Calculated deception: how Israel uses diplomacy to buy time for Gaza’s destruction
Mustafa Fetouri
Middle East Monitor / August 13, 2026
Last week’s mass funeral of 112 people—including 44 children from two closely related extended families—was not a...
Egypt fumes as Israel fortifies base in Gaza just miles from Sinai border
Saleh Salem
The New Arab / August 13, 2026
Egyptian anger at the construction or the expansion of Israeli military sites in Gaza near the Sinai...
‘Agility vs depth’: how the Mecca pact stacks up against the UAE-Israel alliance
Sean Mathews
Middle East Eye / August 13, 2026
Israel and the UAE have transactional ties based on military and intelligence sharing, but the Mecca pact...
Trump wants to talk to Hezbollah – will they pick up the phone ?
Ali Rizk
Responsible Statecraft / August 13, 2026
Sources inside the group are being coy about negotiating directly, while Israel and Iran have their own reasons...
Desperate US sailors trying to jump overboard on extended Middle East deployment, families say
Owen Scott
The Independent / August 13, 2026
Concerns have been raised about conditions on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, with claims of food shortages and...
Doctors Without Borders accuses Israel of ‘deliberate effort to make existence itself impossible’ in...
Jake Johnson
Common Dreams / August 13, 2026
“What we are witnessing in Gaza is not a series of isolated shortages, it is a policy of...
‘Here to stay’: minister Israel Katz rules out withdrawal from Lebanon, Syria and Gaza
TPC Staff
The Palestine Chronicle / August 13, 2026
Israeli War Minister Israel Katz ruled out withdrawal from occupied areas of Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, declaring...
Israel’s leaders find allies among the global far-right
Ishaan Tharoor
The New Yorker / August 13, 2026
Support for the nation is becoming an increasingly polarizing issue in politics around the world.
The inauguration of...
Israeli security source warns: West Bank is a powder keg that could explode at...
Middle East Monitor / August 13, 2026
Israeli security and military sources warned on Wednesday that the situation in the West Bank resembles a “powder...
The Mecca Pact is the latest sign of the U.S.’s declining influence in the...
Mitchell Plitnick
Mondoweiss / August 13, 2026
The new defense agreement among Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan highlights how Israeli aggression is compelling the region to...
