Israel and right wing Jewish groups waste no time gunning for Mamdani

Mitchell Plitnick ReThinking Foreign Policy  /  January 2, 2026 The minute Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York City he took a dramatic...

The pro-Israel propaganda complex

Evan Jones CounterPunch  /  January 1, 2026 Caitlin Johnstone’s customary finger on the Zionist pulse is how I was first exposed to the telling presentation by...

This is not a ceasefire: the Israeli genocide continues

Vijay Prashad CounterPunch  /  January 1, 2026 On 19 January 2025, a ceasefire took effect to halt the Israeli bombing of Palestinians in Gaza. This ceasefire...

UN Security Council abandoned Palestinians – humanity must refuse to follow suit

Michel Moushabeck Truthout  /  January 1, 2026 In the new year, Palestinians face new forms of colonization and new challenges to our rights and survival. Today we...

[US] Turning point – how the Republican Party’s consensus on Israel cracked

Andrew Cockburn Harper’s Magazine  /  January 2026 On a cool evening in October, six weeks after Charlie Kirk was assassinated in full view of thousands at...

UN chief condemns Israeli law blocking electricity, water for UNRWA facilities

Jasper Ward Reuters  /  January 1, 2026 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned on Wednesday a move by Israel to ban electricity or water to...

Grief, fear and fury: the Israeli and Palestinian mothers still standing united against bloodshed

Deepa Parent The Guardian  /  January 1, 2026 Israeli movement Women Wage Peace and Palestinian group Women of the Sun held a mass rally in October...

Israel allowing traders to bring into Gaza ‘dual-use’ items barred from aid organisations –...

Emma Graham-Harrison & Julian Borger  The Guardian  /  January 1, 2026 Sources say generators and tent poles restricted from humanitarian bodies but commercial shipments allowed in. Jerusalem – Israel...

Is Somaliland becoming Israel’s foothold in the Red Sea ?

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  January 1, 2026 Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is seen as a bid to expand military reach and open a new...

Israel preparing for ‘surprise war’ amid political unrest in Iran

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  January 1, 2026 The Israeli army is preparing for a surprise conflict with Iran, in the wake of anti-government protests...