Gaza is not piece of land waiting to be grabbed, says Palestinian UN envoy

Middle East Monitor /  February 3, 2026 Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour said Tuesday that the Gaza Strip is an inseparable part of the occupied...

War, a Trump-imposed deal or internal regime collapse: for Tehran, none of the options...

Sanam Vakil The Guardian  /  February 3, 2026 Iran’s leaders now face unprecedented peril. The regime has lost its footing, and the global mechanisms to avoid...

Could Trump bomb Iran before settling on a rationale ?

Paul R. Pillar Responsible Statecraft  /  February 3, 2026 Even the shifting justifications could be resolved with diplomacy. Shifting justifications for a war are never a good...

[AUDIO] Former Israeli prime minister Barak proposed racially selective conversions to preserve Jewish majority

Middle East Monitor  /  February 3, 2026 A 2013 recording of a private meeting hosted by disgraced sex offender linked to Mossad, Jeffrey Epstein, captures...

Palestinians line up to cross Rafah after rocky first day of reopening of Gaza-Egypt...

Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy & Sam Metz AP  /  February 3, 2026 KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip – Palestinians gathered Tuesday on both sides of Gaza’s border...

Newly surfaced Epstein email ties him to Israel–UAE strategy targeting Qatar

Middle East Monitor  /  February 3, 2026 Newly uncovered emails dated July 2017 reveal disgraced sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, long accused of acting on behalf...

Handful of sick and wounded Palestinians allowed through Rafah crossing on first day

Lorenzo Tondo The Guardian  /  February 3, 2026 Numbers Israel permitted to enter Egypt after reopening border were far lower than expected following delays. A small number...

France investigates two Franco-Israelis for ‘complicity in genocide’

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  February 3, 2026 French judges issue warrants for two Franco-Israeli activists over alleged complicity in genocide after attempts to block...

Iran’s president says Tehran ready to pursue ‘fair’ talks with US

Andrew Roth The Guardian  /  February 3, 2026 Masoud Pezeshkian instructs foreign minister to seek negotiations with US as Trump warns ‘bad things would happen’ if...

Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers carry out 1,872 attacks across West Bank in January

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  February 3, 2026 Nearly 1,900 attacks by Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers were recorded across the occupied West Bank in...