Israeli...
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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
Palestina – het gebied dat zich uitstrekt tussen de Middellandse Zee en de rivier de Jordaan – is door de inspanningen van joodse kolonisten/de...



















