Israel’s failure to subdue Iran shows it can no longer dictate the regional order
David Hearst
Middle East Eye / June 24, 2025
Tel Aviv has swapped an indirect enemy and sponsor of proxy militias for a direct enemy that...
How to respond to the June 2026 U.S. agreement with Iran
Frieda Afary
New Politics / June 24, 2026
On February 28, when the U.S. and Iran launched another brutal and destructive war on Iran, and wreaked...
Israel stands firm [sic] on troops in southern Lebanon, as Rubio seeks to sell...
Alexander Cornwell, Tala Ramadan & Jana Choukeir
Reuters / June 24, 2026
Israel says it won't withdraw from southern Lebanon; Tehran says Lebanon peace is as important as...
Safety is when there’s no one dying
Mary Turfah
The New York Review of Books / June 24, 2026
Israel’s assault on Palestine and Lebanon has reconfigured how children understand the world.
The Ghassan...
Trump: trapped
John Feffer
Foreign Policy in Focus / June 24, 2026
Trump promised not to drag the United States into a Middle East quagmire. Now he must...
A ceasefire the Lebanese will take but won’t trust
Wael Taleb
New Lines Magazine / June 24, 2026
The latest ceasefire with Israel was shaped not in Beirut, but by regional negotiations between Washington and...
Israeli former leaders and security chiefs threaten legal action over ‘Jewish terrorism’
Emma Graham-Harrison
The Guardian / June 24, 2026
Leaked letter to PM and military demands action to stop violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank.
Jerusalem –...
Despite Trump-Iran deal, Netanyahu says Israel will not leave Lebanon ‘as long as I...
Stephen Prager
Common Dreams / Jun 24, 2026
“Words are not enough to restrain the Israelis,” one journalist said. “There have to be real consequences.”
Israeli Prime...
‘Seismic victory’ in New York as Mamdani-backed progressives trounce establishment Democrats, AIPAC cash
Jake Johnson
Common Dreams / June 24, 2026
“Today we make it clear: The politics of the past end today,” said Darializa Avila Chevalier, who defeated...
Rubio meets Gulf leaders, pledges security amid Iran deal doubts
Gram Slattery
Reuters / June 24, 2026
KUWAIT CITY – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait...
