Palestinians allowed in to Gaza and patients are evacuated to Egypt as the Rafah...

Samy Magdy & Josef Federman AP  /  February 3, 2026 CAIRO – A dozen Palestinian returnees were allowed into Gaza from Egypt late Monday after the...

Palestinian president Abbas calls first-ever PLO parliament elections

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  February 3, 2026 Mahmoud Abbas announces November 1 elections for the PLO’s Palestinian National Council, marking the first direct popular...

Epstein files: lawyer David Schoen bragged in email to Epstein he helped Israel counter...

Kitty Grant The New Arab  /  February 3, 2026 In an email sent to Epstein on 28 February 2019, Schoen said he was travelling to Israel,...

Israeli, US navies conduct joint military drill in Red Sea amid tension with Iran

Middle East Monitor  /  February 2, 2026 The Israeli and US navies conducted a joint military exercise in the Red Sea, the military said on...

‘A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West...

Jason Burke & Sufian Taha The Guardian  /  February 2, 2026 Residents of Sebastia say heritage project is pretext for massive land grab and expansion of...

With desalination plants destroyed, families in Gaza are drinking salty water

Eman Abu Zayed Truthout  /  February 2, 2026 “The water is salty, and sometimes it smells strange, but we have no other choice,” 17-year-old Ruba al-Amsha...

Weaponising America’s economy in the service of Israel

Jamal Kanj Middle East Monitor  /  February 2, 2026 Empires rarely fall on the battlefield; they implode under the weight of their own arrogance and corruption....

UNRWA’s termination of Gazan staff abroad is creating another humanitarian crisis

Abedalrahman Mohammed Palestine Deep Dive  /  February 2, 2026 The decision to terminate the contracts of UNRWA staff who fled Gaza under life-threatening conditions is more...

The Rafah crossing is Gaza’s lifeline to the world – here is why

Fatma Khaled, Julia Frankel & Sam Metz AP  /  February 2, 2026 CAIRO – Before the war, the Rafah border crossing was Gaza’s only gateway to...

The Rafah crossing is Gaza’s lifeline to the world – here’s why

Fatma Khaled, Julia Frankel & Sam Metz AP  /  February 2, 2026 CAIRO – Before the war, the Rafah border crossing was Gaza’s only gateway to...