As Israel prepares for October election the government is accelerating its land grab in...
Irit Katz
The Conversation / July 24, 2026
Israel is gearing up for an election at the end of October. And, with the Likud party of...
Middle East crisis is ‘getting out of control’, UN chief warns
Jonathan Yerushalmy a.o.
The Guardian / July 24, 2026
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned that the Middle East is being pushed to the “edge...
UK ‘ready to defend itself’ after Iranian threat over US bases
Hayden Vernon
The Guardian / July 24, 2026
IRGC claims base in south-west England was used by US to launch bombing missions, making it ‘legitimate target’.
The...
Ireland urged to put pressure on Germany over pro-Palestinian activist’s trial
Deborah Cole
The Guardian / July 24, 2026
Irish politicians concerned about Daniel Tatlow-Devally’s treatment in jail want Micheál Martin to send observers to Ulm 5...
On a West Bank eviction tour, Jewish settlers advertise ‘no Arabs here’
Theia Chatelle
The Intercept / July 23 2026
Israelis celebrated evicting Palestinians on a tour of the West Bank, where government-backed settler violence has spiked.
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Target practice
Sophia Goodfriend
The New York Review of Books / July 23, 2026
Artificial intelligence systems—now an integral part of the Israeli war machine—began as tools developed...
A new threat by Yemen’s Houthis could widen the Iran war and put another...
Fatma Khaled & Ahmed al-Haj
AP / July 23, 2026
CAIRO – The Houthi rebels’ threat to blockade Saudi Arabia has the potential to widen the...
How the Bab al-Mandab blockade threat helped push oil back above $100
Jillian Ambrose
The Guardian / July 23, 2026
Escalating Houthi warnings to ships carrying Saudi crude through the strait lead to fears of further price surge.
A...
Donald Trump says decision on ‘massive attack’ against Iran is close
Peter Beaumont
The Guardian / July 23, 2026
President’s remarks follow Houthi strikes on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and oil prices rising past $100...
Israeli security minister joins Jewish extremists as they storm al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Emma Graham-Harrison
The Guardian / July 23, 2026
Far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was among thousands who gathered at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.
Israel’s far-right minister of...
