Israeli army chief, air force commanders acknowledge October 2023 failure
Middle East Monitor / May 5, 2026
Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and the outgoing and new air force commanders acknowledged Tuesday that the...
Shutting Iran’s oil wells may be straightforward – but the consequences are not
Nima Shokri & Martin J. Blunt
The Conversation / May 5, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz – the narrow waterway through which between 20% and 25%...
Where we are and where we need to be on Iran
Mel Gurtov
CounterPunch / May 5, 2026
As another week of Trump’s war begins, it becomes ever more clear that all his presumptions about how the...
Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s Strait of Hormuz blockade
Julian Borger
The Guardian / May 4, 2026
US operation announced as ‘Project Freedom’ dramatically raises stakes in conflict.
Jerusalem – The US has launched Donald Trump’s...
Trump says US navy will ‘guide’ trapped ships from Strait of Hormuz amid ‘very...
Julian Borger
The Guardian / May 4, 2026
US president’s post follows flurry of mixed signals including concern Tehran had not ‘paid big enough price’.
Jerusalem –...
‘Project Freedom’: a grand humanitarian gesture, or a fast track to more war ?
Julian Borger
The Guardian / May 4, 2026
After banging his battle drum, Trump is back in Nobel peace prize mode. But the move has dramatically...
As in Gaza, Israel is targeting rescue workers in South Lebanon, killing more than...
Alaa Serhal
Mondoweiss / May 4, 2026
Lebanese rescue workers now wait 15 minutes after each strike before responding, the only way, they say, to stay...
Experiences of displacement in Lebanon can’t be captured by numbers alone
Eman Abu Zayed
Truthout / May 4, 2026
In Gaza, we have lost a sense of safety and our suffering persists despite the ceasefire. I see...
Trump escalates military threats in Hormuz as Iran prepares for new round of U.S.-Israeli...
Jeremy Scahill
Drop Site News / May 4, 2026
Iran believes Trump is likely to resume the war in failed quest to declare victory, a senior...
The strange (future) death of Christian Zionism
Shane Burley
New Lines Magazine / May 4, 2026
A theological and political tradition long dominant on the right now finds itself on the defensive, as...
