From Oslo to annexation: Israel cements control of the West Bank

Alessandra Bajec The New Arab  /  February 17, 2026 By passing a new law to register West Bank land as state property, Israel is fast-tracking a...

Hamas official rejects Israeli ultimatum to surrender weapons in Gaza

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  February 17, 2026 A senior advisor to Netanyahu on Monday threatened to resume full-scale war on Gaza if the group...

The Palestinian Authority’s new constitution: a roadmap to statehood ?

Aseel Mafarjeh The New Arab  /  February 17, 2026 With Israel treating annexation of the West Bank as a fait accompli, what role will a new...

Brother of No Other Land co-director injured as Jewish settlers again attack family home

Julian Borger The Guardian  /  February 17, 2026 Hamdan Ballal says violence on West Bank as bad as ever, nearly a year after his Oscar-winning film...

Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton among those to condemn Berlinale’s ‘silence’ on Gaza

Nadia Khomami The Guardian  /  February 17, 2026 At least 80 film-makers and stars sign open letter after German festival jury president Wim Wenders says they...

Hamas and Israeli-backed militias: a looming showdown in Gaza

Yousef Abu Watfa The New Arab  /  February 17, 2026 Recent threats from Hamas's armed wing against Israeli-backed militias in Gaza have heightened concerns that tensions...

Hamas says it will not unilaterally disarm as Trump and Netanyahu threaten a return...

Jeremy Scahill & Jawa Ahmad Drop Site News  /  February 16, 2026 Senior Hamas official Basem Naim: "It is clear that Netanyahu searching for new...

The patience and the poker face: Iran’s wily diplomat set to face the US...

Patrick Wintour The Guardian  /  February 16, 2026 Abbas Araghchi is steeped in more than a decade of nuclear dealmaking with a book on the art...

Epstein flipped Israel’s Gaza-tested biometric scanners into Nigeria ports deal for UAE [Israel’s Trojan...

Murtaza Hussain & Ryan Grim Drop Site News  /  February 16, 2026 Former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak used the Boko Haram threat to pilot Israeli...

‘Giving Palestinians fewer rights than Eichmann received’

Maya Rosen Jewish Currents  /  February 16, 2026 Sociologist Ron Dudai discusses the new death penalty bill that has become a vehicle for the Israeli right’s revenge. On...