Jared Kushner is backing a ‘hostile takeover’ of US infrastructure: analysis

Adam Lynch Alternet  /  December 13, 2025 Salon reporter Sophia Tesfaye says “the speed and scale of Jared Kushner’s re-emergence can’t be overstated,” and neither can...

New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland

Julian Borger & Quique Kierszenbaum The Guardian  /  December 13, 2025 Palestinians who have worked the ‘breadbasket’ area for generations face being replaced by Jewish settlers. Atouf,...

[PHOTO’S] Families washed out of tents as flood waters course through Gaza

Julian Borger The Guardian  /  December 12, 2025 Deir al-Balah – Gaza has been hit by heavy rains and low temperatures, deepening the misery of most...

A winter storm chills Gaza and floods tent camps, exposing aid failures

Wafaa Shurafa & Bassem Mroue AP  /  December 12, 2025 DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – Rains drenched Gaza’s tent camps and dropping temperatures chilled Palestinians huddling...

UN warns of record Palestinian displacement, attacks by Jewish settlers in West Bank

Middle East Monitor  /  December 12, 2025 The UN on Friday warned of escalating displacement and violence in the occupied West Bank, citing high levels...

US aims for international Gaza force deployment early next year, say US officials

Steve Holland & Michelle Nichols Reuters  /  December 12, 2025 WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS – International troops could be deployed in the Gaza Strip as early as next month...

Ben-Gvir renews threat to demolish tomb of Sheikh Izz ad-Din al-Qassam

Middle East Monitor  /  December 12, 2025 Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has renewed his threat to demolish the tomb of Sheikh Izz ad-Din...

Israel’s Gaza proxy strategy is collapsing

Muhammad Shehada +972 Magazine  /  December 12, 2025 The killing of gang leader Yasser Abu Shabab, a known felon and drug lord, by one of his...

I used to report from the West Bank – twenty years after my last...

Ewen MacAskill The Guardian  /  December 11, 2025 Among the many people I met, there was a pervasive feeling of hopelessness and a sense that resistance...

Britain threatened to defund ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor

Patrick Wintour The Guardian  /  December 11, 2025 Karim Khan makes allegation in court submission while defending move to prosecute Israeli prime minister in 2024. The British...