Trump, at war with a Shiite country, knows nothing of martyrdom or apocalyptic hope
Juan Cole
Informed Comment / March 7, 2026
Ann Arbor – The United States is at war with a predominantly Shiite Muslim country. It is certain...
Israel ‘strangles’ West Bank amid war on Iran
Qassam Muaddi
Mondoweiss / March 7, 2026
With the world's attention focused on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Israel is making conditions unliveable for Palestinians in...
Israel ‘strangles’ West Bank amid war on Iran
Qassam Muaddi
Mondoweiss / March 7, 2026
With the world's attention focused on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Israel is making conditions unliveable for Palestinians in...
Iran: the lie of ‘preventive’ war
David Cole
The New York Review of Books / March 6, 2026
Never has Donald Trump’s wilful blindness to legal limits been more evident than in...
After a week of war, Trump demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’
Maya Gebeily, Steve Holland & Pesha Magid
Reuters / March 6, 2026
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM – U.S. President Donald Trump demanded Iran's "unconditional surrender" on Friday, a dramatic...
Israel is using its genocidal Gaza playbook on Iran
Séamus Malekafzali
The Nation / March 6, 2026
Just as in Palestine, the Israeli government is framing its latest conflict as a holy war of extermination.
On...
What is Israel’s plan in Lebanon ?
Yezid Sayigh
Diwan (Carnegie Endowment) / March 6, 2026
At heart, to impose unconditional surrender on Hezbollah and uproot the party among its coreligionists.
Israel is repeating...
I spoke to families in Gaza’s largest tent camp – here’s what they told...
Eman Abu Zayed
Truthout / March 6, 2026
Opposite experiences in two different tent camps in Gaza show how the world could be caring better for...
Millions at risk of displacement as Israel bombards Lebanon
Layla Yammine
Mondoweiss / March 6, 2026
After 15 months of a fragile ceasefire, Lebanon woke up on March 2 to the familiar sounds of Israeli...
Europe’s disjointed response to the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran
Matthias Matthijs
Council on Foreign Relations / March 6, 2026
The United States launched a major military operation with little to no consultation with its transatlantic...
