How the Abraham Accords fuelled a new era of conflict
Matthew Duss & Zuri Linetsky
Foreign Policy / May 7, 2026
Despite promising peace, Israeli-Gulf cooperation paved the path to war with Iran.
On Sept. 15, 2020,...
Israel’s war on the West Bank comes for Palestinian greenhouses
Meron Rapoport
+972 Magazine / May 7, 2026
In Jayyous and neighbouring villages, Palestinian farmers have been served dozens of new demolition orders intended to push...
US fires on Iranian-flagged oil tanker as Trump gives Tehran fresh ultimatum
Jason Burke, Shah Meer Baloch & Hannah Ellis-Petersen
The Guardian / May 6, 2026
President tells Iran to accept deal to end war or face new...
A forensic account of the horrors my family experienced during the Nakba
Salman Abu Sitta
Mondoweiss / May 6, 2026
Eyal Weizman’s pioneering work with Forensic Architecture is the focus of his new book Ungrounding: The Architecture of...
Another day, another pivot as Trump flails in an Iran trap of his own...
Julian Borger
The Guardian / May 6, 2026
Latest proposal, derided by Tehran as a ‘wish list’, could yet be a way out – but with...
Iran and ceasefire – U.S. floats memo to end the war
Drop Site News / May 6, 2026
The U.S. has put forward a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war, according to Axios .
The...
Spain’s Sanchez asks EU to block US sanctions on ICC
Sondos Asem
Middle East Eye / May 6, 2026
The leader urges the EU to protect independence of the international court and the UN and their...
China has played a key role in the Iran war – and will continue...
Tom Harper
The Conversation / May 6, 2026
Donald Trump has paused “Project Freedom”, the US operation aimed at restoring commercial shipping through the Strait of...
Living in the shadow of Israel’s ‘yellow line’ in South Lebanon
Alex Martin Astley
The New Arab / May 6, 2026
As Israel entrenches its occupation of south Lebanon behind a so-called 'yellow line', villages are being...
The Iran war is eroding Israel’s nuclear ambiguity
Yonatan Touval
Foreign Policy / May 6, 2026
Officially or not, Washington is now breaking the taboo and talking about its ally’s bombs.
Earlier this week, 30 House...
