[Trump] The art of losing
Jeb Lund
Truthdig / April 9, 2026
No real estate crook should complete a project on time, let alone ahead of schedule, but Donald Trump wrapped...
How to defeat Trump every time
Robert Reich
The Guardian / April 9, 2026
Iran, Minneapolis, Harvard and other Trump opponents have employed a similar strategy.
An hour before Trump said he’d cause...
After US-Israeli war on Iran: what is left of the Gulf countries’ trust in...
Ahmed Asmar
Middle East Monitor / April 9, 2026
The world has now witnessed relief as a two-week-long truce between Iran and the US came into...
Ceasefire or pause ? – the Gulf held hostage by Netanyahu’s war
Jamal Kanj
Middle East Monitor / April 9, 2026
The ceasefire offered a much-needed breather for the Arab Gulf states. Donald Trump’s threat to attack Iranian...
The forever spoiler: Netanyahu has been blowing up diplomacy with Iran for decades
Jamal Abdi
The Intercept / April 9, 2026
Israel’s vicious attack on Lebanon emerged as the biggest threat to the Iran ceasefire. That might be intentional.
The...
Trump, Hegseth and the language of war crimes
Binoy Kampmark
Middle East Monitor / April 9, 2026
He’s out of ideas, a mind running on empty. Increasingly, he is also short of reason, zapped...
Did Israel attack Lebanon to spoil Iran war ceasefire ?
Peter Beaumont
The Guardian / April 9, 2026
Israel claims attacks on densely populated residential areas that killed more than 200 people were aimed at Hezbollah.
What...
Lebanon: a hundred airstrikes in ten minutes
Loubna El Amine
London Review of Books / April 9, 2026
Yesterday morning, after the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, many displaced people...
‘Truly insane’: Pentagon threatened Pope after he condemned Trump’s military attacks
Julia Conley
Common Dreams / April 9, 2026
The US “has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world,” a top official told...
Israel approves dozens of new Jewish settlements in West Bank, watchdog says
Nidal al-Mughrabi & Ali Sawafta
Reuters / April 9, 2026
CAIRO/TAYASIR, West Bank – Israel has approved the establishment of dozens of new Jewish settlements in the West...
