Iran is prepared for a return to war and wary of US talks
Arron Reza Merat
Jacobin / May 21, 2026
Neither the US nor its allies are ready to deal with the consequences of an escalation of their...
Missing intelligence: the Trump administration, Iran and the US intelligence community
Dan Lomas & Matthew Savill
RUSI / 21 May 2026
Despite intelligence dominance in the war with Iran, events suggest the US intelligence community is having...
Washington is making Hezbollah’s case
Ella Noël
Foreign Policy in Focus / May 21, 2026
No deeply embedded armed actor has ever been sustainably disarmed by coercion alone.
Washington brokered a 45-day...
[VIDEO] Demand soars for Israel’s battle-tested weapons tech despite global criticism of its wartime...
Sam Mednick
AP / May 21, 2026
TEL AVIV, Israel – When Israeli defense officials approached Massivit last year about using its unique 3D printers to...
The war in Iran – again – points to the strategic shortcomings of assassination...
Brian O'Neill
The Conversation / May 21, 2026
The coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes at the outset of the war in Iran killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along...
[VIDEO] Far-right Israeli minister [Ben-Gvir] condemned for taunting detained Gaza activists – Emma Graham-Harrison
The Guardian / May 21, 2026
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has triggered global outrage after sharing footage of himself taunting bound activists...
Israel is reviving a 58-year-old government order to seize vital Palestinian properties in Jerusalem
Qassam Muaddi
Mondoweiss / May 21, 2026
Israel is reviving an obscure 1968 government order to unilaterally seize some 50 properties directly adjacent to the Al-Aqsa...
[VIDEO] In Iran’s capital, weapons demonstrations send a signal at home and abroad as...
Jon Gambrell
AP / May 21, 2026
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members now regularly show the public in Tehran how...
[VIDEO] Israel deports foreign Gaza-bound flotilla activists after global outcry
Peter Beaumont
The Guardian / May 21, 2026
Move comes amid condemnation of Itamar Ben-Gvir after video posted showing detained protesters being taunted.
Israel has said it...
Taunting and degrading civilians in armed conflict is a clear violation of international law
Shannon Bosch
The Conversation / May 21, 2026
In a video posted by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday night, detained activists from dozens...
