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...
After Israel strikes Beirut, Iran strikes Israel – what’s Trump’s next...
Trita Parsi
tritaparsi.substack.com / June 7, 2026
A fragile arrangement had been reached in Lebanon. Iran had made clear that if Israel continued to strike Lebanon,...
Could this one man have been behind terrorist attacks on Jewish...
Jason Burke
The Guardian / June 7, 2026
Legal papers, expert investigations and social media posts tell story of how a 32-year-old Iraqi appeared to run...
Palestinian baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank
Lorenzo Tondo
The Guardian / June 6, 2026
The seven-month-old, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, was in his mother’s arms when soldiers fired on family in Hebron/Al-Khalil.
Jerusalem...
How the war in Iran is transforming the global economy
Isaac Chotiner
The New Yorker / June 6, 2026
The green-energy industry, and China, may be the biggest beneficiaries.
This week, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...
Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace
Patrick Wintour
The Guardian / June 6, 2026
Conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worse, commentators say.
Iran is already preparing for the...
Kuwait and Bahrain targeted by Iran after exchange of fire with...
William Christou
The Guardian / June 6, 2026
Iran attacks American bases in Gulf states after Washington shoots down drones and strikes Iranian radar sites.
Beirut –...
Gaza: a meditation on spirit and survival
Reza Behnam
CounterPunch / June 5, 2026
The images that have emerged from Gaza reveal the anatomy of a desolate landscape that defies human comprehension. Nothing...
How a shortage of gas, engine oil and spare parts is...
Seham Tantesh
The Guardian / June 5, 2026
With food and medicine already scarce, emergency services, bakeries and water supplies are increasingly being pushed to the...
Israel strikes southern Lebanon after ordering evacuations of nine villages
William Christou & Lorenzo Tondo
The Guardian / June 5, 2026
Thousands flee including from village hosting at least 2,500 displaced people, one day after Hezbollah...
On the fifty-ninth year of the Naksa of 1967
Palestine-Global Mental Health Network
CounterPunch / June 5, 2026
On June 5, 1967, over six days, some three hundred thousand Palestinians were driven from the West...
The Palestine industry: the rats of Gaza and the opportunists among...
Ramzy Baroud
CounterPunch / June 5, 2026
It all started with a call to my family in a displacement camp in northern Gaza.
Since internet lines rarely...
Congress wants to tie the United States to Israel with this...
Eli Clifton & Ian Lustick
The Guardian / June 5, 2026
Israel and its lobby will use section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act to...
Trump and Netanyahu: the odd couple
Jamal Kanj
Middle East Monitor / June 5, 2026
“He’ll do whatever I want him to do,” Donald Trump declared recently about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Iran strikes US military in Kuwait, major media fail to provide...
Eric Draitser
CounterPunch / June 5, 2026
Major news outlets have reported on the US and Iran exchanging attacks overnight and early morning on June 3,...
Oman resists US pressure to break ties with Iran over Strait...
Patrick Wintour
The Guardian / June 4, 2026
Sultanate says talks with Tehran are limited to lawful management of waterway, but Washington has doubts about neutrality.
Oman...
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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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