Israeli army begins multi-day operation in occupied West Bank city of Hebron
Middle East Monitor / January 19, 2026
The Israeli army announced that it has launched an operation in the southern occupied West Bank city of...
Gaza government says ready to transfer powers to technocratic committee to run enclave
Middle East Monitor / January 19, 2026
Gaza’s government media office said Monday it is ready to transfer powers to a technocratic committee tasked with...
Kremlin says Putin has been invited to join Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
Julian Borger
The Guardian / January 19, 2026
Russia says it is seeking to ‘clarify all the nuances’ of offer it claims Washington has made before...
Trump invites Putin, Netanyahu to join peace panel mocked as ‘board of billionaires and...
Brett Wilkins
Common Dreams / January 19, 2026
“This is a board of colonial administration, run by war criminals and kleptocrats,” said one critic. “It has...
Israel far-right ministers reject US-backed postwar Gaza panel
Lorenzo Tondo
The Guardian / January 18, 2026
Finance minister says Netanyahu should back annexation and settlement, and attacks Turkey and Qatar’s role on Gaza ‘executive...
Israel PM Netanyahu holds coalition meeting after objecting to Gaza panel
TNA Staff
The New Arab / January 18, 2026
Netanyahu convened a meeting of his ruling coalition partners on Sunday after objecting to the composition of...
Gaza: second round of crucial vaccination campaign for children under three begins
TNA Staff
The New Arab / January 18, 2026
Children under the age of three in Gaza will start receiving crucial vaccination doses as the second...
The past year has seen an unprecedented displacement of Palestinian communities in the West...
Qassam Muaddi
Mondoweiss / January 18, 2026
In 2025, Jewish settlers, backed by the army, displaced rural Palestinian communities in the West Bank at unprecedented rates....
Trump halted Iran strikes amid ally concerns, logistical hurdles, diplomatic breakthrough: Report
Middle East Monitor / January 18, 2026
US President Donald Trump aborted planned military strikes against Iran due to a combination of diplomatic progress, logistical...
[all the names] Trump confidants, former British leader and Middle East officials are at...
Sam Mednick
AP / January 18, 2026
TEL AVIV, Israel – Two of President Donald Trump’s closest confidants, a former British prime minister, an American general...
